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Uber helps Estonian tax administration to create a new platform of tax declarations

BC, Tallinn, 07.10.2015.Print version
The Estonian Tax and Customs Board (TCB) and the technology company Uber are creating a working group to examine what are the appropriate solutions for payment of taxes for the expanding sharing economy services across Europe, LETA/Postimees Online reports.

As a pilot project of cooperation of Uber and the tax board, a new tax declaration platform will be produced, which should simplify the process of tax declaring for Uber's partner drivers. The first results are expected in 2016.

 

"Earning a revenue and payment of taxes on it should not be a burden. It is the tax authority's work here to think about how in the cooperation with businesses to create smooth and transparent technical solutions that give businesses the assurance that things are in order," concluded the Director General of tax and Customs Board Marek Helm.

 

The wider aim of cooperation between the tax board and Uber is to promote the government's e-Estonia action plan, Uber's innovative technology platform and to address the regulatory challenges of the digital age.

 






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