What documents does a taxi driver need for a personal car?

How to become a taxi driver - a list of documents and actions for the driver

During an economic downturn, many car owners are considering taking on a primary or secondary job in the form of driving people around. Taxi drivers earned 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 fill out the necessary documents with the tax service, as well as 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:

putting visual signs on the car that it is a taxi and not a private car in front of the potential client (the 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;
ensuring normal conditions for the 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, working independently in a taxi may disappoint you with the lack of clients.

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 a large number of 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 for the car, so working with a dispatcher will be beneficial in many aspects;
there will be many positive aspects in the fact that you will have a lot of partners who are ready to help in the most difficult situations;
Today, no one needs walkie-talkies anymore; everything happens over a mobile network or internal telephony systems with convenient and inexpensive connection options.

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 the 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;
in this car you go on a route and follow the company’s instructions, transport people taking into account the internal rules of the taxi service;
you receive money or payment using a card, and once in a certain period (often two weeks) you receive the driver's salary.

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 the necessary conditions for transporting passengers, and are also given a legal basis for work. 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, everything must be done in a civilized and official manner, so the majority of the income is taken up by the 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?

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What documents should a taxi driver have?

Post by Bezobrazer » Jan 12, 2019, 11:55 am

Colleagues, hello everyone! I would like to raise the topic of documents with the taxi driver. While communicating with colleagues, I realized that many, maybe including me, do not know the complete list of documents that a driver must have. I’ll try to give a list of documents, and if there’s anything wrong, please correct me. This way we will create a list of what is needed.

1 . Driver's license of the established form.

3. OSAGO policy marked “taxi” - More details

4 . Diagnostic card (current) - More details

5 . Completed waybill Read more

6. Permission to carry out activities for the transportation of passengers and luggage by passenger taxi in the region where the activity is carried out (taxi license)More

7. Strict Reporting Forms - More details (From July 1, 2019, instead of BSO, an online cash register must be installed in every taxi - More details)

8 . Driver card (badge) - More details

10 . Information about the company providing cars for taxis and information about regulatory authorities - Read more

eleven . Vehicle rental agreement (if the car is rented)

12 . The current version of the rules for the carriage of passengers and luggage by road. You can store it on your phone in a convenient format - DOWNLOAD

What laws regulate the activities of taxis:

1. Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (Article 238 http://www.consultant.ru/document/cons_ . f6108be59/, Art. 264 http://www.consultant.ru/document/cons_ . 15ebb4046/)
2. Tax Code RF
3. Civil Code of the Russian Federation
4. Traffic Rules of the Russian Federation
5. “Charter of Automobile Transport and Urban Ground Electric Transport” N°259-FZ dated 08.11.2007
6. “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation (Article 9 - about taxi)" N°69-FZ dated 04/21/2011 as amended by Federal Law-34 dated 04/23/2012 http://www.consultant.ru/document/cons_ .
74fdcf420/ 7. “On technical inspection of vehicles” N°170-FZ dated 07/01/2011 http://www.consultant.ru/document/cons_doc_LAW_115853/
8. “Rules for the transportation of passengers and luggage by road transport and urban ground electric transport” Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation N°112 dated February 14, 2009 http://www.consultant.ru/document/cons_.
ca92af7bf/ 9. Order of the Ministry of Transport of Russia dated September 18, 2008 N 152 (as amended on November 7, 2017) “On approval of mandatory details and the procedure for filling out waybills” (Registered with the Ministry of Justice of Russia on October 8, 2008 N 12414) http://www.consultant .ru/document/cons_doc_LAW_80554/
10. Order of the Ministry of Transport of Russia dated 08/20/2004 N 15 (as amended on 05/03/2018) “On approval of the Regulations on the peculiarities of working time and rest time for car drivers” (Registered with the Ministry of Justice of Russia on 01/11/2004 N 6094) http://www.consultant.ru/document/cons_doc_LAW_50066/

Colleagues, I wish everyone to be savvy with knowledge and carry out their activities in such a way that later there will be no bitterness and resentment for what they have lived through))) Neither a nail nor a rod!

