France demands 1.7 bn euros in payroll taxes from Uber: media report

Uber avoided paying the taxes by misrepresenting its contracts with its French drivers, according to online publication Revue21, in the US company's latest dispute in Europe over the status of its drivers. In a 142-page document seen by Revue21, the unit collecting social charges in the Paris region concluded that Uber "knowingly disguised an employment relationship as a business contract to evade its obligations as an employer" to some 71,000 drivers between 2019 and 2022. Uber France had declared...