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What is Reporting Rules for Digital Platforms?

From January 2024, we’ll need to collect certain tax details from you in order to meet requirements from a new law called Reporting Rules for Digital Platforms.

Reporting Rules for Digital Platforms is the name of the EU Council Directive 2021/514, which requires online platform companies like Deliveroo to collect and report taxpayer information to the government tax authority, which will . This applies to all self-employed riders who earn income by working with Deliveroo in the UK and EU member states.

Why am I being asked to provide my tax details?

From January 2024, we’ll need to collect certain tax details from you in order to meet requirements from a new law called Reporting Rules for Digital Platforms.

Reporting Rules for Digital Platforms is the name of the EU Council Directive 2021/514, which requires online platform companies like Deliveroo to collect and report taxpayer information to the government tax authority. This applies to all self-employed riders who earn income by working with Deliveroo in the UK and EU member states.

Under this directive, we’ll need to collect your tax details such as your tax identification number. There’s nothing for you to do now - we’ll send you an email with instructions on how to provide your details.

It’s important to provide your details with us promptly, in order to comply with the Reporting Rules for Digital Platforms directive. We’ll need to collect these details once every year.

Which tax details will you collect?

Here’s a full list of the information we are obligated to share with the tax authority as part of the Reporting Rules for Digital Platforms:

For individuals

  • First and last name
  • Primary address
  • Date of birth
  • Tax identification number (TIN) or if you don’t have a TIN, your place of birth
  • VAT identification number, if available
  • Financial Account Identifier
  • Name of the the bank account holder if you don’t use your own bank account to ride with Deliveroo
  • Each Member State where you are a resident
  • Total fees you’ve earned working with Deliveroo
  • Number of cash outs and payments you’ve received working with Deliveroo
  • Any fees, taxes or commissions that Deliveroo charged to you 

Will Deliveroo share information about me and my earnings with the government?

Yes. In order to meet requirements from a new law called Reporting Rules for Digital Platforms, we’ll need to collect certain tax details from you and report them to the government tax authority.

Reporting Rules for Digital Platforms requires online platform companies like Deliveroo to collect and report taxpayer information to the government tax authority. This applies to all self-employed riders who earn income by working with Deliveroo in the UK and EU member states.

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