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On Tue, 01 Dec 2015 16:58:20 -0500,
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On Tue, 01 Dec 2015 16:27:31 -0500, wrote:

On Tue, 01 Dec 2015 13:32:51 -0500,
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On Tue, 01 Dec 2015 12:28:33 -0500, John H.
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On Tue, 01 Dec 2015 01:31:05 -0500, wrote:

Our La jolla friend has moved to Naples but she does not drive (health
issue). She is an Uber person.
The other day she called for an Uber ride and a Tesla showed up.
That is not your average Uber I bet.
The guy said he was testing the idea of a upscale Uber.
Only in Naples I guess.

I suppose I'm the only one who had to look up 'Uber ride'.

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Next time you need a taxi, try Uber. I think you'll be pleasantly
surprised. They've even arrived here in small town Florida.

Lots of places are cracking down on them, mostly places with
"medallion" cabs. I heard the Keys is on them pretty bad and somewhere
over on the east coast.
Some of it is protecting licensed hacks but there is also the
uncollected tax issue.

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Uber somehow got by the medallion cabs in NYC. If they can do it
there it's just a matter of time before everywhere. It's a great
service and people love it, so popular opinion is on their side. The
Keys are probably just trying to protect their own but they'll lose to
Uber's big legal guns eventually.

There's no more reason for uncollected taxes that there is with any
other independent contractor. It might even be easier with Uber since
there are electronic records of every fare tied back to the driver.

It was in the paper today that Florida is going to call Uber drivers
"contractors". That will remove a few protections that "employees" get
(in this case unemployment insurance) but the tax consequences are in
the driver's favor. Using a schedule C your expenses are "first
dollar". That is far better than what you might be able to get as an
employee. I have done car expenses both ways and it is no comparison.