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In Uber taxis, at the end of the journey, the driver will enter the fare into their app, passenger gets out, and the driver will get paid the fare into their bank account, less any commission Uber takes.

You cant bet your life that the money is taken before the passenger gets into the car.

I think you are talking rubbish.

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Grandad,

so you did and it was your normal "its not fair" drivel never a plan of solidarity of confrontation of having a battle just a WHINE

"ITS NOT FAIR"

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i dont think it is but will check

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I wonder how many would jump ship to Uber if the traditional companies operated a similar PAYG scheme, instead of charging a fixed weekly rent charge 10, 20%, or 50p per job done ?

More incentive for the companies to get more work and the drivers are happy that if it's a quiet shift or they're taking the day off they aren't paying the companies just to sit at the side of the road.

Most Black cab drivers operating with Gett on the PAYG simply ignore the app during times of high demand, it happens to a lesser extent on fixed circuit fees too but would if adopted seriously affect punters being able to book a cab during times of high demand, this would lead to those punters heading over to private hire.

My PDA is roughly costing me 8% of my monthly turnover, I work the system but have worked the street without a PDA, my circuit fees are easily covered with the difference.

I can see the attractiveness of PAYG but these companies will sign up an unlimited amount of drivers, they are only interested in the commission, I prefer the co-operative model and if you work the circuit especially during times of high demand good money can be made, much better than the street during these times, my opinion though others may differ.

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Alway's been about Tightening the Grip!

No money changes hands in whatever Uber you choose.

Especially since you don't know the end fare, whether it's worked out by the app, or a taximeter.

(With the exception of cancellations and/or no shows)

Good point. Just to clarify I'm talking about the traditional PH/HC companies who charge a fixed weekly rent to its drivers not companies like uber.

I don't see any advantage to a local traditional cab firm signing up unlimited drivers on a PAYG basis, they would get the same commission regardless of how many drivers they have as it's based on number of jobs dispatched. Lets say a company dispatches a 1000 jobs a day and charged 50p to the driver that gets the job, it wouldn't matter that the company has 10 drivers or 100 the company would still get £500 commission for those 1000 jobs. If the company wanted to increase its commission then its incentive would be to increase the job count.

If on the other hand a company is charging a fixed weekly rent then its incentive is to have as many cars on the firm as possible, more cars=more rental income. From a drivers perspective would you rather pay a weekly rent to a firm with lots of cars so the work is spread thinly, or work for a firm that charges you 50p for each job you do ?

This is why the likes of Uber look attractive to drivers, pay a firm £150+ a week (even if you dont' work) for an unknown number of jobs, or only pay Uber if you do a job.
If you make £600 in a week for a company that charges £150 rent that's 25% of your earnings, or commission. If you make £600 in a week driving for Uber how much do they take off you ?

Very well put/illustrated. The only flaw being is that with Uber you will 100% pay your tax.

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if you cannot be yourself, then who can you be.

Only if you make a profit above the income tax threshold.

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Grandad,

ill create a partnership with the wife, thats double the tax allowances......

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Varies by market, and within that market, depends on the class of car.

As far as I know in London:

UberX - 25% (for new drivers, and those who joined up within the last few months or so), 20% (existing ones)
UberXL - 28%
UberExec - 25%
UberLux - 28%
UberTaxi - 0% (for 1 year, then it's 10%)

local bases charge £150 for a pda

at UBERs top rate of 25% that would equate to taking £600 a week then?

but, its also £150 if you dont get any work...................

If I was Uber id drop it all to 10% and rip the ar5e out the bases first

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Yes I know - I was thinking beyond that

Whichever way you put it (unless the driver concerned is 101% honest) then you WILL pay more tax being with Uber

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