Documents for working in a taxi

Not all experienced taxi drivers know about the required list of documents, but in connection with recent events, when raids have become more frequent on the eve of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, we should have everything in order with the documents.

But what about those who have only recently entered the profession or are planning to do so? For the most part, they do not even mean a list of documents.

I would like to note right away that it doesn’t matter at all how you work with a rented car or as a part-time job, in any case you need to have a whole package of documents.
True, it can change depending on the form of your activity. But the main part remains unchanged. Related articles:

What documents are needed to work in a taxi?

Standard package of documents for any driver

Driver's license
STS – Certificate of Registration (in common parlance, technical passport)
Permit to transport passengers (Taxi license)

Issued for 5 years.
You can read more in this article

How should a waybill be formatted correctly? I talked about it in the article: Waybill for a taxi.

Here I want to remind you that it only lasts for a day.

They must be issued after each trip.
The passenger may not take it, but they must write a check. If you don’t write a check and the trip turns out to be a check, you will be fined. Let me remind you that online cash registers will soon replace BSO checks. I talked about them earlier, in the article Working in a taxi and online cash registers..

Regarding insurance, there is a separate case. Believe me, they are different. It is much more difficult to get it by taxi. Especially if you decide to work independently. But it’s better not to save money, God forbid something happens on the road. The insurance company will definitely find out that the car is designed to transport people, even if you miraculously hide it during registration. And this is a great reason to refuse insurance payment.

I found more detailed information on the Internet about MTPL for taxis, go and read.

How is taxi insurance different from regular insurance?

For working in a taxi there is a special note - “For taxis”
The taxi driver will have to fork out for compulsory motor liability insurance, for him the policy costs many times more

Diagnostic card

Here, too, there are differences from a regular map. If for a personal car it is issued for a year, then for working in a taxi, it is only for six months. Another interesting article on the topic of diagnostic cards for taxis. A colleague made a good website, I advise you to go through it. A lot of interesting.

What should be inside a taxi car?

Driver card or badge.

It should contain your photo, full name, car details and it is better to add a license number.

Rules of conduct for passengers in a taxi.

They are the same as for passengers of buses, trolleybuses, etc. After all, taxis are public transport. You can find them on the Internet and print them.

What should be on the outside of the car?

Taxi sign with checkered roof.
Color scheme on the sides of the car.

Be sure to keep it in the trunk

First aid kit
Fire extinguisher
Child seat or booster

What you need to work in a taxi: 2 options

What you need to work as a taxi driver in the dispatch service + job features + how much you can earn. What you need to work as a taxi driver in your own car: documents, equipment, license + approximate earnings + pros and cons of working as a taxi driver.

Each of us has at least once wondered how to find a way to earn extra money. One of the best options for men in particular is working as a taxi driver. There is always demand in this area, regardless of the time of year or day of the week.

What do you need to work in a taxi? First, decide for yourself: do you want to work on your car or get a job with a carrier company?

We will discuss all the nuances of both options below.

Working as a taxi driver in the dispatch service

You decided to try your hand at getting a job as a cab driver for a dispatch company.

In this case, having your own car does not matter. Many companies have a sufficient number of cars in their taxi fleet, so they only need experienced drivers.

Before you get a job you must undergo an interview.

To become a driver, you must meet the following criteria:

Age from 25 years;
Driving experience of at least 5 years;
Knowledge of the city;
Experience as a driver and letters of recommendation from a previous place of employment (not required, but desirable);
No accidents;
There should be no criminal record, even a suspended one;
Availability of a certificate from a narcologist stating that the person does not have problems with drugs and alcohol;
A certificate from a psychiatrist that the candidate for the position is not registered with a doctor.
The ability to use a navigator will be a big plus, but even if you don’t have such knowledge, you can quickly learn it.

These requirements may vary from company to company. For example, for some services it does not matter how old the driver is, while others strictly observe this point.

