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The Free-Wheeling Days of Uber and Lyft Are Over

Join us for our December YouTube live on Tuesday December 10th at 4:00 pm PT!  You can subscribe to our Youtube channel here and be sure to turn on notifications (instructions here) so you know when we go live.

In this week’s roundup, senior RSG contributor John Ince highlights articles claiming the ‘free-wheeling era of growth’ is over for Uber and Lyft, due to new regulations, laws, and general unprofitability of both companies. Do you agree with this or not? What do you think a ‘new era’ for Uber and Lyft would look like? Let us know in the comments!

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Use This Free Roadmap to Help File Your Rideshare Taxes

This post is sponsored by the Get It Back Campaign and the CASH Campaign of Maryland but, as always, opinions are our own.

Are you stressed by taxes? Roadmap to Rideshare Taxes is a helpful, free guide (with step-by-step information!) on how to pay taxes when the IRS treats you like a business. Taxes can be tricky, especially when you’re self-employed, but you don’t have to figure it out on your own.

Today, we’ll walk you through what estimated taxes are, why they are important to rideshare drivers, and what you should be keeping track of throughout the year to minimize any surprises come tax time. We’ll also walk you through the Roadmap to Rideshare Taxes.

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Uber Releases Two Year Safety Report – How Bad Is It Really?

Late on December 5, Uber released its two year US Safety Report, which documents rideshare safety incidents in the United States from 2017 to 2018. We had senior RSG contributor Jay Cradeur dig into the numbers and explain what it all means for drivers below.

Late on Thursday afternoon, I received an email from Uber.  They released a two-year safety report, which provided quite a bit of information about how safe things are when we are in an Uber, either as a driver or a passenger.

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Busiest Time of the Year for Uber Drivers: October-December

In this Throwback Thursday post, senior RSG contributor Paula Gibbins gives us an update on some of the biggest nights of the year for rideshare drivers: the holidays! Should you go out and drive this year? Our updated analysis below. 

Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years

With the majority of the major holidays happening in a short period of time, you’ll want to make sure you’re prepared for the busiest ‘rideshare’ time of the year. It’s coming up fast — starting with Halloween, followed by Thanksgiving, and the whole week from Christmas through New Year’s. In this article, I’m going to tackle the ups and downs of working on the holidays and other big events as well as how to make finding your passengers easier and more efficient.

Driving for Uber during halloween, christmas, new years, and thanksgiving

The Holidays for Uber Drivers

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How I Saved Over $20,000 Using Stride Health

This post is sponsored by Stride and as always, all opinions are our own. We’re proud to partner with Stride, because as rideshare drivers, we know it’s important to have reliable health insurance. We’ve found Stride to be affordable and reliable – two important keys to good health insurance!

If you are like many of us working as rideshare drivers in the big beautiful gig economy, you have struggled with getting health insurance.  It is complicated and can be expensive!  Unlike our corporate/government-working brothers and sisters who are given a health care plan as part of their benefits program, we are left to our own devices to research, choose and pay for a health plan.

Choosing the right insurance for you can be a daunting task since there are so many companies to choose from, each with a seemingly endless array of options.  We see terms like: deductible, co-pay, primary physician, out of pocket, specialist, gold, silver, and bronze plans.  It can be overwhelming.

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