What are the fines for taxis and why can they be punished for not having a checker?

Taxi services are quite in demand. This gives rise to the high popularity of such vacancies. In conditions where other jobs in most regions offer very low income, working in a taxi allows you to earn more.

Considering the fact that working in a taxi is directly tied to the transportation of passengers, in 2021 the legislator is making significant demands on taxi drivers. Violation of them leads to the application of penalties based on current legislation.

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When is a taxi driver fined in 2021?

Before starting to work in a taxi, you should study the requirements for carriers that are established by the legislator, since failure to comply with them will lead to penalties. In 2021, there are indeed many such requirements; for violation, each taxi driver is fined.

Fine for not having a taxi license.

Transporting passengers is a licensed activity. The law prohibits transportation without a special permit. This requirement is established by Federal Law No. 69 of April 21, 2011, in Article 9. A taxi driver’s license is issued for a period of five years. It can be received by an individual entrepreneur or an organization, but not by an individual.

Clause 2.1.1 of the Traffic Regulations establishes that a taxi driver is required to carry with him and provide upon request of a traffic police officer permission to operate a taxi. Punishment for lack of a license is provided for in Article 12.3, paragraph 2.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation and is expressed in the form of a fine in the amount of five thousand rubles.

Fine for operating a faulty taxi car.

Any car, even if it is used purely for personal purposes, must be in full working order, but this only applies to certain breakdowns. For example, no one will fine a driver whose car does not have power windows, but you cannot drive with faulty brakes.

The appendix to the traffic rules, called the “List of faults and conditions under which the operation of vehicles is prohibited,” indicates all the breakdowns that will interfere with the operation of vehicles in 2021. The same applies to taxis. The main requirements are for brakes, steering, lights, windshield wipers, and wheels. The functionality of these systems is necessary to ensure maximum safety for both the driver and his passengers.

Driving a car in the presence of faults listed in this appendix is ​​punishable in accordance with Article 12.5 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation. The fine for taxi drivers starts from 500 rubles and reaches 5,000; deprivation of the right to drive for up to six months can also be applied.

Penalty for lack of waybill.

Any transportation of passengers and luggage imposes a requirement for the taxi driver to have a waybill. Paragraph 2.1.1 of the traffic rules states that the driver, if required by law, must have such a document with him and present it to the traffic police. The charter of road transport and urban ground electric transport, in article 6, paragraph 2, states that transportation in a taxi in the absence of a waybill is prohibited.

The sanction for the absence of a taxi driver’s waybill in 2021 is provided for in Article 12.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation; it is determined in the form of a fine in the amount of five hundred rubles.

Fine for installing taxi checkers.

Transport used for transportation must be marked. At the same time, the activity is controlled by the state so that the use of a special designation, the so-called “checkers,” is prohibited if the car is not officially considered a taxi.

The illegal installation of taxi checkers is provided for in Article 12.4 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation.

Thus, the illegal installation of a lamp that indicates a taxi is punishable in accordance with paragraph 2. The fine will be 5,000 rubles for drivers and 500,000 rubles for organizations. In both cases, the subject of the violation, that is, “checkers,” is confiscated.

The use of a color scheme that indicates a taxi is punishable in accordance with paragraph 3 of Article 12.4 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation. The fine is the same amount as for illegal installation of checkers (5,000 rubles for drivers and 500,000 rubles for legal entities).

Fine for using a car with checkers without a taxi license.

Driving a car on which special taxi signs are installed illegally is punishable under a different standard. Thus, paragraph 4 of Article 12.5 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation deals with the situation when there is a taxi lamp on the car. The fine for a driver in 2021 will be 5,000 rubles.

Paragraph 7 refers to a car with a printed color scheme. For taxi drivers without a work permit, the fine is exactly the same.

Fine for not having checkers on a taxi in 2019.

The use of taxi vehicles that are not properly marked is also prohibited. Responsibility is determined on the basis of Article 11.14.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation. Thus, paragraph 3 states that the fine for a taxi driver will be 3,000 rubles.

A penalty is applied if at least one required element is missing, for example, only a color scheme or only a lantern. And if all the designations are missing, then the sanction will be exactly the same.

Penalty for failure to issue a check.

Requirements for the issuance of cash documents apply to all entrepreneurs and taxis are no exception. At the same time, the legislator separately stipulates sanctions for violation of this rule by a taxi driver. Thus, paragraph 2 of Article 11.14.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation establishes that the sanction for such a violation will be a fine of 1,000 rubles for the driver.

