Grist to Rats Mill

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https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2024/0821/1465914-microbusinesses-facing-profitability-pressures-survey/

[John m]

Any taxi driver with a Car loan must struggle to show a taxable income from trade 51 euro yesterday 82 on Monday 64 Tuesday .Car loan,Fuel,Insurance and Maintainance for the week not even covered in 3 Days takings .My earnings are so low I qualify for a Doctor only Medical Card .

   Taxinomics The Economy is reflected in our takings Taylor Swift ,Horseshow and ACDC helped but mid week wage getting is Getting harder so more lads working Weekends .Having had 3 months off last year and 3 months off this year due to Family issues If I was a Corporation not Self Employed I would be trading Insolvent .

[Octavia1]

8.10 Thursday morning...prebooks zero .... I've had one job off it this week .....
That tells alot ....

[mercenary for hire]

It does go shit this time of year in the mid mornings.All the school run lads are out there in even more expensive vans for a few more weeks.

Start after lunch and work until 8 or 9 and you'll do ok.Keep moving though as  yer cars costs feck all to run.Uber has gotten a little busier.I'd expect Freenow to be quieter as lads will temporarily switch their loyalty until the VAT thing blows over.

All those yanks are coming in early.Cheapest room in the Shellbourne yesterday was 700 apparently.Someone must be booking them to jack the prices up so high.

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Plenty of work down at Benburb street.

[Rat Catcher]

September will be interesting. I did a 6.5 hour shift Tuesday afternoon/evening for €183. Definitely below expectation on the back of what was presumably a busy weekend. However, what is definitely of note is the fact that 74% of that figure was in used notes. I recall someone observing some correlation between low takings and a relatively high cash ratio some time ago.