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Re:Canada seeks to end Uber's tax advantage over taxi companies by madeofpalk on Thursday March 23, 2017 @06:08PM (#13944801)
No, Uber is not a marketplace. Uber is a consumer product. Uber designs the product and sets prices. Driver's can't compete with each other and I can't 'shop around' on Uber to find a different deal.

If Uber switches to (self driving) cars that Uber owns itself, how does that change the sales tax model? The product is still essentially the same, the consumer still pays Uber, tax shouldn't change here. The backend shouldn't dictate whether sales tax is applicable here.

Etsy is a general marketplace and should handle sales tax/GST just like Amazon does. Which it does.

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Re:Canada seeks to end Uber's tax advantage over taxi companies by pfarnsworth on Thursday March 23, 2017 @11:45PM (#13946425)
Of course Uber is a marketplace. A marketplace doesn't need the ability to set prices individually. Abiding to pricing standards are the conditions to offer your services on their particular marketplace. Don't make up rules that don't exist.
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Re:Canada seeks to end Uber's tax advantage over taxi companies by madeofpalk on Thursday March 23, 2017 @11:49PM (#13946437)
but I can't "shop around" on Uber. I don't get a choice of who provides me a service.

The concept of Uber being a marketplace is utterly ridiculous.

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