Fine to a taxi driver for failure to post mandatory information.

Some information must be placed in the car. Specific information that must be provided is listed in the Rules for the carriage of passengers and baggage by road and urban ground electric transport. Paragraph 117 states that the front panel will contain information about the name of the freighter, terms of payment, a driver’s card containing his photo, and details of the body that monitors transportation. Paragraph 118 already indicates that a passenger taxi must contain transportation rules.

The fine for the lack of mandatory information in a taxi in 2021 is provided for in Article 11.14.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation. For a taxi driver it will be 1,000 rubles, for officials – 10,000 rubles, for legal entities – 30,000 rubles.

Fine for driving without insurance.

Driving by car always requires a compulsory motor liability insurance policy. It makes no difference whether we are talking about a taxi or personal transport. The legislator has provided for liability for such a violation.

Responsibility is provided for by the norms of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation. Thus, paragraph 1 of Article 12.37 establishes a fine for driving with an MTPL policy during a period not provided for by the insurance policy or the absence of a specific person in the policy (500 rubles), and paragraph 2 of the same article provides for a fine of 800 rubles for failure to fulfill insurance obligations.

Taxi driver fined for driving without a child seat.

The rules for transporting children in taxis are also regulated on a general basis, that is, a fine is provided for all drivers, not just taxi drivers.

Liability is established by paragraph 3 of Article 12.23 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation. The fine for the driver will be 3,000 rubles. But a legal entity, for example, a transportation company, can be fined up to 100 thousand rubles.

Fine for a taxi driver for driving in a dedicated lane in 2021.

On the one hand, only route transport is allowed to travel along this part of the road, but the issue needs to be considered more carefully.

Thus, clause 18.2 of the traffic rules establishes a list of vehicles that are allowed to drive in the bus lane. This list also includes passenger taxis. Accordingly, in 2021, a taxi driver will not be fined for driving in a dedicated lane.

Amount of fine

Our hero Sergei was fined in full. The law stipulates that the penalty for illegal transportation is 5,000 rubles. But it is also indicated that in different regions these figures may differ from each other.

In Moscow, the penalty is 10,000 rubles.

If identification marks are not installed on the car, you will have to pay another fine of 3,000 rubles.

In addition, in some cases, traffic police officers can remove license plates and send the car to the parking lot.

If the driver is caught for not issuing a receipt, he will have to pay 1,000 rubles.

If a driver illegally installed an identification light on his car or applied a color scheme, his fine will be 5,000 rubles.

Compared to the previous version of the law, the amount of punishment has increased several times.

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What is the fine for an unlicensed taxi driver in 2021?

Taxi operations require a special permit (license). It is not so difficult to obtain it; the procedure is simplified as much as possible to legalize the activities of carriers. Violation of the license requirement will result in administrative liability.

In addition, there are several more indirect violations, one way or another related to the activities of taxis.

ViolationLegal normSanction amountPossibility of discount
No licenseclause 2.1 art. 12.3 Code of Administrative Offenses 5000 rublesAvailable
The car is faultyArt. 12.5 Code of Administrative Offenses From 500 to 5000 rubles, depending on the type of malfunctionAvailable
There is no waybillclause 2 art. 12.3 Code of Administrative Offenses 500 rublesAvailable
Illegal installation of checkersArt. 12.4 Code of Administrative Offenses 5,000 rubles for a driver, 20,000 rubles for an official and 100,000 rubles for a legal entity. Additionally, confiscation of the object of the violation is applied. Available
Using vehicles with checkersclause 4 and clause 7 of Art. 12.5 Code of Administrative Offenses 5,000 rubles for applying “checkers” according to clause 4 and 5,000 rubles for applying a color scheme according to clause 7.Available
No checkers on taxisclause 3 art. 11.14.1 Code of Administrative Offenses 3000 per driver, 10000 per official and 50000 per organizationAbsent
Non-issuance of a checkclause 3 art. 11.14.1 Code of Administrative Offenses 1,000 rubles per driver, 10,000 per official and 30,000 rubles per organizationAbsent
Lack of mandatory informationclause 1 art. 11.14.1 Code of Administrative Offenses 1,000 rubles per driver, 10,000 per official and 30,000 rubles per organizationAbsent
Lack of compulsory motor liability insuranceArt. 12.37 Code of Administrative Offenses 500 rubles if you don’t have insurance “with you” or if it’s overdue, 800 rubles if you don’t have insurance at allAvailable
No child seatClause 3 art. 12.23 3,000 rubles per driver, 25,000 per official and 100,000 rubles per organizationAvailable
Driving in a dedicated laneIt is not a violation for a taxi if the car has special markings.

