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Fuel, tolls and parking: who pays for what on a trip
The quote says fifteen a kilometre and nothing else. Then the tolls, a parking fee and a diesel bill land on you. How to write the quote so the extras are recovered.
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Notes from the team
What we are building, what we have learned, and how our products help businesses run.
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Closing the year when you run cabs: a March checklist
The financial year ends on 31 March whether the cabs are busy or not. What to settle in February and March so April starts clean and your CA is not chasing you.
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Fixing an invoice after it has gone out
A wrong date, a missing toll, a customer who wants the day-wise breakup. What a small operator can change on an issued invoice, and when it takes a credit note.
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The rate card is the contract
A rate agreed on a phone call is a rate you will argue about. Packages, extra kilometres, night charges and cancellations, written down once per account.
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Owned, attached, or somebody else’s cab
The third vehicle rarely has to be bought. Attaching a cab costs margin and buys the ability to say yes, and the choice is made per vehicle, not once.
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Why drivers leave small fleets
He says the new job pays fifteen hundred more, and you would have paid it. The decision was made six months earlier, out of small and inexpensive things.
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GST for a small travel operator, in plain language
Five per cent without input credit or twelve with it, and the reverse charge that makes a corporate client pay the tax instead of you. The shape of the decision.
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One cab, two duties, and a call at six in the morning
Bookings arrive by call, WhatsApp, mail and walk-in, and end up in four places. The clash is created on Tuesday and discovered at dawn on Thursday.
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What one kilometre actually costs you
Fuel is the cost everyone quotes from. Driver pay, tyres, insurance and the instalment decide whether a rate of fifteen a kilometre is profit or a slow loss.