GoCatch Questions & Answers

What was the response when you contacted them?

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I personally use UBER not because they're saints. UBER is a disgusting company. They are so shady it's unbelievable. Screw UBER! Then I tried taxi and decided to stick with lesser of two evils. Even sharing roads as a driver with taxis is a major pain. It is astonishing how someone can be so terrible at driving when it is his entire job. I feel zero sympathy that taxi industry is suffering. I hope that answers your question.

I did not say a single time I feel very bad as taxi drivers suffering. I said Whether Uber company good or bad it was not only my subject. Uber good for customers because they are cheap and driver could be sexy for the rider or may be the car... different ways of speaking with driver...

But I focused Uber ripping of the drivers. From $100 Uber takes 27.50 from driver and from the rest driver pays 10% tax, 10% GST + Petrol + maintenance of car + cars Millage So A driver can make 40 to 45$ from 100$..

How good is this???? Very bad and some illiterate drivers didn’t know calculations just driving..

So I’m not going help a company who is getting rich after ripping off people as civilian. That’s all .

You guys are thinks about your pocket no ethics...

Disappointed that you think Riders take Uber/GoCatch because the Driver could be sexy!! Is that discriminatory. 10% GST Sounds like people still dont understand that GST is paid by the RIDER(consumer) and passed onto ATO by the DRIVER.

10% TAX ATO website lists income rates 0%, 19% etc but not 10%. So I dont understand.

Petrol and Maintenance ATO website lists these (plus commissions, insurance, tolls, rego, mileage, car loan, water, mints, phone bills etc) as claimable business expenses.

Taxis have similar obligations but interestedly only they have the opportunity to hide cash trips.

The consumer (Rider) cares about price, reliability and convenience not what the supplier (Driver) earns. Simple really.

As in any business, Drivers (contractors) are responsible for knowing and understanding requirements. If not, seek professional tax advice. There are a number of websites that enable you to calculate earnings BEFORE committing.

PS The original commission was only 12.5%.

For taxi you'll have to pull out cash or card however, im not sure about when an actual uber type lift gets you. I have not used the application for sometime now but I remember the difficulty, maybe it's fixed by now I'll never know but I'd suggest uber as it is much more of a simple process. Then again if you are a new user to goCatch, you could google up a discount coupon on your first ride but be very aware of what you're pressing. :) also goCatch doesn't really want you sharing coupons so you'd find most "not working at the moment"

When you first register you must supply your card details. At the end of each trip the fare is automatically deducted from the card.

Information is covered in their website.