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To counter Uber, the French government built an app called Le.Taxi. Here's why it won't work
“Anything you can do, I can do better.” Such is the attitude behind the French government, which announced Le.Taxi, a new Uber-like service for consumers to order, pay, and rate a taxi. The app, currently in private beta, comes on top of existing mobile Taxi apps that have been released by taxi companies (WeCab, by […]
Taxing Sharing: France's latest digital economy tax targets Airbnb, Blablacar & others
Making a bit of money renting your room out on weekends? Filling the extra seats of your car to cover gas costs when you go visit your parents? The French government might start getting their share of the pie, as France’s Senate proposed this week. For people making more than 5,000€ per year off of […]
The increase of the public broadcasting tax: a smart political maneuver based on a big fat lie
The public broadcasting service (audiovisuel public) is a sector in crisis; there is no doubt about that. The financial difficulties it has faced over the last years, with Radio France employees protesting earlier this year against restructuring plans and refusing to work for 28 days in a row, have largely shown the desperation within the […]
Is taxing Airbnb prejudicial to French tourism?
At first glance, one might think taxing an activity like individual rentals can only have negative effects on the entire industry. The aim of the following lines is to demonstrate that the exact opposite can be true. In 2015, France will maintain its title of world champion of tourism. By welcoming 83.8 million foreign tourists […]
French government vows to enforce ‘anti-UberPOP’ law to quell latest taxi uprising
Another day, another French taxi strike. This time, the taxis were protesting against a ruling this past Friday that UberPOP could continue to operate in Paris. The only drawback to the ruling for Uber was that the court, in response to a deceptive advertising infraction in October, banned them from advertising certain services which would result […]
France’s new anti-Uber law gives Taxis an unfair advantage
Yesterday evening, the France’s National Assembly voted definitively in favor of the pro-taxi “Thévenoud law,” which imposed a certain number of restrictions and regulations on both Taxis and VTC (licensed professional drivers of services like Uber, Chauffeur-Privé, SnapCar). Those regulations include a comical list, among them: VTC Drivers must return to their dispatch after each ride […]
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[RudePretzel] German Taxi app MyTaxi acquired by Daimler
According to reports on German news site Netzwertig, German taxi-hailing app MyTaxi has been acquired by automotive company and previous investor Daimler for an undisclosed amount. The Hamburg-based startup was founded in 2009, and counts Hailo & Uber among its competitors. Expanding across Europe and eyeing the US market, myTaxi raised €10 Million in 2012 from T-Ventures (Deutsche […]
Supporting startups with a wealth tax break
I’ve been known to jokingly refer to this time of year the “easy money period” for startups in France. The reason for this is that late May and ultimately June 15 represent the filing deadlines for wealth tax in France. The French wealth tax, l’impôt de solidarité sur la fortune, or ISF for short, represents […]
Is there logic behind France’s rumored €1 Billion Google Tax?
French Minister Arnaud Montebourg, in charge of ‘getting the economy back in shape’ (paraphrasing), is rumored to be putting together yet another ‘Google Tax’ that could hit the search giant with more than €1 Billion in back taxes on previous years. The minister, who was received by his fellow Frenchmen at LeWeb last December to […]
A Tale of Two Taxis
The following is a guest post from Michael Ferranti, a marketer and product guy living and working in San Francisco, USA. You can follow him on Twitter @ferrantim where your tweets in English and français are welcome, or on his blog. My favorite way to travel in Paris is the metro, but when I was […]