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BBC News Published image copyrightGetty Images The Treasury is looking at ways of taxing services provided by gig economy firms such as Uber, Airbnb and TaskRabbit. It is concerned that tax rules are not up-to-date enough to cover these type of tech platforms. The gig economy has grown rapidly and is expected to be worth £140bn by 2025. Not charging VAT means the the Treasury loses out on revenue, at a time when it is facing a huge hole in public finances due to the coronavirus crisis. However, its concerns about the "sharing economy" predate the start of the pandemic. When self-employed con...

Something that would get them in a lot of trouble with the disciplinary and ethics and bar associations, or b, far more likely they weren't acting as lawyers. >> i'm running over on time. i want to make sure we hit that point. if their prior position is we can't be his lawyer for these reasons, now they're going and doing this stuff, which the congress says might be evidence of impeachment, and they happen to be lawyers, but this is like they got, you know, an uber contractor a task rabbit and they're helping you hang a picture, they don't get to hide behind the fact they also otherwise are la...

We started doing commercial line standing 26 years ago. it's become something people expect. there are task rabbit in new york city getting in front of the iphone store two, three days in advance. >> right. >> it is something for people to brag about. i got the first iphone x. >> can you get me yes tickets? if there's a reunion tour that interests me? >> no. that's an interesting question. you can't get them any more because promoters and owners of the tickets have gone in and destroyed the industry. you have to pay the premium to whoever is putting on the show, and it is probably yes themselv...

Created. i saw this happen growing up in d detroit, my city was decimated. it took three decades to come back. what can we do to make retraining happen? >> stacey, healthcare too, other things that have underpinned employment for so long are gone for a lot of people. >> very important point. post stacey mentioned the revolution, after the last industrial revolution, we developed many programs in the country and including social security and medicare, et cetera. i think it's important to think about as we go through this revolution, what is the new societal structures by which we support people...

And task rabbit changed my furniture life. >> men are so bad with tools but go ahead. >> well, it's yeah, it's in our -- stacey brown is the ceo of task rabbit, does on demand labor in the so-called gig economy. stacey, what is on your mind right now? >> we're part of what's the broader sharing economy and people talk about it sometimes in a flippant way but it's here to stay. millions of americans are choosing this new way of work and it's not just because it' theflibility, it's also the income. it's a meaningful income that people are earning. and we need to add to that is portable benefits ...