Uber and Deliveroo
pay, sorted for tax
Drop in your weekly earnings statement. See every line, check it adds up to what reached your bank, and see what counts as turnover and expenses.
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£1,000
trading allowance: gross income you need not tell HMRC about
31 January
when platforms report the last calendar year’s pay to HMRC, with a copy to you
£50,000
Making Tax Digital threshold from 6 April 2026, falling to £20,000 by 2028
- Platform earnings statement
- The weekly statement or invoice a ride-hailing or delivery platform gives you, listing what you earned, what the platform kept or took back, and what it paid to your bank.
Why your bank statement is not enough
Your bank shows one deposit a week from the platform. That deposit is already net: fees taken, cash trips held back, sometimes a pension contribution or a cash-out fee too. For your tax return you may need the figures behind it, because the deposit alone can understate your turnover and hide expenses you are allowed to claim.
The statement is where those figures live, but it is a PDF made to be read, not added up. The converter reads every money line, types it (earnings, tips, the platform’s fee, a cash-out fee and so on), checks that the lines come to what was paid to you, and shows how the week counts for tax.
What each line means for your tax
| Line | Looks like | Counts as |
|---|---|---|
| Earnings | Fares, delivery fees, each day’s deliveries | Turnover |
| Tips | Tips from riders and customers | Turnover |
| Incentives | Quests, boosts, promotions, guarantees | Turnover |
| Other income | Holiday pay, National Living Wage top-ups, tolls repaid as their own line | Turnover |
| Platform fee | Uber’s service fee or the amount kept by Uber | An expense where the platform is your agent; nothing where it pays you |
| Cash-out fee | Instant cash-out fee, Deliveroo’s 50p transaction fee | An expense (a finance charge), always |
| Cash you collected | Cash a rider paid you in the car | Nothing: the fare is already in your earnings |
| Pension contribution | Uber’s driver pension | Nothing: it is saving, not a business cost |
Same week, two answers: Uber in and outside London
Since Uber’s January 2026 terms, how an Uber week is taxed depends on where you drive. Outside London Uber acts as your agent, so the whole fare is your turnover and the amount Uber keeps is an expense. In London, Uber London Ltd contracts with the rider and pays you, so what it pays you is your turnover. Here is one week both ways.
| One week | Outside London | London |
|---|---|---|
| Fares | £500.00 | £500.00 |
| Tips | £20.00 | £20.00 |
| Amount kept by Uber | -£125.00 | -£125.00 |
| Instant cash-out fee | -£0.50 | -£0.50 |
| Paid to your bank | £394.50 | £394.50 |
| Turnover | £520.00 | £395.00 |
| Allowable expenses | £125.50 | £0.50 |
| Profit | £394.50 | £394.50 |
Turnover from the same week
- Outside London£520.00
- London£395.00
From one week to your tax return
A spreadsheet of one week is a start. Over a year it is 52 statements to match against 52 deposits, with weeks that straddle the tax year end on 5 April. A free TapTax account reads each statement, matches it to the payout in your bank, records the earnings and fees the way HMRC counts them, and keeps a running tax estimate. If your turnover is over the threshold, the same records file your Making Tax Digital quarterly updates.
Drive a car, van or motorbike? Business miles can be claimed at the simplified mileage rate instead of fuel and running costs, though not for a bicycle or a black cab.
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Frequently asked questions
Is it free?
Yes. You can convert up to 10 pages a month without an account, shared with the bank statement converter, which is several weeks of statements for most drivers and riders. A free TapTax account reads your statements into your records and matches each one to the payout in your bank.
Which platforms does it read?
Uber (in London and elsewhere), Uber Eats and Deliveroo, from the PDF statement or invoice you download from the platform’s website or app. More platforms will follow once their readers pass the same accuracy checks.
Why does my turnover differ from what reached my bank?
Because of how the platform contracts. Where the platform acts as your agent, as Uber does outside London, the full fare is your turnover and its fee is an expense. Where the platform is the customer, as Uber London Ltd, Uber Eats and Deliveroo are, what they pay you is your turnover. Your profit comes out the same; the turnover matters for the Making Tax Digital threshold and the trading allowance.
What does "the lines add up" mean?
A statement’s earnings, tips and incentives, less the platform’s fee and anything else taken, should come to what was paid to your bank. The converter checks that sum. When it does not match, it tells you by how much, so you know to check the figures before using the file.
Does the platform tell HMRC what I earned?
Yes. Under the reporting rules for digital platforms, platforms that connect you with customers report what they paid you to HMRC for each calendar year, by the following 31 January, and must send you a copy. That covers ride-hailing and delivery work whatever you earn. A report is not a tax bill: your tax depends on your profit for the tax year, which runs from 6 April.
Do I need to tell HMRC if I only drive or ride a little?
If your gross income from all your self-employed work is £1,000 or less in a tax year, the trading allowance usually means you do not need to tell HMRC. Above that you register for Self Assessment, and you can either deduct the £1,000 allowance or your real expenses, not both.
Do you keep my statement?
No. The statement is read and dropped when the request ends; nothing it says is saved or logged, and the CSV is made in your browser. Only a count of pages converted is kept, for 30 days, against a scrambled key that cannot be turned back into your details.
Why is it marked beta?
TapTax built and tested its readers on sample statements laid out like the real ones, and they read every line of every sample correctly. Real statements vary, so until enough real ones have been checked the converter shows whether the lines add up to the payout, and you should compare the figures with your PDF before relying on them.
Every statement, matched to its payout.
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Where these figures come from
The tax rules on this page come from GOV.UK, and each platform’s income treatment from its own terms.