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Re:Lyft says nearly 250K of its passengers ditched a persona... by clw8 on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @05:56AM (#16166946)
What the actual fuck? Is this by design or do a billion people all manage to game the system?
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Re:Lyft says nearly 250K of its passengers ditched a persona... by badpun on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @08:07AM (#16167548)
From what I've read, most people make so little that they're exempt from the tax altogether.
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Re:Lyft says nearly 250K of its passengers ditched a persona... by carlmr on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @07:42AM (#16167411)
I've been to India, and I'm quite sure nobody I met except maybe the hotels serving tourists, was paying taxes. Shops, restaurants, businesses all only accepted cash. And they also never give a receipt. So yeah, 3% sounds about right.
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Re:Lyft says nearly 250K of its passengers ditched a persona... by executesorder66 on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @08:01AM (#16167515)
I live in South Africa. It's a similar situation here. The problem is that most people are so poor, they legally don't have to pay income tax. (because they are unemployed or have a really shitty income)
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