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Old May 31st 19, 11:32 AM posted to uk.transport.london
Graeme Wall Graeme Wall is offline
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Default Uber and the VAT man

On 31/05/2019 10:50, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 10:04:48 on Fri, 31 May
2019, Graeme Wall remarked:
On 31/05/2019 09:49, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 08:24:12 on Fri, 31 May
2019, Recliner remarked:
https://www.ridester.com/uber-payment/amp/


https://www.ridesharingdriver.com/ho...-get-paid-and-
how-to-resolve-payment-errors/

Thanks for digging that out. It is just as I expected.

One thing I noticed from those is that Uber automatically repays
drivers
for any tolls they have to pay when carrying fares. But not when
empty. So
if a driver carried a fare across a toll bridge/tunnel, the toll is
added
to the fare and repaid to the driver. But if the driver then has to
return
home empty, they have to pay the fare out of their own pocket. So
that is
like a self-employed cabbie, not an employee.
Â*How do they handle the increasingly common "kiss and fly" fees at
airports?


For practical purposes that is a toll incurred while carrying the
passenger(s) so they should get it repaid.


If they drop off and collect at the same time (within a window for which
there's a non-excruciating parking fee), do both passengers pay the
whole amount, each pay half, etc etc.

Given that Uber is supposed to quote a charge before you start the trip,
would they only be able to levy the absolute minimum fee on each
individual pax (rather than what it cost the driver)?


Probably

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