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Lyft sues San Francisco, claims the city overcharged $100 million in taxes — Classifying workers as independent contractors, not employees, is contentious under law in global markets
Lyft considers drivers as customers and not employees, the company said in a state court complaint.
The lawsuit, filed at the California Superior Court in San Francisco, says the city calculated Lyft's 2019 to 2023 taxes based on the total amount passengers paid for rides. "Lyft doesn't take operating in San Francisco for granted and we love serving both riders and drivers in our hometown city," the company said in a statement on Wednesday. Last year, gig-economy companies scored a big win after a California appeals court upheld a law that classified gig workers as independent contractors, not employees.
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