Uber loses UK Supreme Court appeal over tax on rival apps

Uber‘s rival taxi operators will not face a 20% tax charge on their profit margins outside of London after the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that private-hire operators do not enter into a contract with passengers.

Uber had brought the case following a 2021 decision by the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court that its drivers were workers, which had an impact on Uber’s tax and other obligations.

The company sought a declaration that private-hire taxi operators enter into a contract with passengers and London’s High Court ruled in its favour…