How to open an individual entrepreneur for a taxi in. Brief instructions on how to open a taxi from scratch

Registration of an individual entrepreneur for a taxi generally follows a scheme similar to any other registration process individual entrepreneur for trade in consumer goods or provision of services. However, for working in a taxi there are certain features and additional necessary procedures that must be completed in order for the taxi activity to be perfectly legal.

Currently, the provision of passenger transportation services may be available not only to companies with a large fleet and a developed dispatch system. You can open your own taxi service if you have 2-3 cars to start with. By collaborating with experienced drivers who have sufficient experience of accident-free driving and are able to communicate correctly and politely with various categories of passengers, you have every chance to quickly develop this business, expand and modernize your fleet, equip it with the latest technology and receive a very significant income, because in Our fast-paced times, when the whole world is in a hurry to get somewhere, taxi services are more than in demand.

Registration of individual entrepreneur

Before you open an individual entrepreneur for a taxi, firmly decide for yourself that you want to engage in passenger transportation; you have your own or leased car; perhaps you have several like-minded people who are ready to work with you on their cars; and you are firmly convinced that your business activity should be absolutely legal. At this stage, in order to start working as soon as possible, the best solution will register as an individual entrepreneur. Step-by-step instructions on how to register an individual entrepreneur for a taxi are as follows.

First of all, you need to contact your territorial tax authority at your place of residence and submit an application to register you as an individual entrepreneur. The application must be filled out carefully and taking into account all requirements. To indicate the type of activity according to OKVED, codes 60.22 (taxi, or renting a car with a driver) and 60.23 (activities of other land passenger transport) are suitable. At this stage, you will need a Russian general passport and a certificate of TIN assignment. To speed up the procedure, make several additional copies of these documents; for a passport, only those pages with entries will be sufficient.
Pay the fee at the nearest Sberbank branch.
The completed application and receipt for payment of the state duty must be given to the tax inspector, and from this moment your registration as an individual entrepreneur will begin. This procedure lasts no more than 5 working days.
There, at the tax office, you will need to write an application for payment of taxes according to the simplified scheme (STS). This is not a mandatory requirement, but, as practice shows, the simplified tax system is optimal for an individual entrepreneur: you will pay monthly 6% of the enterprise’s turnover without deducting expenses incurred or 15% of turnover after deducting all expenses. In your case, the main expenses are not only wages for drivers, but also fuel, maintenance and repair of rolling stock. If you do not write such a statement, then you will be responsible general scheme taxation, which can be changed only a year after the start of activity. In this case, you will also need a qualified tax accountant on staff.
Upon completion of the registration procedure, you will receive a package of documents confirming that you are now a registered private entrepreneur - an extract from the all-Russian register of individual entrepreneurs, a notice of registration with the territorial tax authority, a certificate of registration of individual entrepreneurs.

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Current account and taxation

Before you finally open an individual entrepreneur for a taxi, consult with a tax inspector and clearly understand what other taxes you will be required to pay as an entrepreneur providing transport services and as an employer. In this list in standard version includes unified and transport taxes, contributions to pension and social insurance funds (you will be registered as an insurer and will receive a corresponding notification by mail).

It is imperative to open a bank account to conduct non-cash financial transactions, including transferring payments to the budget. Many banks now provide the service of opening a current account via the Internet, which is very convenient. It is enough to fill out all the necessary online forms on the bank’s website and, after passing the verification and approval of opening an account, drive up to the bank at a pre-agreed time, certify the documents and sign the signature card.

After you have completed all the documents for an individual entrepreneur, you still cannot organize a taxi; you will need to go through the procedure of obtaining a license to provide passenger transportation services. This is worth talking about separately.

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Taxi licensing

The activities of taxi services are regulated Federal Law No. 69 dated 09/01/2011.

According to the law, an individual entrepreneur-taxi driver carrying out passenger transportation is required to obtain a permit for this type of activity.

For brevity, it is called a “license”, although in fact taxi operations are not subject to mandatory licensing. Operating a taxi without obtaining this permit is illegal, so it is strictly necessary for an individual entrepreneur to have one.

