Tax barrister plans to take Uber to court over alleged £20m black hole

Jolyon Maugham QC says he is preparing to submit case to high court claiming taxi app company should be paying VAT on fares

A leading tax lawyer is planning to challenge Uber in the courts over what he alleges could be a 20m-a-year black hole in its tax payments in the UK.

Jolyon Maugham QC said he was preparing to submit a case to the high court that would argue the US taxi app company should be paying VAT on fares, which he estimated would total almost 20m for 2015.