Fine for not having a taxi driver card

According to the rules for the transportation of passengers and luggage, information about the carrier, driver, regulatory authority and terms of payment for the trip must be placed on the front panel of the taxi car.

The absence of such a card entails liability under Article 11.14.1 of the Administrative Code. The fine will be issued:

  • driver 1000 rubles;
  • to an official 10,000 rubles;
  • to a legal entity 30,000 rubles.

In this case, an individual entrepreneur bears responsibility as an official.

Who pays the fine imposed on the taxi driver?

In 2021, the fine is paid by the person to whom it was issued. The resolution indicates who is responsible for the violation, regardless of who issues the document, the court or the traffic police officer.

So, if the fault lies with the taxi driver, as an individual, then he will pay a fine. If we are talking about the guilt of an official or an organization as a whole, then a sanction will be imposed on them. For example, a transportation organization did not provide employees with the technical ability to issue a check. Accordingly, a fine will be imposed on the legal entity.

The person held accountable may attempt to change the subject. For example, the organization will provide evidence that it provided child seats and that their absence in the car is the fault of the taxi driver alone. In this case, responsibility rests with the taxi driver.

Examples from judicial practice

Since most disputes between carriers and control authorities are resolved in court, many case studies can be cited to prove the factors presented in the article.

Example 1

In the Chelyabinsk region, the driver was transporting a citizen in a car. A traffic police officer argued in court that the driver was a private driver without a license.

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The driver of the car managed to prove that the passenger he was transporting did not pay the fare, which was taken into account by the judge.

Based on the testimony of the passenger and the lack of evidence from the traffic police representative, a decision was made in favor of the driver. The fine imposed by the regulatory authority has been cancelled.

Example 2

In Tula, employees of the regulatory organization conducted a raid to identify illegal private taxis.

To do this, the organization’s employees carried out a so-called “test purchase”, that is, a taxi was called by one of the dispatch service telephones or the car was stopped on the street.

After the driver collected the fare, the employees checked the documents. During the operation, more than 30 illegal taxi drivers were identified. All drivers were fined, which the court found to be justified.

Obtaining a license is the first step to engaging in business activities related to passenger transportation.

Sanctions for illegal carriers are constantly being tightened, which leads to a reduction in accidents.

The requirements for transporting groups of children by bus are outlined in the article:

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For information on passenger transportation by Russian Railways, see the page.

Find out how to draw up a contract for the carriage of passengers and luggage from the information.

The procedure for imposing a fine on a taxi driver in 2021

In 2021, the fine is applied to the taxi driver on a general basis. It is also appointed in accordance with general norms.

So, the procedure for assigning a fine to a taxi driver is as follows:

  1. detection of a violation by the relevant employee;
  2. issuing a protocol on an administrative violation;
  3. issuance and delivery of a decision on an offense.

The driver may refuse to receive the order, in which case it will be filled out in front of witnesses and sent to him by mail. If an organization is held liable, the protocol will be sent to its address.

In accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 2.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, an organization is brought to administrative responsibility if it had all the conditions to comply with established standards. At the same time, paragraph 3 of this norm states that holding an individual liable does not exempt the organization from punishment. It turns out that the sanction can be applied simultaneously to the taxi driver and the carrier.

Fine for illegal use of taxi lights and checkers

Here responsibility can be under two headings:

  1. For illegally installing a flashlight or applying a checkerboard belt to a car body (Article 12.4 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation)
  • driver 5000 rubles;
  • for officials and responsible persons 20,000 rubles;
  • to a legal entity 500,000 rubles.
  1. For driving a car with an illegally installed taxi lamp or checkers belt (Article 12.5 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation)
  • driver 5000 rubles.

What should a taxi driver do if a fine is imposed?

If a taxi driver is brought to justice by the traffic police in 2021, he can choose one of the following options:

  • Agree with the violation and sign the protocol. It is recommended if the driver fully admits his guilt and agrees with it.
  • Disagree with the violation and refuse to sign the document. It is not recommended, since such a refusal will not delay the punishment and will complicate the appeal process.
  • Sign the protocol and indicate disagreement with the violation.

If you disagree with the text of the protocol, it is best to indicate this when signing. The next step is to appeal the traffic police fine in court or by filing a complaint with a higher authority.