To obtain it, you need to contact the local organization for supervision in the field of transport; in different regions this may be different executive authorities; check this by calling the administration of your region. A permit is issued for each vehicle used as a taxi for a period of at least 5 years and only if the following conditions are met:

It is mandatory to undergo a state technical inspection every six months;
a passenger vehicle intended for transporting passengers and/or luggage is owned by the entrepreneur or leased (i.e., on a rental basis);
The taxi driver's driving experience must be at least 5 years, if general, or at least 3 years of working directly in a taxi;
An individual entrepreneur operating a taxi must provide a pre-trip medical examination of drivers and control of the technical condition of the vehicle before each vehicle enters the line;
on the side surfaces of the car body there must be identification marks indicating that this is a taxi - “checkered”, a roof light, color symbols, etc.

The salon must be equipped special device- taximeter.

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List of documents for obtaining an individual entrepreneur's taxi license

This includes:

general Russian passport and its photocopy;
certificate of registration of individual entrepreneurs with the assigned OGRN number;
TIN and tax registration certificate;
confirmation of ownership (right to dispose) of a vehicle: copies of car registration certificates, copies of existing lease agreements for cars planned for use as a taxi, a notarized power of attorney for the right to dispose of a vehicle;
Optionally, an entrepreneur's card may be requested indicating his details and contact information.

This full list necessary documents, and by law the provision of other documents cannot be requested. The permit is issued within 30 days and, upon receipt, gives the right to carry out passenger transportation in the region where it was issued. It is possible to work on the territory of other federal subjects in two cases:

if there is an agreement between the regions in this regard;
if the passenger's point of departure is located in the territory of his region.

Do not forget that the work permit must always be in the salon with other mandatory documents on the vehicle in case of inspections by the traffic police or other government authorities.

Passenger transportation is a very profitable business. Many drivers who have worked for several years for a private taxi company decide to create their own business.
On the one hand, aspiring entrepreneurs got acquainted with the activities of taxis from the inside, but on the other hand, this area has many pitfalls.

What is a taxi service?

Primary activity

Taxi work is the delivery of passengers and cargo to the place specified by the customer of the service. Taxi is classified as a means of public transport. Taxi services are paid by the customer in accordance with the company's tariffs and meter, as well as by agreement with the driver.

Taxi services are available various brands and car models, some companies provide services to provide representative models.

The activities of drivers are usually coordinated by dispatchers, who transmit information about orders via radio or telephone. Many taxis use GPS navigation systems.

There is a separate category of taxis that interact with single order distribution centers. Such taxis do not have their own system for receiving and distributing orders. Applications from clients are received by the distribution center, and from there they are sent to taxi companies, depending on criteria such as the cost of the trip and the distance of the passenger.

Taxi services have a number of advantages over other types of public transport:

Possibility of delivery anywhere in the city;
24-hour operation;
comfortable travel conditions;
Fast shipping.

TO negative aspects The following points include:

high cost of services;
carriage of a limited number of passengers;
long waits for a car or refusal due to heavy workload on holidays;
inaccurate wait times;
a large percentage of illegal carriers, which results in low quality of service.

Legislation

The activities of taxis are regulated by Federal Law No. 69, referred to as the “Taxi Law”. The document came into force on September 1, 2011. In accordance with this law, any individual entrepreneur - taxi driver or specialized company must have permission to transport passengers and cargo -

To obtain it, you must first register as an individual entrepreneur or open an LLC (or other organizational form) with the tax office, and then contact the Federal service on supervision in the field of transport.

The received document is valid only within the territorial boundaries of the region; in other cases, a corresponding agreement must be concluded between the regions.

A transportation license is issued on the basis of an application from an entrepreneur or founder of an LLC for a period of at least five years. The permit is issued provided that the entrepreneur or taxi company owns (or leases) one or more vehicles intended for the transportation of passengers and luggage.

The following conditions must also be met:

Every six months, a light vehicle must undergo a technical inspection.
Color compositions indicating a taxi (“checkers”) must be applied to the body or side surfaces of the vehicle.
In some cases, the legislation of the subjects establishes a unified color design car.
An orange light must be installed on the roof of the car, and a taximeter must be installed in the cabin.
Taxi driver experience is 3 years or total driving experience is at least 5 years.
Persons operating a taxi are required to monitor the technical condition of the vehicle and check its serviceability before leaving for orders; drivers must also undergo pre-trip medical examinations.

