Re:Uber Driver Tip-Hustling Schemes
by xxs on Thursday March 16, 2017 @06:04AM
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In the EU, tipping is half legal -- technically it should be declared income and pay all income+social taxes ++ VAT(!) as the tip is not a direct salary but a service (and hence subject of VAT)
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In the UK, which is still EU for now, you don't have to register for VAT until your income is £83k so most waiters will be ok on that one.
Re:Uber Driver Tip-Hustling Schemes
by rahimnathwani on Thursday March 16, 2017 @07:58AM
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This is not true in every EU member state. For example, in the UK, tips paid in cash to wait staff are subject to income tax, but are NOT subject to either National Insurance (the UK's term for what you call 'social taxes') nor to VAT.
More info here: https://www.gov.uk/tips-at-work/tips-and-tax
You must work at the tax office.
nope, I have been developer for decades... just get to know stuff like that. Also tipping is usually cash (if it goes through a POS terminal, likely VAT would be paid -- the extra money is likely handed in cash by the employer, bypassing the law)