A study conducted by the MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research analysed revenue and costs for over 1100 Lyft and Uber drivers, with the conclusion that most earn below minimum wage for their state and about 30% actually lose money when all the costs of owning and operating their vehicles are taken into account.
"A Median driver generates $0.59 per mile of driving, and incurs costs of $0.30 per mile", "On an hourly basis, the median profit was $3.37 per hour".
Because actual vehicle operating costs are significantly lower than the IRS allowance of $0.54/mile, many drivers report incomes that are substantially lower that their actual incomes, leading to a large pool of untaxed income (although it is small for each driver).
(Score: 2) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Monday March 05 2018, @03:55PM
And Fourth, when/if your personal driving insurance catches a whiff that you're Uber/Lyft driving without having told them (which must occur in an accident), your coverage there - the one that having your vehicle licensed depends on - can be retroactively dropped from that point for failure to tell them you're operating your vehicle commercially which puts you in a different risk class.
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