The license must always be kept in the vehicle. The driver is obliged to present it at the request of a passenger or a traffic police officer.

Work options

As a private carrier with your own car

Many drivers who have their own car prefer to work “for themselves,” that is, engage in private transportation. The percentage of so-called “bombards” is gradually decreasing, more and more people are choosing the legal path.

If a car owner operates without registration as an individual entrepreneur and does not have a license for transportation, he may be held administratively liable for committing an illegal act. entrepreneurial activity.

The earnings of a “private owner” largely depend on the make, age and condition of the car. The better the car looks, the more likely it is that the client will want to get to his destination in it. In unpresentable cars, and even with rusty spots and “crumpled” elements, people are extremely reluctant to sit down. On average, if the car looks quite well maintained, and provided that the taxi driver works 12 hours a day, the daily earnings are from 2500 to 3000 rubles and more.

Over time, frequent carriers build up their regular customer base. Of the amount received per day, about a thousand is spent on gasoline and a car wash. It is also necessary to take into account that it is periodically necessary to visit a car service center.

When choosing this option, you need to remember some nuances. The most profitable points, as a rule, are “divided” among themselves by illegal “bombs”. Sometimes such “taxi drivers” deliberately puncture their tires and commit other actions towards those who took their place.

With the help of the control room

You can also work on your own machine through dispatch services. Some drivers rent cars. Orders are usually received by telephone or walkie-talkie. The dispatch company places advertisements for taxi services in newspapers, the Internet and other sources. Typically, such organizations operate without a fleet of vehicles. The dispatcher takes calls by phone and transmits orders to drivers.

The company receives a reward of 15-25% from each order.

An agreement is concluded between the company and the driver. Most dispatch services require drivers to provide an individual entrepreneur registration certificate. Payments to the company occur every few days - usually weekly.

This way of earning money has a number of advantages:

the freedom of action;
ability to select applications;
lack of control;
ability to work at any time of the day.

The driver must monitor the condition of the vehicle himself and bear the costs of its maintenance. On average, you can earn from 3 to 4 thousand per day on weekdays, and even more on holidays. Minus gasoline and payments to the dispatcher, this is a pretty decent amount per month.

Everything is your own (with your own vehicle fleet, control room)

The most profitable way to make money on passenger transportation is to open your own dispatch service and create a fleet of vehicles. Drivers are hired and will receive remuneration depending on the volume of completed orders. The format of the taxi service depends entirely on the available financial capabilities.

Having decided to open a taxi service with a dispatch center and a fleet of vehicles, you need to consider the following points:

Rental of premises. For a control room, an area of up to 30 square meters will be sufficient.
Purchase of equipment. It is necessary to provide dispatchers with high-quality telephone communications and software. All vehicles must be equipped with stable radio communications.
Hiring workers and salaries. To carry out the activity, you need to hire an accountant, dispatchers and drivers.
Additional expenses. This includes advertising, payment for telephone and Internet, payment for technical inspection and medical examination of drivers, etc.

The payback time for a taxi company depends on the size of the fleet. If there are 50 cars, the payback period does not exceed six months.

How to open a taxi?

Market assessment, competitor analysis

Any business should be started after a preliminary assessment of the market and analysis of the competitive base. This will help you decide pricing policy companies. The competition between private firms is simply enormous. It is also necessary to take into account the percentage of “illegals” in the analysis, but it is not possible to calculate their number.

It is considered normal if there are 1-3 taxi services for every hundred thousand population.

This is for medium-sized cities (300-600 thousand people). For small towns, one is enough. If there are already a dozen carriers in your city, not counting private owners, you need to think carefully about whether it’s worth starting.

Due to such huge competition, each taxi service strives to stand out from its “colleagues”. Some companies conduct active advertising campaigns in order to create their own brand.

Today, the social orientation of business results in significant profits. Transportation of disabled people is one such service.