Reputable taxi companies in Moscow require drivers to know English, because foreigners often come to the capital.

If you have your own car, then you need to have a license to transport passengers (we will tell you how to get it below), a state vehicle inspection and a passed medical examination.

Features of a working day in a rented taxi

Working with a rented taxi has its own nuances that are not suitable for everyone.

How does a taxi driver's working day go without his own car?

The driver comes to the parking lot and takes his work car. It is necessary to check the technical condition of the car before the trip. If you see any defects, please report this immediately to the employee who issues the taxi from the parking lot.
If everything is in order, you take the car and transport clients strictly according to the instructions of the company’s dispatchers. You will be notified by phone about where to go.

You give all the money you earn during the day to the company. Taxi drivers are paid 1-2 times a month. Exactly how much you earn will depend on the number of working days and income if you work on a percentage basis.

Some dispatch services only pay workers a rate. Which method is better, each taxi driver decides for himself individually.

How much can you earn on a rented car?

Now specifically about the numbers. If the taxi driver does not operate his own car, then he will have to pay a percentage to the company for renting the vehicle.

The driver receives only 20% from one call. The rest of the amount is spent on gasoline and salaries for dispatchers.

If you work in your own car, then the dispatcher needs to pay up to 25% for 1 call, a certain amount will be spent on gasoline, and the rest will be transferred to the driver’s salary.

Sometimes carrier companies hire drivers on a salary basis. If you work on a 6/1 schedule, 12 hours a day, then the salary will be approximately 35-50,000 rubles per month.

To work as a taxi driver in the dispatch service you don’t need much, but it will be difficult to make good money. But you will be provided with a serviceable car, for which only the company will be responsible for repairs and fuel.

There will also be no need to waste time looking for clients; other people will do this. You just need to deliver the client to the desired address as quickly and comfortably as possible.

What do you need to work as a taxi driver in your own car?

It will be much more difficult to operate a taxi in your own car. You will have to go through many stages associated with registering an individual entrepreneur and issuing a license for the right to transport people.

What exactly do you need to work in a taxi? We will tell you everything in order.

No. 1. Automobile

The first priority is the availability of a vehicle.

To become a successful driver, the car must be in good working order and ready for 24-hour workload. A good driver should regularly take the car to a service station for inspection.

To work as a taxi driver, it is advisable to have a foreign car, and not a domestic VAZ model.

In addition to high-level technical characteristics, the car must be equipped with additional devices:

The car should be repainted yellow or purchased with a checkerboard;
According to GOST, a cab driver needs to buy a taximeter of any brand;
According to the new rules, every car must have a GPS navigator and a video recorder.

No. 2. Individual entrepreneur registration

To conduct any business activity, it is necessary to obtain confirmation of registration of an individual entrepreneur (IP) from the tax office.

With this document, anyone can engage in small business and transfer taxes to the state budget.

If you want to expand by creating your own transportation company, then you don’t need to fill out any more documents. You only need to register your employees and regularly pay state duty for them.

Step-by-step instructions for registering an individual entrepreneur to work in a taxi:

The first step is to contact the tax office at the place of registration of the business. You must take a copy and original of your Russian citizen’s passport with you;
In the tax inspector’s office, using the sample, fill out an application for individual entrepreneur status;
After this, you will be given a receipt according to which you need to pay the state fee at Sberbank. The price for each region is individual. After payment, the receipt must be given to the inspector who is responsible for registering the individual entrepreneur for you;
Within 5 days you will receive the status of an individual entrepreneur and can safely start working as a taxi driver.

The tax office will also give you the following accompanying documents:

certificate of registration of an individual as an individual entrepreneur;
an extract from the Unified Register of Individual Entrepreneurs and Legal Entities of the Russian Federation;
notification that the individual is registered with the tax office at the place of registration of the individual entrepreneur.

The last step is to open accounts for cash transactions for business in any bank.

It is advisable to order a seal, but this condition is not considered mandatory.

After this procedure, you should check with your inspector when and how much you will have to transfer to the state budget.

