Uber Drivers ‘Must Comply With Hungarian Regulations’
- 26 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
Drivers belonging to ride-hailing service Uber must comply with Hungarian legal regulations as well as travel-safety and tax rules, an economy ministry official said. András Tállai, state secretary for tax affairs, said that people who use the service should be wary since they cannot know when a driver received his driving licence or what state of repair his vehicle is in.
If someone’s activity is taxable in Hungary then they must comply with the same laws as those, such as taxi drivers, who pursue their activities legally, he said.
After the tax office, which operates under the roof of the economy ministry, announced on Friday that it will show zero tolerance in respect of abuses, the Dutch company running Uber drivers reported that 1,200 drivers have logged onto its service.
Tállai noted that the tax office has found that not a single Uber driver has a tax number or has reported to the tax authority.
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