Taxi for disabled people

When opening your own business, you need to think through several details that would distinguish the service from its competitors:

If possible, you should install terminals in the car that allow you to pay for the trip with a card.
Cars can be equipped with Wi-Fi.
Some companies specialize in organizing “female” taxis.
You can add several exclusive car models to your fleet.
Get involved in transporting pets, etc.

Registration

Taxi activities fall under the “imputation” (UTII), so you can register with the tax office as an individual entrepreneur. Each vehicle must obtain a permit to carry passengers. Obtain permission from the transport committee.

Business registration looks like this step by step:

preparation of a package of documents (application for state registration of individual entrepreneurs, copy of the Taxpayer Identification Number, copy of the passport, receipt of payment of the state fee for registration of individual entrepreneurs);
providing documents to the tax office at your place of residence;
receiving a registration certificate within 5 working days;
if necessary, submitting an application to the tax office to switch to a special regime;
registration in a pension;
additionally - opening a current account in a bank.

To register an LLC you need to complete the following steps:

Submitting an application for state registration of a legal entity.
Drawing up the charter.
The sole founder draws up a decision on the establishment of an LLC; for two founders, a protocol on the creation of a legal entity is drawn up.
Payment of state duty.
Certification of the founders' passports by a notary.
Drawing up an agreement on the establishment of a legal entity between two founders.
A letter of guarantee from the owner of the premises under which the company is registered.
Notarization of the certificate of registration of ownership of real estate.
Application to the tax office for the transition to “simplified taxation” (if necessary);
Registration in pension.
Opening a current account.

What is the price?

It is impossible to name a specific amount required to open a taxi. Creating a control room will definitely be cheaper than creating your own fleet of vehicles.

Below is a table with expense items and approximate costs for them:

Expense item	Approximate costs, rub.
State fee for registration of individual entrepreneurs	800
State duty for LLC registration	4000
Transportation permit	Up to 1500
Radio station	From 15 to 40 thousand or more
Sublease of radio waves	16-18 thousand
Software	About 5 thousand
Phone number	From 2.5 thousand
Equipment for one machine	From 3 thousand
Cost of cars for your own fleet	Depends on brand and models
Trademark registration (for taxis with a company logo and name)	6-7 thousand
Monthly subscription fee for using radio frequency	10 thousand
Communal payments	From 2 thousand
Salary of one operator	Minimum 15-20 thousand
Garage and office rental	Prices vary depending on the city, region and area

From the table above it can be seen that opening your own taxi is a very expensive type of business.

Calculation of profit and payback

One car per day from 2.5 to 4000 thousand rubles. Thus, monthly income from a car can be up to 120 thousand rubles. If 40% remains with the driver, it turns out that the company will receive about 72 thousand per month.

Creating your own fleet with the purchase of cars can pay off after 1.5-2 years of activity.

And without a vehicle fleet, the payback period will be about six months.

Professionals share their experience

Professionals working in the field of taxi service recommend a simple method with which you can save a lot of money. It consists of cooperation with an existing company and the conclusion of a franchise agreement.

Concluding an agreement gives you the right to open a taxi fleet in your city under a well-promoted brand.

In this case you can use software and the company's central dispatch service. Thus, when choosing a method of work, you should focus on the available financial capabilities. Creating a large fleet of vehicles with its own control room is a very expensive business. At the same time, we must not forget that you can always work purely “for yourself.”

To get started successful business, initially you need to decide on the type of activity that will generate income. Passenger transportation is considered one of the most profitable ones. Almost all residents of our country use taxi and other transport services. This is an indispensable way to solve the problem of getting to the right place on time, when your car breaks down, time is running out, or in other situations. But to start such a business, it is worth determining what tax for individual entrepreneurs in 2019 is due for taxi activities.

The first stage of the taxi business

To open a taxi business, you must obtain a license. This is the first step towards transporting passengers. A license must be issued for all cars that the individual entrepreneur plans to use for taxis. The issuance is carried out by the responsible government bodies, which may be called differently in each region.