According to the law, it is necessary to pay a single tax, make transfers to a pension fund, and also pay transport tax.

No. 3. Registration of a license

Every taxi driver, even if he works for a company, must have a license from the Ministry of Transport. This document certifies that a person has the right to transport people.

Sometimes even the client may require to see a license. Traffic police officers may issue a fine of 5,000 rubles for a taxi driver not having a license.

To obtain a license, you must prepare the following documents:

Draw up an application for a permit;
Make a copy of your passport;
Provide a copy of the vehicle registration certificate;
If the car is not owned by the applicant, you must provide a copy of the lease agreement or power of attorney;
Present a document confirming that the vehicle has undergone state inspection.

With this entire list of documents, you must contact the executive body of the Ministry of Transport at your place of residence.

The license to transport passengers is valid for 5 years.

Not everyone can count on obtaining a permit to work as a taxi driver.

You will not receive the document if:

Driving experience less than 5 years;
The car for which a license is being requested is not the property of the applicant, and he does not have a rental agreement with the real owner of the car;
The vehicle has not passed state technical inspection.

How much can you earn from your car?

The most important question for many is how much can you earn as a taxi driver using your own car?

There are no specific figures, because the amount of earnings depends on the following points:

What tariff the driver chose for himself;
How many hours did he work;
Where does he wait for his clients?
What route did the taxi driver take (experienced drivers know all the roads in the city where they can travel as quickly as possible, thereby saving on fuel), etc.

The standard taxi fare for Moscow is 250-500 rubles per 1 kilometer.

The sweetest places for drivers are subways, train stations and airports. At night, many taxi drivers stand near nightclubs.

Good earnings can be in bad weather or holidays.

To make good money, you need to serve 10-15 people a day. If you calculate the cost of gasoline and car maintenance, then in a month you can earn an average of 50,000 rubles.

Here, income directly depends on the taxi worker’s work schedule and parking location.

To increase your customer base, make bright business cards and hand them out to all passengers.

Contents of the business plan:
1. Confidentiality
2. Summary
3. Stages of project implementation
4. Characteristics of the object
5. Marketing plan
6. Technical and economic data of the equipment
7. Financial plan
8. Risk assessment
9. Financial and economic justification of investments
10. Conclusions

What you need to know about working in a taxi: all the pros and cons

We have already found out what is needed to work in a taxi, now let’s figure out what the pros and cons of working as drivers consist of:

What you need to work in a taxi: necessary documents and requirements, regulations and legal aspects. Reviews and advice from taxi drivers, clients and dispatchers

According to many passengers, the job of a taxi driver is the easiest. After all, all she needs is a license that allows her to travel in a vehicle. Many companies even provide a car. And sometimes it’s such that you can’t save it on your own! And the labor process itself does not require any effort at all. You sit, listen to pleasant music and drive back and forth. And they also give you money for it. It would seem that the job is a dream!

But this is just the outer side of the coin. The reverse is much less rosy. We will talk about it in this article. And we’ll also cover what you need to work in a taxi.

Driving experience

Making the decision to become a taxi driver is not difficult at all. Especially in view of the constant crisis and unemployment. Therefore, many men and even some women are thinking about changing their “immovable” place of work to a “movable” one. But they absolutely do not understand the intricacies of the profession. And on the very first day they realize that they are a completely useless cab driver.

How much experience is needed to work as a taxi driver? This is a decisive question, because a driver who has been driving a car for at least three years can become a cab driver.

That is why, before you actually become a taxi driver, you should learn about the important nuances that are highlighted by experienced taxi drivers, dispatchers, individual entrepreneurs, and also regulated by the law of the Russian Federation.

"Pitfalls" of the profession

Many beginners are often interested in whether cars are needed to work as a taxi? And they are very happy to hear the encouraging “not always.” However, this circumstance sometimes turns out to be negative.

Experienced taxi drivers complain that ensuring the driver’s safety lies primarily with him. And different people use taxi services. The dispatcher cannot, and does not attempt to, determine whether the caller poses a threat. For this reason, the taxi driver never knows what kind of person got into his car and how the trip to a particular destination might end.

