Uber Tax Policy Summary

On one hand, in the last couple of years, there are some criminal activities endanger passengers by Uber’s drivers (Picchi, 2014). Because of these horrible things happened not only let Uber company lost a lot customs but also bring shame on Uber company (Picchi, 2014). Even though Uber claims they are going to do more background checks for drivers, the background checks cannot include all the aspects for the drivers (Picchi, 2014). About driverless cars there also some problem regard to safety problem for example: villainous weather, puddles on the street (Boudette,

“It’s a simple experience and a much more pleasant way to get a ride than stepping onto a busy street and waving at oncoming traffic” (Stone, 2014, p. 53). It is convenient for both the employee and customer to arrange a ride, which makes Uber preferable. Additionally, the employees of Uber are given more benefits than the employees of taxi companies. For example, Uber issues an iPhone with the Uber software, free gear to secure it to their windshield and an hour of orientation (Stone, 2014, p. 52). It is this simplicity that appeals to people seeking employment. They are also using a platform that is accessible to many of their customers, because, as of 2015, “64% of American adults now own a smartphone of some kind” (Smith, 2015). Since their focus is on luxury, innovation, and results, they have transformed the public transportation system in their favor.

The driverless car would be a great innovation to have in your everyday life because it will allow cities to not be as congested. Firstly, this technology will become increasingly reliable and affordable, which will allow dense, urban locations to become more spread out in population (Dashevsky). This demonstrates that when this innovation

Uber and Volkswagen are both very important and revolutionary companies that have shaped the world in their own individual ways. Although they are successful, they both have interesting start up stories and have run into the law on multiple occasions. Law has had a powerful impact on the how both companies have created their business model and made expansions to better each company. In the novels Wild Ride by Adam Lashinsky and Faster, Higher, Farther by Jack Ewing the authors go through the company’s stories and also the legal challenges that they had to face along the way and that they are still facing to this day. It is clear that the law gets in the way of these companies plans, and has gotten major employees of these companies in a lot of trouble for the illegalities that they committed. Many major companies get sued by employees and customers because they try to make money off of them. In many of the cases we can examine if it is worth it for the company to fight all of these cases individually or to group the similar ones together and make necessary changes to the company to satisfy the employees and customers. Even with some of these issues going on and many counter-arguments, both Uber and Volkswagen have handled their situations with the law very well to keep the companies moving forward.

In case it is in anyway unclear, everything that precedes this statement is satire. If Uber and Lyft were

The main means of transportation in Albania are the trains, buses, taxis and car rentals, which are the used by both locals and tourists, although the last two are more popular among tourists. Since this is a high context country, there are unwritten rules when communicating and using certain services, like for example when using a taxi, the local Albanian people know that taxis don’t carry meters, or rate cards, so the cost of the trip has to be agreed upon before taking the trip, this is something tourists might not be aware of, and as a result they might get taken advantage of. Another mean of transportation for tourists is the car rental, but that too has its downsides, as tourists have to take into consideration the differences in quality of road surfaces across the country, as well as the local driving standards. We believe there is gap in the transportation services that is more accommodating to tourists, and this is where Uber has an opportunity to enter, since the company is recognized internationally, and most people are already familiar with it, it would provide an easier way of transportation for tourists.

In recent year, Uber has been rocked by a stream of controversies and negative publicity from scandals regarding CEO to questionable practices, sexual harassment, and discrimination claims, a d hacked attack. For instance, in February 2017, Susan Fowler a former engineer in Uber went public with allegations of discrimination and sexual harassment. During the same year, the self-driving car company Waymo which is owned by Google filed a lawsuit against Uber. The company accused Uber of theft of its technology. They sued Anthony Levandowski for stealing a raft of self-driving car trade patents and secrets which include information on lidar. Even though uber later fired this engine this lawsuit could be a fatal setback for the company. Moreover,

The use of ride-sharing applications has become a popular choice to travel from one destination to another. In the past, cities were dominated by the use of taxis as a means of ride choice. As technology and society has evolved, ride-share applications such as Lyft have become a dominating choice for travel. After completing a PEST and SWOT analysis, Lyft can analyze how to proceed going forward to continue its growth and success.

Third, it’s about the tax arguments. More and more technical companies use international tax planning to loophole in the law and receive less tax burden. Business tax must be paid when there is a business in Taiwan. (Matthew Fulton, 2016) The controversy is that Uber in Taiwan is a business behavior or only engaged in marketing promotion behavior. On the other hand, Uber believes that it is only for the implementation of marketing and promotional activities, and therefore do not need to pay taxes in Taiwan. So it’s still a gray area about the tax requirements and needs to explore in depth. In 2015, they could be fined at least 50,000 Taiwan new dollars per time. (Ralph Jennings, 2016) If Uber wants to be legal, they have to negotiate and respect

[Case: Zipcar] Zipcar’s SWOT and financial analysis a) Strengths Firstly, Zipcar seized 80% of US market share, making it the strong player in the market. Secondly, as the company is able to acquire its competitors (Flexcar-US, Streetcar Ltd-UK), they can reduce the competitors as well as gain those market shares and customer bases from those 2 companies. Thirdly, Zipcar’s customer-friendly and disruptive business model is what makes it unique. They leverages accessibility, make it available close to where people live or work and need access to vehicle, which is one of the threat of car renting. The company also allows the members to use a car when required, which provides true flexibility. Supported by advanced technology (RFID System r),

We live in a technology driven world, almost everyone own a smartphone today. Uber and its competitors are allowing us to use an app on our smartphone to call for a cab. When a rider request a ride, the app gives you an estimated time of when the driver will arrive. It also calculates the fare and take the money out of your account. Whoever came up with the Uber idea is genius. Uber is beneficial to both the riders and the drivers. Uber created jobs for a lot of individuals, also for people who has a job but want to make extra money can drive Uber. The riders get high quality service for a fair price. In addition, the Uber app is easy to use and to understand. Increasing the amount of cars on the road results in faster pickup time which is

Considering the nature of the course, Uber Service Audit includes only the “view of the customer” perspective. The group of four students used Uber services for a week in Rotterdam city area,

Uber is an innovative company that operates as a transportation company and a food delivery service around the globe. In addition, Uber is a company that was invented five years ago. Furthermore, during Uber’s early stages of development, the servicing company was referred to as “UberCAb”. Then an individual in San Francisco had decided to try out their service. From the individual’s first experience, the individual was very impressed. In addition, from that point, the company referred to as “UberCab” became commonly known as Uber. Also, Uber operates their service business in fifty eight different countries and have allocated over $60 billion in revenue. Uber faces many issues in their human resources operations implementation regarding drivers and internal employees.

In order to perform a STEEP analysis we first decided the industry which Uber was serving and according to us the industry is taxi service provider/ridesourcing platform. Following are the some of the key macro environmental factors which were identified for the above mentioned industry.

Uber—With Uber (iOS and Android), you can say goodbye to those over-charging cabbies. How? Uber lets you choose your ride within a couple of minutes. You simply need to make a request for a ride, enter your destination and select a vehicle type.