Australian tax authorities are chasing food delivery company Foodora for unpaid tax and superannuation before it exits the country.
The Australian Taxation Office and Revenue NSW started investigating Foodora’s tax obligations before the food delivery company went into voluntary administration earlier this month, having classified its food delivery riders as employees instead of independent contractors.
In advice to creditors, voluntary administrator Worrells Solvency and Forensic Accountants, said Revenue NSW notified Foodora in March that it was under investigation and that it had now determined the delivery riders attracted payroll tax. This was because it deemed them to be employees under the common law and not independent contractors…
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