Taxi Drivers Prepare For Budapest Demo
- 5 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
Taxi-driver unions are preparing to hold a protest in Budapest on June 16, demanding that parliament approves a decree regulating paid-for rides. Taxi drivers want to make sure that over the long term Uber and similar services can also operate, but within the proper legal framework.
Currently Uber drivers are not providing receipts, metres, insurance and they do not have a tax number for their businesses, Zoltán Metál, leader of the FUVOSZ union said, citing the results of checks carried out in May by the tax authority.
Metál said it is estimated that unlicensed Uber makes up to 100,000 rides a month, comparable to the turnover of large taxi companies.
Since its appearance in Budapest in 2014, the business of “legitimate” taxi companies has shrunk by 20%, he said.
The government and taxi unions have a shared goal in ensuring that Hungarian businesses can stay legal, Metaá added.
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