You will also have to pay for a license in 2019 to operate a taxi in each region differently. The period for which this document-permit for motor transport services is issued is the same for everyone. A license is issued for a minimum of 5 years. That is, those who just want to try what being a taxi driver is like will not be able to officially open an individual entrepreneur for transporting passengers for just a month or two.
To obtain a taxi license, you must provide:

certificate of assignment of TIN;
extract from the Unified State Register of Individual Entrepreneurs;
leasing agreement, if any;
vehicle registration document;
completed application established form.

Requirements for car and driver:

car after technical inspection;
The driver has held a license for at least 3 years before applying for a license.

After submitting a package of documents, the license is issued within 30 days.

What type of taxation can I choose?

An entrepreneur who transports passengers in a taxi service is the same individual entrepreneur for the tax authorities as all others, but only with a certain OKVED code (OK 029-2014. ed. 2), namely 49.32 with the decoding “Taxi activities”. That is why taxi drivers, in order to open a business, can choose their type of taxation.

According to tax legislation, individual entrepreneurs have the right to pay taxes according to the following systems:

OSNO is the main one, which involves contributing 13% of one’s own to the country’s budget personal income tax plus 18% VAT. This is the basic accrual and payment method, but it is considered the most labor-intensive in the accrual process, and you will also have to pay more.
UTII is a single tax on imputed income. The amount to be paid when choosing such a taxation system depends on the number of seats in the transport used for transportation, which is registered to a given individual entrepreneur. At the same time, entrepreneurs can pay UTII by taxi not in all regions. Important: in 2018, UTII was extended until 2021.
PSN is a tax payment system that operates on the basis of a purchased patent. It can become a profitable alternative to UTII in those regions where it is not available for transporting passengers. The amount of this tax, namely the cost of the patent, also depends on the number of taxi cars the individual entrepreneur has.
The simplified tax system is a simplified tax payment system. The amount can be calculated according to two schemes at the entrepreneur’s choice and amount to either 6% of the amount of income or 15% of the difference between profits and expenses.

More information about the taxi driver license: video

What type of taxation is most beneficial?

In order to choose the right tax system for an individual entrepreneur who in 2019 decided to open a business and will be engaged in transporting passengers by taxi, it is necessary not only to calculate how much he will pay to the state budget from his profits, but also to take into account the documentation for filling out and reporting to the tax authorities control.

OSNO is considered completely impractical for taxi driver entrepreneurs. In addition to income tax and VAT amounts, it is necessary to constantly record all financial transactions. That is, each income and expense will need to be confirmed accordingly. It is almost impossible to do this without accounting experience, which in turn will incur salary costs.

UTII is practiced by many individual entrepreneurs who transport passengers by taxi. But there are some restrictions on the possibility of switching to this type of tax payment:

code not available in all regions economic activity“Taxi activities” refer to those that have the right to switch to UTII;
Individual entrepreneurs who use no more than 20 vehicles to carry out their business activities can apply UTII.

The calculation of UTII is carried out in accordance with the norms of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation, Art. 346.27. The formula for finding out how much you need to pay is as follows:

Basic yield (Implied income)*number of seats*deflator coefficient*15%*adjustment coefficient, where

basic yield for cars transport services equal to 6000 rubles,
seat- This is a place for passengers to sit. Their number is established in the vehicle manufacturer’s data sheet or can be determined by those responsible government agencies technical supervision. For a taxi, 4 seats are considered.

The deflator coefficient for 2017 is 1.798. The adjustment coefficient is set in the region of registration of the individual entrepreneur and can be from 0.005 to 1.

That is, entrepreneurs who provide services for transporting passengers by taxi must pay from several rubles per month if the adjustment factor is at the lowest level. But at the same time, UTII also has its downsides:

reporting is submitted quarterly;
it is necessary to draw up all financial documents very carefully and competently, which is very difficult if you yourself are an entrepreneur and a driver at the same time;
UTII is valid only until 2021.

Although for those who use hired workers, it is the single tax that is optimal in the taxation system.

PSN also has a number of advantages. But at the same time, how much to pay in in this case also depends on the amount of transport that is used to conduct business. The cost of a patent is calculated not just for one individual entrepreneur, but taking into account the possible profit for each machine. In addition, if an entrepreneur uses hired employees, then under PSN there cannot be more than 15 people.