In addition, many cab drivers learn the arrival location directly from the client. This means that they are leaving in an unknown direction. And this is also fraught with unpleasant consequences.

The driver can still somehow improve his personal car. For example, equip it with a high headrest (to protect against a noose) or install a piece of iron into the back of the seat (to prevent a knife strike). The provided car must be returned in the same condition in which it was at the time of receipt. After all, it is often not assigned to one driver. And on different days the vehicle can be driven by different taxi drivers.

What kind of income can you expect?

The next thing you need to know about working as a taxi driver is that this profession is not at all profitable. For example, let’s take a review from an ordinary taxi driver. For the entire shift (12 hours), the driver earned 2,500 rubles. Of these, the employer will receive a quarter. Another 30% will have to be set aside or given to the company (if the car is provided). Three hundred rubles will be needed for gasoline and at least two hundred for something to eat on the road. As a result, the daily revenue will be a little more than five hundred rubles. If you spread this amount over 12 working hours, it turns out that an hour of work brings only 50 rubles. And if you find out the monthly income in the absence of days off, it will come out to less than twenty thousand. Which is also pretty meager. And this despite the fact that all passengers will be honest and will not try to escape without paying.

Impact of machine condition on revenue

The amount of payment is also affected by the vehicle. Many clients, answering the question of what kind of car they need to work as a taxi, note that it is more pleasant to drive a foreign car that is in good condition, well-groomed and neat, without damage to the body, dents or scratches. The latter factors indicate that the taxi driver is a true master of his craft, drives carefully and does not get into an accident.

Taxi drivers advise beginners to think about purchasing or using their own car, the condition of which can be assessed and maintained independently. Dispatchers point out that cab drivers always have the opportunity to work overtime and at night. And this will also allow you to make significant extra money.

Importance of health status

According to statistics, after ten hours from the start of transportation, the driver’s functionality is significantly reduced. In addition, the desire to earn money sometimes dominates over the issue of safety (your own and that of your passengers). Therefore, some taxi drivers do not want to take the car for inspection once again. As a result, the above reasons may result in a serious accident.

Another essential requirement for working as a taxi driver is good health. After all, the work is sedentary. Accordingly, with various types of osteochondrosis, cardiovascular diseases, varicose veins, frequent migraines, poor eyesight, arthrosis of the hands and feet and similar ailments, driving is highly not recommended. And transporting passengers is completely prohibited.

Requirement of a special license

Many people wonder: do you need a license to operate a taxi? If the reviews of experienced taxi drivers did not frighten the newcomer, and he nevertheless decided to work as a cab driver, he should know that domestic legislation prohibits the organization of private transportation, trying to protect passengers from incompetent “bombs”. That is why, having made a serious decision, you should proceed to collecting the necessary documents, among which a license to carry out labor activities occupies a primary place. This is exactly what you need to work in a taxi. Given to drivers with at least three years of experience. There are two types, because it is intended for taxi drivers working in special companies, and those who want to work for themselves.

The cost fluctuates, but does not exceed ten thousand rubles. There is no common look and feel for both licenses. Therefore, different constituent entities of the Russian Federation may have their own form. However, there are still some common signs. Each license authorizing the carriage of passengers must contain:

coat of arms of the Russian Federation;
name of the institution that issued the document;
license number, which certainly matches the state register;
the name of the taxi service or individual entrepreneur who received permission for this type of work activity;
make and number of the car on which transportation will be carried out;
validity period of the document;
details - series and license number.

Suitability of a regular MTPL policy

Enough has been said regarding the previous official document. Therefore, now newcomers will have no doubt about whether they need a license to work as a taxi driver. However, this is not the only document that will be required to carry out such activities.

An important piece of advice from experienced taxi drivers is this: every cab driver should take care of an MTPL policy. Because using the standard option is unacceptable. In the event of an accident, it will be invalid, and the insurance company will have the right to refuse compensation for damage. The cost of the right policy also varies in all parts of the country. But it does not exceed twenty thousand rubles.

