Uber: the rate will only increase by 7% for VAT – Applications – Technology

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July 9, 2018, 12:16 pm

As of July 1, foreign digital platforms began to collect 19% VAT, a tax agreed in the 2016 tax reform.

Uber, in a press release, informed that 39, increase your rates will be only 7% to cover this tax .

"Given that the international entity is responsible for collecting VAT for the service provided to driving partners, it is with them that the initial communication regarding the process of payment of taxes has been the VAT discriminated in the receipt that reaches them once the trip is over, explained the company.

Juan Pablo Wills, director of taxes for the Andean region, Central America and the Caribbean d & # 39; Uber, badured that the company is working to comply with the regulations of the Dian.

"We have advanced internal processes to comply with this regulation. For this reason, adjustments have been made to the values ​​to be paid by users to driving partners to mitigate the effect of this tax and minimize the impact on revenue of driving partners, however, the community does not will see that a variation of about 7% of the final value, "adds Wills.

Uber awaits the regulations that the Dian must issue to establish the detail of the payment of the corresponding taxes, as stipulated in the law

It is important to remember that the Dian has not yet published the document that dictates the rules of the game for companies to pay tax .According to the entity, it should come into force in the coming days 19659016] TECHNOLOGY