The most optimal for taxi driver entrepreneurs is the simplified tax system. This is due to its following advantages:

You need to pay only 6% of income or 15% of the difference between profits and expenses; in this case, the entrepreneur himself chooses how much to pay;
maintaining accounting records requires minimal effort and time;
allowed for all individual entrepreneurs.

When comparing all tax payment systems, it is necessary to carefully consider all the pros and cons. If you have questions, it is better to seek advice from tax authorities so as not to lose later.

Do taxi drivers need CCT?

The legislation of the Russian Federation stipulates that individual entrepreneurs must use cash register systems in their work. But for entrepreneurs who transport passengers, work without it is allowed. Although this does not mean at all that there is no need to prepare documents when receiving money from a client. This must be taken into account for those who plan to open an individual entrepreneur.

An entrepreneur who provides passenger transportation services must provide passengers with strict reporting forms. There is no set form for taxi drivers yet. But there is required details that must be present on the document:

name, series and number of this form for payment for taxi services;
client name;
date of registration;
service price;
details of the authorized person from the individual entrepreneur.

The stamp can be placed using a taximeter, a device that carries out all the taxi driver’s calculations and can issue a receipt.

Responsibility for failure to comply with the requirements for issuing BSO is provided:

deprivation of the right to apply preferential tax systems;
a fine of 1,000 rubles is imposed on the driver;
a fine of 10,000 rubles is imposed on individual entrepreneurs.

Therefore, it is better to follow all the rules so as not to reduce your income and not pay extra. In general, entrepreneurship in the field of passenger transportation is quite profitable business, which you can do in 2019.

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Today, passenger and cargo transportation services are provided not only by large companies, but also by individual entrepreneurs with a “vehicle fleet” of 2-5 cars. Illegal immigrants who do not have registration also work in this business, but the authorities are fighting such taxi drivers.

Therefore, if you want to work as a taxi driver, but don’t want to go under the wing of a large company, there is only one way out: open an individual entrepreneur that provides services for transporting passengers and goods. You can describe the whole process step by step so that you get a kind of step-by-step instruction on opening a private business for a taxi driver.

To open an individual entrepreneur, a taxi driver must contact the tax authority at his place of residence with an application for registration as a private entrepreneur.

You need to have with you:

passport along with copies of all significant pages of this document;
TIN (original, copy). If there is no such document, it can be drawn up and received in parallel with the opening of an individual entrepreneur;
application for payment of taxes under a simplified scheme. It is not necessary to draw up this document, but in this case, when registering a taxi service company, the entrepreneur will be assigned general system, which can be replaced only after a year. According to the simplified tax system, you can pay as tax every month 6% of the income received (namely turnover, not net profit) or 15% - but after deducting expenses incurred.

You will need to write an application to register an individual as an individual entrepreneur at the local tax authority. Next, the taxi driver job applicant will be given a form to pay the state duty. When filling out the application, you need to take into account all the requirements, then pay a fee at Sberbank. The application and document confirming the fact of payment of the state duty must be given to the inspector. The registration procedure for an individual taxi operator will be completed within 5 working days.

Documents receiving

On a previously determined day, the local tax authority will issue the future entrepreneur with a package of documentation confirming the fact of registration of an individual entrepreneur (registration certificate, certificate with an extract from the register, notice of registration with the local tax authority).

Next, step-by-step instructions instruct you to figure it out yourself or find out from a responsible specialist what taxes and in what volume you need to pay in order to open a company providing transport services. The standard list of taxes collected from working in a taxi service includes the following payments: single and transport deductions, contributions to Pension Fund(registration as an insured by notification (arrived by mail) from the tax service).

Getting a license

The next step in the step-by-step instructions suggests issuing license documents for a taxi. A work permit can be issued by the executive branch represented by the authorized body in the region of residence of the applicant to work as an individual entrepreneur as a taxi driver. It is necessary to clarify the package of documents that will be required to obtain a work permit, the conditions for obtaining this permit and the amount of the state fee.

