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thats what he's saying

its bull of course

he probably hasn't realised that he's actually doing more like a hundred hours for that take.
dont get me wrong a good few year back when i was a young lad i was doing £1200 per week before deductions but i was picking my hours and thrashing the hours in.

thats not the case anymore
anyone who says they are are probably deluding themselves

Why can't you lot just shut your mouths?

Look it ain't hard to understand is it! Someone comes on a forum asking questions that have already been answered by the documents about the fare increase on the council website and some rank amatuers, and there seem to be a never ending supply of those on these forums and of course it has to be a dummy from one of the Radio companies who duly oblige them , where is the logic in that, try using your brains you bunch of clowns.

The trade in Edinburgh is okay, I would hate to have to register for VAT if I were close to the threshold, wouldn't it be horrible to have to add VAT to the fares or deduct that same amount from your profits.

Fact is that the current setup in Edinburgh will always fall short of that threshold of £73000.00, nobody is that stupid.......are they.....Fungi? perhaps we should try some form of omerta.

Queerie 123456 go and read the document on the CEC website, the earnings quoted are what you can expect from working an average amount of hours, of course there is always some slack in the system and you can make more if you work more hours, it's quite simple really and everything is there for your perusal, no need to ask the afflicted on this forum.


But nowadays there is a pretty obvious tendency among the small firms to avoid VAT registration. Some UK economists say that it is normal. Because when a firm’s turnover exceeds UK VAT threshold (£73,000 - as of April 2011), this entrepreneurship has to register for VAT. It means that after registration an entrepreneur has only two ways of continuing his activity: either increasing the prices for 17.5% or decreasing his profit. But both options are not quite efficient for a businessman. Even if the prices are increased, he is likely to lose his clients and in this way to lose his profit.

http://vat-threshold.co.uk/

Jeezo if you call saturday night very very busy the you are deluded FG.

There was no jobs on screen multiple times between 2 and 4 am and virtually none for bidding between 4am and 7am when i finished.

So what i'm saying most cabs drove out of city center but returned empty to pick up again,meaning you worked more than 13 hours or are havering.

What about the passengers safety surley 8 hour is enough for driving or well maybe it should be,as for your £180 weekdays dream on even fridays are a struggle now

The bold Funguy's figures are doable, but it's hardly your average week. They are, however, typical of a City Cabs owner, rose-tinted point of view of the taxi trade. To do £400 on a Saturday night would mean, 12-14 hours falling into plums, with a good start time and no need to hurray back for changeover. Your £180 a night during the week, is a 12-hour grind without your ass ever leaving the saddle, but every night without fail. I don't think so somehow. Then there's the rental, can you imagine what a City Cab owner would charge if he thought you were doing £400 on a Saturday Night and £180 every other night.

You would kill yourself trying to make the above your average takings over the year.

Just try doing the above from January through to May.

he can cook .....boy can he cook and not just food

if 700 a week was the case in edinburgh aye wouldnt be able to get started because people would not be wanting to get out off the game as they seem to be on this forum and would be more than happy in there jobs ............ so far it seams to be 9 drivers out off 10 wanting out the driving long pointless low earning hours compared to 1 driver thats falling over money £2800 a month !!!!!!!!

BOWLING ALONE !!!!!!!! wonder why ....sound a right bunch oh laughs

if u dont like people asking and discussing on a forum why even bother being involved in one .away and worry about vat

he's a lurker

http://www.thetaxiforum.com/index.php?P ... &board=5.0
to give you an idea jobs never used to be advertised.
especially cheap rentals

of course its not the case in the radio companies

You'll find the guys that bought in want to talk the game up whereas those driving, in reality, see it from a different perspective. Why don't you enquire about buying a plate and make a silly offer to see if anyone bites? They tell me there are a couple of plates up for sale.

I have my reasons, be in no doubt about that, and I do not have any worries about VAT, I'm way below the threshold.

Weds are my day off if you must know and yes sat night was very very busy and yes my figure was £430 on the clock and £50 in tips. I am not fussed what you think but I have no reason to lie about any figures at all!! Why would I hid my ID and boast

I do about £800 to £900 per week working 5 shifts inc a sat night and the folk on here who know who I am can back me up! If your out a 4am weekdays then you can have £100 on the clock by 9, £150 by 12 and the rest by 4pm when I go home. Sat night I started at 4.30pm and I was home by 5.30am.

I know loads of folk who make the same and loads who dont. The ones who don't won't get up early to get the airport runs!

funguy

i take it u work off the radio at a large black cab company everytime ur out in the cab ?

u just renting radio or cab aswell ?

if u do the hours u say u do when others r not doin it then u deserve the money ur making if ur tellin the truth .

if not the big guys will get u !!!!!!!!!!!!

What it all means basically is that taking are down in the recession, so a lot of drivers mump and moan and say they want out, but if they're driving a taxi when times are good then in truth they've not much chance of getting anything else when the economy's in dire straits.

So 9 out of 10 drivers may want out, but even in good times 8 out of 10 want out, but 7 out of 10 never make it.

It's all relative really - the established drivers will complain because there's no doubt earnings are down, but I daresay someone new to the trade who's willing to put the hours in may think it's a good gig - depends what they're used to in whatever they did previously.

So you're saying you took home well over £300 on Saturday alone? In fact around £350?

Well that's Mr QWERTY123456's question answered then

That's the Trade in Edinburgh and has been for a long long time, quite happy to play the game as is, the council pulled the plug before but never again

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