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“Can’t we all just get along?” A letter to Paris Taxis
The following is a Guest Post by Dave Ashton, co-founder of SnapCar, a French startup providing chauffeur services via its iOS & Android application Today, January 13th (and just like last year on the same day), there is a general taxi strike in Paris. 5000 angry drivers are using their idle cars to block the […]
Taxi protest in Paris turns to guerrilla warfare as Uber car attacked on freeway
Update 12:06PM – A second incident of an Uber car being attacked by up to 20 men has been reported by Bertier Luyt, confirmed by Uber. Update 12:16PM – no less than a dozen confirmed incidents in Paris & Lyon, including “flat tires, eggs, broken windows,” confirms Uber. The right to protest has always been […]
Rude VC on the PEA-PME and tax optimization game
Last week’s post on finance minister Pierre Moscovici’s newly announced measure of a PEA for SMEs in France prompted some feedback that caught me off guard. Beyond the customary reactions wavering between praise and consternation (usually tilting toward the latter), I found myself in the unusual position of being solicited for tax planning advice. “Should […]
15-minute law against smartphone chauffeurs will pass in favor of Taxis, or not.
UPDATE: We have heard that as of Thursday October 11th, the law was set to impact only users having signed up for smartphone apps 24 hours prior to ordering a chauffeur. On Friday, a last-minute push from the Taxi Commission pressured the government, who ultimately removed the exception. This means that all Chauffeur apps will […]
Anatomy of the Paris Taxi Market: Past, Present & Future
The following is a guest post by Theodore Monzies, who heads up SNCF’s Porte-à-porte service, which allows train travelers to book taxis to & from the departing & arriving train stations, for a door-to-door service. As such, Theodore would like to clarify that the opinions expressed in this article are his own and not related to […]
Tax witchhunt in France takes a dark turn as the bulls eye finds Linkedin-competitor Viadeo
It’s no surprise that a search for “tax” brings up quite a number of results in the Rude Baguette. If it’s not a tax on tablets, or inquisitions about taxes on Microsoft, Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook, or LinkedIn, it seems there’s always something the Government’s got cooking up. This week, however, French tech news took […]
Tax on digital services is not a good idea, according to National Digital Council
The CNNum (Conseil National du Numérique) will give its report about taxation of digital goods to François Hollande and his government on the 24th of July. The answer is clear : this is a bad idea. For a few years and since Sarkozy’s previous government, France has been trying to force the Big Four (Google, […]
Meanwhile in France: Apple to pay 5 Million € in unpaid taxes on 2011 iPads sales
Apple’s been in the spotlight quite a lot recently, and it seems that the company with $137 Billion as of January 2013 just can’t get a break. The French association SACEM, which controls royalties paid out to authors, announced this week that Apple failed to pay 5 Million euros in royalties taxes on iPads sold […]
Apple, Google, Amazon & Netflix in France’s radar with new smartphone/tablet tax
François Hollande will receive a report today resulting from nine months of studying how the digital economy can contribute to cultural funding in France. This report will detail a plan to add a tax on smartphones and tablets, a tax which will go to pay for art & culture in France -whether it be keeping […]
Taxibeat raises €1.5 million to fuel its expansion to new markets
Greek taxi hailing mobile app startup Taxibeat announced that they raised €1.5 million from Greek fund Openfunds and a consortium of international investors. This recent round builds on the €1 million they’ve raised to date. Having launched in 2011 and in France at Le Web last December, Taxibeat has gone international at a break-neck pace […]