The taxi driver has the right to both recognize the protocol and pay the fine, and appeal in the prescribed manner. The organization, represented by officials, has the same capabilities.

What to do if caught

A license is required if passenger transportation is carried out:

  • water modes of transport;
  • by rail;
  • aircraft;
  • by road, if the bus can accommodate more than 8 passengers and the activity is not aimed at customized transportation or supporting the activities of the company. That is, regular transportation is carried out in urban, suburban or intercity or international traffic;
  • passenger taxis.

Transporting passengers without a license under the Code of Administrative Offenses is punishable by a fine, which is imposed:

  • on drivers;
  • on persons who allowed transportation;
  • to organizations performing transportation.

If a repeated violation is detected, in addition to a fine, there is the possibility of confiscation of the vehicle.

If an employee of a regulatory organization has discovered an offense involving the absence of a license when it is necessary to have one, then the driver:

  • may agree and sign the protocol on the offense. The result of such an action will be the issuance of a decision on violation of the rules and the imposition of a fine;
  • may try to prove that the transportation is carried out outside the scope of the licensing law, that is, the transportation of friends is carried out, for which no fee is charged, or company employees are transported to their place of work.

The driver (representative of the legal entity) will defend his rights in court. The following may be used as evidence:

  • statements of passengers who are witnesses;
  • documents for ordering a tourist package, holiday cottage, etc.;
  • waybill issued by a company employee to the driver indicating the purpose of the trip.

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Is there a discount on fines for a taxi driver?

Clause 1.3 of Article 32.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation provides for the possibility of paying administrative fines with a fifty percent discount. However, we are not talking about all fines, but only those imposed on the basis of Chapter 12 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, with the exception of some individual violations.

It turns out that in 2021, a fine imposed on a taxi driver for lack of mandatory information, failure to issue a receipt and lack of “checkers” cannot be appealed. Other violations may be paid within twenty days from the date of issue in an amount equal to half of the originally assigned amount.

Taxi law from 2021: latest news

The laws are planned to be reviewed and finalized in 2021. The State Duma is currently considering two bills that will affect taxi operations.

New law in draft No. 481004-7 On state regulation of passenger taxis

State Duma deputies insist that there should be a new federal law that will regulate the operation of taxis, because now the legislation contains only separate articles scattered across different documents. Therefore, draft new law No. 481004-7 has been submitted for consideration. If accepted, it will clearly outline all the concepts and procedures in the field of passenger transportation by passenger taxi.

What will the law change in 2021 if adopted?

  1. Foreign drivers without Russian citizenship will not be allowed to work as drivers.
  2. Vehicles registered outside the Russian Federation are not allowed to operate.
  3. Order aggregators will have to cooperate only with those individual entrepreneurs, legal entities or individuals who have permission to transport.
  4. The status of aggregators is defined more strictly: they provide only information services when creating an order, so they will not be able to create their own tariffs for passengers and commissions for drivers.
  5. The law will also clearly delineate the functions and rules of admission to work for all participants in passenger transportation: services, individual entrepreneurs, Internet aggregators, ride sharing, individual drivers.
  6. Each region will maintain an electronic register of the issuance of work permits with complete data about the recipient.

New law for taxi drivers 2021 in draft No. 682709-7 On changes to 54-FZ for taxi services

If bill No. 682709-7 is adopted, it will be able to significantly simplify the work of services at online cash registers.

  1. Services and drivers will not have to install online cash registers in each car. It will be enough to have a cash register in the service office or in the cloud.
  2. There is no need to print out a receipt, that is, there is no need to install mobile printers either. At the end of the trip, the driver will only need to show the client a QR code with a link to an electronic receipt with detailed fiscal data. Or the service could simply send receipts and QR codes to the customer's email.
  3. Individual entrepreneurs may not switch to online cash registers until July 1, 2021. There will be no fines for the absence of a cash register and an agreement with the fiscal data operator and for non-issuance of checks for several years. But there is a condition: individual entrepreneurs should not have officially employed employees.

Appeal

A taxi driver can appeal a fine in the following order:

  • obtain a copy of the decision imposing a fine from the traffic police;
  • prepare the text of a complaint against the decision, indicating the reason for disagreement, a link to the necessary legal acts and evidence;
  • send a complaint to a higher authority or court.

