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Danish sharing economy strategy just a first step

The government’s long-awaited sharing economy strategy is a first, small step towards regulating the sharing economy in Denmark, but the social partners agree more needs to be done.
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Defining the sharing economy and platform economy

There is no clear definition of the term sharing economy, but it is often used about private individuals or businesses sharing their surplus capacity – e.g. car, house, time – with other private individuals or businesses via digital platforms, in return of payment or other services. This according to the Ministry of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs.

According to LO, the term sharing economy should only be used about business models where private individuals share with each other without pay, while the term platform economy is more correct when describing business models involving profit.

The term platform economy describes, according to LO, profit-driven businesses whose business models are based on digital platforms.

Source: The Ministry of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs and LO

The government’s sharing economy strategy:
  1. A single portal which sharing economy businesses can use to access authorities
  2. A sharing economy panel with sharing economy businesses and experts
  3. Expanded European cooperation on informing businesses about rules covering the individual countries’ sharing economies
  4. A broad set of information measures to create clarity around rules for users and providers
  5. Dialogue with the insurance trade and sharing economy platforms about insurance-related issues in the sharing economy
  6. Developing digital reporting of incomes to the tax authorities
  7. A 36,000 kroner tax rebate for private renting out of summer houses and permanent residences, if the landlord reports all income to tax authorities
  8. A new 5,000 kroner tax rebate for the private hiring out of cars and boats, if income is reported to tax authorities
  9. The government disruption council will discuss the sharing economy’s impact on the labour market and the Danish model
  10. Measures against grey areas in existing legislation
  11. Information to unemployment insurance funds and job centres on the rules for unemployment benefits in relation to sharing economy activities
  12. Promoting digital solutions, which link collective transport with for instance taxies and car sharing
  13. Accommodation must be rented out for at least 90 days a year if it happens over a digital platform which automatically reports taxable income
  14. It will become easier for businesses and private individuals to use leisure crafts in sharing economy activities
  15. The platform www.challenges.dk will become a national hub for ‘challenges’ where people or businesses can contribute with solutions
  16. Aarhus is the 2017 sharing economy trial city
  17. Working to make EU legislation compatible with sharing economy business model
  18. Woking to put in place good frameworks for online platforms in Europe, and to remove unnecessary obstacles for free data exchange inside the EU
  19. Working for data collection under EU leadership, and joint international regulation of sharing economy platforms
  20. Dialogue with sharing economy platforms to find ways of sharing data with authorities
  21. Investigate how the sharing economy can be measured at any one time
  22. Follow the development of business models, digital platforms and the volume of economic transactions

Source: The government, www.regeringen.dk

 

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