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Which Credit Card Should New Uber Drivers Apply For?

This is the third article of a six part series on setting up your rideshare business. Last time, we explained why it’s important to set up a business checking account.  Today, we’ll cover business credit cards and give you some tips for applying for your first business card.

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Find out why every rideshare driver needs to have their own business credit card in order to separate their personal transactions from business.

Day 1 – Should You Form An LLC For Your New Rideshare Business?

Day 2 – Setting Up Your Rideshare Business Checking Account

Day 3 – Applying For Your First Rideshare Business Credit Card

Day 4 – What’s The Best Way To Track Your Income & Expenses?

Day 5 – What Are The Best Apps To Track Your Mileage?

Day 6 – Everything You Need To Know About Rideshare Taxes

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Uber Drivers – How To Calculate Your Taxes Using TurboTax

Harry here.  Today, RSG senior contributor Christian Perea takes a look at TurboTax Self-Employed, one of the top options if you’re looking to self-file your taxes and reviews how it works, how much you can save and more!

Dealing with taxes as a rideshare driver can seem intimidating, but it doesn’t have to be.  Our 2017 survey showed that 54% of our readers “self-file” their rideshare taxes, and many of them use online filing services to do so.

👉 Your two most important tools during tax season: Turbotax to file your taxes and a mileage tracking app to keep track of your miles!

This year, we’ve partnered with TurboTax and QuickBooks Self-Employed to walk you through the filing process. If you end up using our link, you’ll save $20 when you file your taxes and score a year of QuickBooks Self-Employed for free (it’s usually $10/month).

The best version of TurboTax for rideshare drivers is TurboTax Self-Employed since it’s tailored towards independent contractors.  So if you drive for Uber or Lyft or deliver for Postmates or DoorDash, this is the product you may want to use.  We’ve been testing it out over the past few weeks and found it makes filing taxes pretty painless, and has some cool features like SmartLook (Live Help) and bank account syncing via ExpenseFinder™ that make it stand out from its competitors.

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Should You Get A Vehicle Service Contract For Your Rideshare Vehicle?

Today we have a sponsored post from Rideshare Knight (check them out here). They’re one of the first companies to create an extended, high mileage vehicle service contract that is specifically for Uber and Lyft drivers. Up until now, traditional warranties have excluded commercial use and a lot of drivers I know have been ruined by major repairs that occur at EXACTLY the wrong time.

My friend purchased an extended warranty for his car through a popular dealership network when he first started driving for Uber. It increased the warranty coverage from 50,000 miles to 100,000 miles. He told me he figured he would need it in case his transmission or motor blew-up in order to prevent him from being left without a car (which is required to pay rent when you’re a rideshare driver).

Today we have a sponsored post from Rideshare Knight (you can check them out here). They’re one of the first companies to create an extended, high mileage vehicle service contract that is specifically for Uber and Lyft drivers. Up until now, traditional warranties have excluded commercial use and a lot of drivers I know have been ruined by major repairs that occur at EXACTLY the wrong time.

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How I Started My Own Rideshare Business

We recently had a driver, Andrew “Andy” Micka, reach out to us about a clever (and lucrative) business he started, which grew out of rideshare driving for Uber and Lyft. When we talk about “working smarter, not harder”, Andy really exemplifies what this looks like. Today, Andy will discuss his business, Arrivals with Andy, what he did to grow it, and tips for other drivers who’d like to diversify and increase their incomes as well.

Uber and Lyft started me out on the journey I’m on, working 100% for myself through contractor services, and eventually starting my own company, Arrivals With Andy, LLC. I left my decently-paying, full-time, Monday-Friday sales job to pursue this new career path, and I’d like to share my successes, failures, accomplishments, and goals, in hopes of helping them along their own journey – whether it be a part-time gig or, like me, a full-time career transition.

I believe in excellent, but simple, customer service – after all, that’s what we’re doing here, isn’t it? Providing a customer service. Being kind to people, empathetic to any problems they’re having, and doing other simple things like helping them load and unload luggage or groceries, assisting them with installing and removing a carseat, and all-in-all just providing a total service that leaves them a little happier when they leave my car than when they entered.

We recently had a driver, Andrew “Andy” Micka, reach out to us about a clever (and lucrative) business he started, which grew out of rideshare driving for Uber and Lyft. When we talk about “working smarter, not harder”, Andy really exemplifies what this looks like. Today, Andy will discuss his business, Arrivals with Andy, what he did to grow it, and tips for other drivers who’d like to diversify and increase their incomes as well.

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