The need for CASCO

Thus, a license and a special MTPL are all that is needed to legally work as a taxi driver. However, some drivers voluntarily take out a CASCO policy. And this is quite reasonable, considering that taxis are used much more than a regular car. In addition, for him the risk of an accident increases several times due to the intensive use of the vehicle - hourly movement over different distances. How else is a CASCO policy useful? For example, in the event of forced downtime (the car was damaged in an accident, sent for repairs and the driver cannot continue to work on it), he compensates for expenses.

Key provisions of the Taxi Law

The above-mentioned legal act was signed back in 2011. It was then that the activity of passenger transportation by taxi was seriously revised and regulated in a new way. Later, in 2012, and then in 2014, the law was again revised and supplemented with amendments. Many of them came into force in 2015. The law was then revised again in 2016. However, dispatchers and taxi drivers note that it is still “raw”.

Its key points relate to the following:

what documents are needed to work in a taxi and carry out transportation activities;
non-compliance with the law involves penalties;
requirements for the taxi driver and his car.

We have nothing to add regarding the first provisions, but the topic of the requirements remained undisclosed. And then we will talk about it exactly.

Compliance of the vehicle and the driver with the provisions of the legal act

The first aspect concerns the appearance of the car. He obliges the taxi driver to paste a color scheme on the side of the car and attach an orange checkered lamp to the roof. It is also important to ensure that there is a taximeter in the cabin, which the client can use to navigate the cost of the trip. And also about passing a technical inspection, the frequency of which is regulated by law. At least once every six months.

The driver himself must have a license to carry out transportation activities, issued by the Ministry of Transport of the relevant constituent entity of the Russian Federation. By law, its term is five years. If such a document is issued to a private person, then the taxi driver must have in his hands a certificate of registration as an individual entrepreneur.

The next thing you need to work in a taxi is to undergo a daily medical examination, on the basis of which a document is issued, confirmed by a certain medical institution. Without complying with this condition, the driver’s admission to the shift is strictly prohibited.

Tax for individual entrepreneurs engaged in transportation

According to the law, an individual entrepreneur can determine his own tax payment system. However, in most cases, entrepreneurs find it difficult to make the right decision on their own. In this case, it is better for them to contact the tax service, where competent specialists will answer all their questions.

Nevertheless, existing entrepreneurs are happy to share their experience with newcomers. General recommendations are as follows:

OSNO is absolutely not suitable for taxi company owners. Because it requires strict recording of each income and expense.
A much larger number of individual entrepreneurs choose UTII. But only those whose taxi fleet numbers no more than twenty cars. It is also important to note that this system is valid only until 2021.
PSN will determine the amount of tax according to the number of cars in the company. In addition, it regulates the number of hired workers - no more than fifteen.
The simplified tax system is the most convenient and, in the opinion of many individual entrepreneurs, profitable system. It involves a tax of choice: in the amount of six percent of total income or fifteen percent of net revenue, that is, the difference between income and expenses.

Whether an individual entrepreneur is needed to work in a taxi is up to each driver to decide for himself. However, experienced entrepreneurs note that they themselves once worked “for their uncle” as an ordinary cab driver. After all, without knowing the basics and intricacies of the profession, it is very difficult to organize a business competently.

How can you increase your revenue level?

Perhaps the information we presented in this article has discouraged many from the desire to connect their lives with transportation activities. That is why we would like to talk further about the fact that it is still possible to make a good income as a cab driver. If you know the professional secrets that experienced taxi drivers are silent about:

Bad weather has a beneficial effect on passenger traffic.
When the city is walking and having fun, the taxi driver must work.
Ensuring conscientious work is the task of the driver himself.
A taxi driver is a psychologist whose task is to set the passenger in a positive mood. This will ensure a tip.
Rest and lunch are important factors for quality work and good mood.

So, that's all you need to officially work as a taxi driver.