Further, everything depends on the body that will consider the complaint. So, if this is, for example, a regional department of the traffic police (provided that the fine was issued by state traffic inspectors), then all that remains is to wait for the result of the review. If the appeal is made through a court, the applicant will need to take part in the hearing and present his arguments and evidence.

Applications for appealing a fine imposed on a taxi driver can be found here.

How to avoid fines for a taxi driver in 2021?

A taxi driver can avoid fines if he follows the basic legal requirements:

  • use special designations that identify passenger taxis;
  • have a license and monitor its validity;
  • have all the necessary information in the car;
  • provide clients with financial documents;
  • regularly check the machine for technical condition.

It is also recommended to comply with the general requirements that apply to all drivers. For example, regarding the availability of a compulsory motor liability insurance policy or compliance with traffic rules in general.

Bomb without a license: how I was an illegal driver

The most common violation among taxi drivers, according to the Moscow Department of Internal Affairs, is the lack of a license.

Photo: Dmitry POLUKHIN

The most common violation among taxi drivers, according to the Moscow Department of Internal Affairs, is the lack of a license. You've probably come across such bombs. It's easy to distinguish them. If he doesn’t use a dedicated lane (a lane for public transport), that means he’s an illegal immigrant. Only license holders have permission to use it.

UNDERGROUND MARKET

There are now two ways to obtain a license for private transportation: either by registering as an individual entrepreneur (individual entrepreneur), or by becoming an employee in a taxi company. The document is issued for five years, and not for the driver, but for the car. Taxi drivers admit that the registration itself is quite simple, but they really don’t want to pay taxes.

— I had this license. About thirty thousand rubles were spent on taxes per year. Plus, due to the status of a taxi, car insurance doubled in price. Total: another ten a year, straight from the bush. Then I learned from my colleagues how to work without her, and now I don’t know grief. They can, of course, fine you, but I haven’t gotten caught yet. And we learn about the raids from the first “brother” caught,” taxi driver Valery Ugolnikov .

I decided to test for myself how the underground market of illegal taxi drivers works.

For the query “working in a taxi without a license,” the Internet provides hundreds of links to so-called connection sites. These are companies that act as intermediaries between drivers and aggregators. I responded to one of these advertisements with a tempting offer: “we connect quickly, for free, without a license.” The following are the top mobile applications, orders from which will supposedly be available. I'm calling the manager.

“I want to work as a taxi driver, but I don’t have a license,” I honestly admit at the very beginning of the conversation.

— No problem, the main thing is that there is a car. Send us a photo of your driver's license and STS, and also the phone number from which you will accept orders.

I sent documents to the manager’s phone number via WhatsApp. In response, I received instructions: “install the mobile application (we do not specifically indicate the name. - Ed.) and register.”

The process took about five minutes. I had to upload the same set of documents, as well as photographs of the car itself. There was also a “license” section.

— What should you upload if there is no document? — I ask the same manager.

- Yes, even a photo of a cat, but nothing at all is better. And without this everything will work. But for the first orders you will have to travel outside the Moscow Ring Road. And the further, the better!

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Photo: Ivan MAKEEV

In Moscow the application really did not work. The screen read “no access” in red. But as soon as I drove away from the Moscow ring road, the glitch (as the connection manager called the ban on working without a license) disappeared. I parked at a grocery store in the city of Troitsk, which is 20 kilometers from the Moscow Ring Road along Kaluga Highway, and began to wait for orders. And they literally fell down. Moreover, calls with a final destination in Moscow were available. How so? I call the connection representative again.

— So you can travel around the capital without a license?

— Yes, the main thing is that the first orders come outside the Moscow Ring Road. And there it no longer matters where to go, even to Red Square! You work in this mode for now, regularly pay us a commission - 5 percent of the order, and then we will open full access, and you will bomb in the very center without a license!

THE AGGREGator IS HAPPY TO BE DECEPTED

Of course, I didn’t take orders without a license and thereby break the law. The fine for transporting passengers without permission in Moscow is twice as high as in other regions - 10,000 rubles. In addition, the car will be taken to the impound lot. But this does not stop illegal taxi drivers. Moreover, the method of deceiving the system that I described is far from the only one.

— In total, more than 125 thousand permits to operate taxis have been issued in the capital, but less than 50 thousand of them are valid. Many people register as an individual entrepreneur, receive permission, register with the aggregator, and then cancel the documents. This is how they evade taxes. Aggregators do not bother checking registers: who has been issued a permit, who has not, who has had it canceled for a gross violation,” explained the President of the Moscow Transport Union, Yuri Sveshnikov .

