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The UK is already doing this, first with Uber, but also several, large, local delivery startups.

The tax loss is significant, so I don't expect the situation to last very long.

What's causing the tax loss? Businesses fleeing the country?

People not paying income tax and national insurance - they're classified as contractors, so technically they're responsible for their own deductions, but I'd be very surprised if many of them are actually paying anything.

That's what I was thinking of, but it's probably also that they simply aren't paying as much in wages.

The older companies at least pay minimum wage + overtime when needed.

Makes a lot of sense. I didn't think about the forgone taxes. Probably quite significant.

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