View Full Version : Here comes another 'tax'.
BLOGGSON
23rd Jan 2017, 05:51
RTA is now charging a 3 Dhs levy on private taxi bookings made with a smart phone app, like Careem or Uber, for rides that originate in Dubai. Doesn't apply if you use their app to book a standard RTA taxi. Nice.:mad:
In Abu Dhabi they just blocked Uber and Careem, presumably to make more money from the Government taxis; all the drivers have flooded to Dubai.
So rather than do the same, I guess this levy achieves the point!
LongLats
23rd Jan 2017, 11:38
3 Dhs.......
cerbus
23rd Jan 2017, 17:33
It all adds up LL.
Everything the bastards have done to us in the last 5 yrs have been incremental but when you look back it really adds up. Not one item is a big deal but taken all together it is a big chunk change they have stolen from our wallets.
Skylark737
23rd Jan 2017, 19:08
Death of 1000 cuts :ugh:
J:E
TwinJock
24th Jan 2017, 08:47
Ooops, and their the RTA has got nothing to do with the HUGE 3 dits increase - but lets not spoil a good story about a TAX INCREASE!:D
anson harris
24th Jan 2017, 09:40
Oh, the humanity....
BLOGGSON
24th Jan 2017, 12:37
Twinjock, what's your problem, (apart from poor grammar)? It's a levy, a fee, a tax. Call it what you like but it is yet another dent in the disposable income, however small. It's significant if you use these services often, as I do and it's clearly a ploy on the part of RTA (AKA Government) to recoup some of the losses they are experiencing to what is a much better service than they currently offer.