An equally popular method of deception is the purchase of already registered accounts. Prices from 500 to 1000 rubles.

HAVE AN OPINION

Need a government taxi service

“Today a person who does not have a driver’s license at all can become a taxi driver,” says the leader of the Blue Buckets, Pyotr Shkumatov . “All this ends in accidents, and there are many such sad examples. Add to the lack of licenses and fake accounts massive violations of rest and work schedules. The only way out is the creation of a state taxi service in Moscow. As far as I know, this issue is currently being considered. Taxi drivers must be equated with bus and trolleybus drivers and a service must be created that will monitor their health and the technical condition of their vehicles. And to prevent drivers from overworking, they should set wages that do not depend on the number of orders accepted.

But I can reassure the passengers. Regardless of whether the driver has a license or not, the aggregator will be responsible, for example, in the event of an accident.

OFFICIALLY

“From manual mode to an automatic driver verification system”

— The ability to automatically check taxi permits and driver’s licenses is very important for taxi companies and online services. But today only government agencies have databases,” commented the Yandex.Taxi press service. “Therefore, we are in favor of providing taxi companies and online services with access to such databases. An important condition is that the data must be in machine-readable form. This will make it possible to automatically generate a request and interpret the answer - “allowed for orders” or “not allowed”. With the help of such a program, driver's license checks can be carried out in any quantity, with any frequency, even daily. Then it will be possible to quickly restrict access to orders if the driver has lost the right to drive a car or a transportation permit. This issue was raised by participants at the Taxi 2019 conference in Sochi on October 10.

— It is a generally accepted opinion that road safety is a priority for all market participants. We certainly share it.

For our part, we carefully check carriers who want to be registered in our system - according to our rules and standards, in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation.

A real help in tracking illegal immigrants can be a tool for automatically checking driver's licenses and issued permits. For example, a single interactive carrier database. They talk a lot about it, but we consider it extremely important to pay attention to compliance with legal restrictions on the processing of personal data and the convenience of obtaining this data, for example, through an API. Only a machine-readable format of such information can make such verification quick and accurate.

My market colleagues and I also came up with an initiative to exchange driver loading data. Let me note that this is not a legal obligation, but our voluntary desire - Zoya Austrian, representative of the “Vezet” service

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Nuances

Penalties for taxi drivers in 2021 are imposed on violators who do or do not have the appropriate status, but are actually engaged in such activities. In this case, drivers should pay attention to some practical nuances:

  • a fine is issued if a citizen engages in such activities without permission;
  • both a color scheme and a special lamp must be installed on the car;
  • Taxi drivers are subject to general requirements regarding the safety and technical condition of the car.

The document that the driver must have is called a “permit,” but it is incorrectly called a license.

How much does a taxi license cost in Moscow?

In Moscow, a taxi license is issued free of charge, but in the regions the cost can range from 400 to 5,000 rubles. If the owner of the vehicle wishes to obtain a permit through intermediaries, then he will need to pay about 8,000 rubles. Moreover, the price may vary and depends solely on the LLC or CJSC. An organization or individual entrepreneur can receive a permit for a period of 5 years, after which the law on taxis (issued in 2011) cancels the old one and requires a new permit.

Part-time work: how to start a business yourself?

For those who have decided to make money as a driver using a personal car, first you can try vacancies for dispatch service employees. This way, you will be able to get acquainted with all the nuances of the case and there will be no need to search for an order yourself. If you have an alliance with several services at the same time, your earnings will increase significantly, and you will only need to give about 10% of your personal earnings to the service.

An important factor for making good money under a license will be the class and make of the car, as well as how it looks. The ideal option for the CIS (and the territory of the former USSR) is a Skoda or Hyundai business class; if it is a Moscow minibus, then it should also be in good condition.

Connecting Yandex to a taxi will increase operational efficiency. In this case, during transportation, the driver will connect himself or using dispatch help channels. It’s good if there are only positive reviews from citizens about the taxi driver. Thus, you can get a good list of your regular customers, the number of which is sufficient to open your own business. Over time, your customer base will grow, as will your income from your work.

What are the rights to work for an unofficial person?

It is quite easy to get a license to carry out work urgently, but for people who do part-time work, this issue is quite serious. A person who combines official work and a free schedule in a taxi in his own car in Moscow has difficulties in registering an individual entrepreneur.

If the license is issued, there is no opportunity to work at the main place, and registering a business may not generate income. As a result, the number of illegal taxi drivers is currently growing every day.

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