Drivers signed up by ride-hailing firm Bolt will now foot a 16 percent value-added tax (VAT) on digital supplies, after the Estonian mobility company stopped shouldering the payments—a shift that is likely to spark a new feud between the parties.
Bolt said it had been absorbing the VAT obligation on behalf of the drivers for the past 15 months, since the ratification of the digital marketplace (Electronic, Internet, and Digital Marketplace Supply) tax regulations in 2023.