In order to obtain a license to operate a taxi, the instructions prescribe certain conditions:

at least 5 years of experience as a driver;
transport for work must be the property of the individual entrepreneur or it can be leased;
a necessary condition for opening an individual entrepreneur is passing a state technical inspection;
the instructions require that the car be appropriately equipped: a taximeter must be installed in the cabin, an orange light must be attached to the roof of the taxi, and checkers must be applied to the sides of the car.

Next, the step-by-step methodology instructs you to submit an application to obtain a work permit. The application is submitted complete with a copy of the passport, extracts from the Unified Register, TIN, vehicle registration certificate (or leasing agreement). The license will be issued within 1 month. After receiving permission, you can officially start working.

Possible registration options

To open an enterprise providing transport services for passenger transportation, it is not necessary to deal with this issue personally. This can be left to specialized organizations. These are legal or consulting companies whose services include the procedure for registering individual entrepreneurs. This registration of private taxi services has several positive points: the likelihood of refusal of registration due to incorrectly completed documents is reduced and the job seeker does not waste his free time.

You can open your own taxi service company by registering yourself online on the FSN website. The government has significantly simplified the registration procedure, giving those who wish to do it remotely. Payment of the fee can be made with mobile phone, bank card.

A package of necessary certificates and documents for registration can be sent by registered mail by mail. All documents must first be notarized.

You can open your own company using the Internet services of special services. These software products will not only help with the preparation of a package of documents, they will be useful in the further operation of a private enterprise for maintaining all documentation (financial, accounting) in proper form. This tool will allow you to take into account payment documents, store customer databases, receive expert advice and much more.

During an economic downturn, many car owners are considering purchasing a major or extra work in the form of transporting people. Taxi drivers made good money at any time, so this profession looks quite attractive even for owners of quite expensive cars who are unemployed or dissatisfied with their earnings. Becoming a taxi driver is quite simple; in our country, to legally work in this area, you just need to complete a simple registration and pay a very small tax. However, a considerable part of modern taxi drivers work without registration, breaking the law, but earning more money. The choice is yours, but it is easier to register an individual entrepreneur with a special type of activity code and work officially, paying tax.

In order to become a taxi driver in Russia, it is enough to have a car, and in some cases, just the desire to work as a cab driver. Many drivers, even without a car, find work in taxi companies with company transport, so they don’t even have to kill their car on Russian roads. However, earnings in this case are reduced by the amount necessary to maintain the car, as well as to pay the company’s profits. The vast majority of taxi drivers in Russia use their own vehicles to provide transportation services. Today we will look at the main subtleties of how to become a taxi driver, whether it may not be really profitable, and also what methods of mastering this profession are available in our country today. If you want a new permanent or temporary job, use the tips in the article and try yourself as a taxi driver.

Independent work in a taxi - difficult formation and documents

To work as a taxi driver in your own car, you just need to register necessary documents from the tax service, and also obtain a license to transport passengers. Registering an individual entrepreneur today turns out to be quite a simple matter, but remember that you will have to pay not only tax, but also make certain contributions to social funds, which has recently turned out to be a very significant payment. It is not difficult to obtain a license if your car is in good technical condition and is ready to transport passengers. The capital's Department of Transport is not too picky about taxi cars; in the regions things are worse. The following steps will also be required:

applying visual signs to the car that it is in front of potential client namely a taxi, and not a private car (traffic police officers will also know this);
placing information on the front panel of the car in front of the passenger’s eyes indicating fares, as well as data from your individual entrepreneur, opened in advance;
placing driver business cards with photos on the front panel, as well as indicating contact information for the Department of Transport of your region or city;
installing a ceiling light on the roof, covering the entire car with color-graphic signs in the form of checkered pieces - the officially accepted symbol of a taxi;
regular technical inspection of the vehicle in accordance with the rules established for private cab drivers and all commercial vehicles;
security normal conditions transportation of passengers and luggage, otherwise passengers may complain to the Department of Transport, which will take away your transportation license.

Interestingly, today there are considerable fines for illegal work as a taxi driver. In particular, driving without a special license will cost you 2,500 rubles, and not having this license with you will cost you 5,000 rubles. A fine of 5,000 rubles is also provided for installing taxi identification marks without obtaining permission for such actions. So it's better not to joke with modern rules and fines by registering your activities legally. Moreover, payments to the state remain quite democratic and have not increased beyond what is reasonable. However, independent work in a taxi you may be disappointed by the lack of customers.

