The gig and sharing economies, powered by online marketplaces, have freed millions of individuals to offer their labour and underutilised assets to businesses and consumers across the world. Mastercard has estimated that the two economies will double in value from US$204 billion in 2018 to
There is an array of more practical VAT measures that are in place, or could be explored, to resolve the VAT issues around the gig and sharing economies. The shared aim of these measures would be to reduce the VAT leakage in the least administratively
VAT Advisor ends the pain If you are selling cross-border goods or services – traditional or digital – you’ve got international VAT / GST questions: Who should pay how much tax, and in which country? What tax laws, EU VAT Directive or other global rules
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has issued model gig and sharing economy tax reporting guidelines. This framework aims to provide clarity and consistence between global tax authorities on the data they require to help monitor the activities of sellers or users of the
Confusion of tax treatment and case law for ride sharing and delivery platforms The tax system has always provided subsidies and preferential VAT benefits to the self-employed to reflect the risks of entrepreneurship and to offer a subsidy to a dynamic corner of the economy