We work as a taxi driver in dispatch centers and companies

One of the optimal solutions is to join a taxi driver with a license and a prepared car to one of the dispatch services. Considering you have your own car, you can get much more money than in other situations. Dispatchers charge from 10 to 30 percent for each call provided to you - it is better to look for a company with small commissions. Using a well-promoted taxi service brand, you don’t have to look for clients. In the meantime, you can hand out your business cards and eventually gain your own clientele without paying a commission to the dispatch company. The benefits of such work are obvious:

you use the symbols of the dispatcher, decorate the car with a special design, that is, you are not afraid of “bombed” robbers who do not really like competition;
you constantly receive new orders, do not sit without work and can start earning money on the very first day after completing all the necessary documents;
dispatchers often have big amount orders, so you will have to spend less fuel to get to the client and return to the point;
less idle mileage will mean more income and less costs per car, so working with a dispatcher will be beneficial in many aspects;
a lot positive aspects It will also be that you will have a lot of partners who are ready to help in the most difficult situations;
Nobody needs walkie-talkies today, everything happens according to mobile network or internal systems telephony with convenient and inexpensive options connections.

Considering all these advantages, we can safely say that it is worth starting your career as a taxi driver with a dispatcher. This way you can significantly improve the quality and productivity of your work, and also receive the protection of a large company that is interested in your earnings, since it receives a percentage of it. Often you will not have to calculate the fare by mileage; the dispatcher will determine the optimal fare and inform you or the client of it. Thus, all you have to do is take the person to Right place and take the specified amount of money. Don’t forget that recently in big cities many clients give tips, which has become one of the parts of taxi drivers’ income.

How to become a taxi driver without a personal car?

In large cities today you can find a job as a taxi driver even if you do not have your own car. In this case, you will not need to prepare documents and licenses for the car, and in some situations you will not even need an individual entrepreneur, since the company will register you as an employee. Other companies require registration of an individual entrepreneur to gain access to a fleet of cars. Working with large companies that have developed their own fleet of vehicles is quite simple and convenient, in this case you get convenient opportunities that will help you earn very real money:

come to the company, show your license and tell us about your experience in driving a car, your knowledge of the city and other skills important for a taxi driver;
submit documents for your registration as an employee so that the company can establish the legality of working with you and draw up the necessary documents;
some dispatchers also ask you to undergo a medical examination, which will not take you even a day of time, but will give you access to opportunities for convenient cooperation;
then you take the car from the parking lot, carefully inspecting it and writing down with the issuing employee all imperfections, scratches, defects, and so on;
with this car you go on a route and follow the company’s instructions, transport people taking into account internal rules taxi services;
you receive money or payment using a card, and once in a certain period (often two weeks) you receive wages driver.

This method of working in a taxi, of course, will bring less money than working in your own car, but in this case you are provided with a comfortable, serviceable car with necessary conditions for the transport of passengers, and also provide a legal basis for operation. All you have to do is go in the right direction and receive payment for the work done at the end of a certain period. This is a fairly simple way to become a taxi driver, which is available to anyone who wants to get this profession and increase their income, or simply find a job and give themselves time to look for a more profitable occupation. Watch a short video about the work of a taxi driver in Moscow:

Let's sum it up

Earning income from working as a taxi driver today is not as tangible as it was during the heyday of this activity. For normal income it is necessary to do everything in a civilized and official manner, so that most of the income is taken preparatory stage and ensuring that the documents and the machine itself fully comply with legal requirements. Nevertheless, motorists continue to become taxi drivers if they have no other job or really like traveling while driving. If driving your car all day doesn't frighten you, you should consider becoming a taxi driver and enjoy endless driving.

If the steering wheel is not your thing, then becoming a taxi driver with a normal income will be quite difficult for you. It is better to find another job that will require fewer hours of driving. Having a car, you can get a job as a driver for some company and move along a certain route or only at the request of your manager. It is much calmer and often more profitable and easier than working in a taxi. However, the choice is always yours. Would you work in a taxi, taking into account all the features and difficulties of this profession in our time?