About

Taxi drivers in Finland are professionals. Unlike other places, where a person can just use personal cars without taxi driving license. In Finland the car used for taxi needs special permit and special kind of insurance policy, that cost more than normal personal cars.

For an individual to become a taxi driver in Finland he have to do some training and sit for examination, after passing the exam he will get permit to work as professional taxi driver. In this kind of situation you will need to work with taxi company; at this point you can only work for a taxi company as a professional taxi driver. To work for your own company, You will have to create your own taxi company that you are going to work for.

To start a taxi company, you will need to go to taxi business school and sit for exam, if you pass you can register a taxi company and start a business. But you will still need an accountant to take care of your business accounting after that.

After establishing a company lets look at the cost of producing service to people:

1. • register a company
   • buy a car
   • register the car
   • take an insurance
   • get an accountant
   • yearly inspection (katsastus)
   • traficom yearly payment for having taxi company
   • internet connection
   • yearly car tax
   • get parking place
   • maintain the car (wash, wiper/fluids, tires every 40 tkm, etc)
   • car servicing (oil change etc)
   • car repairs
   • spare parts
   • fuel
   • phones, tablet laptop (for record keeping, order)
   • advertising agents / broadcasting companies price / membership charges (€500-€3500/month)
   • others

The solution is that the software we are offering allows the driver to determine together as team the pricing of these ride. Our app gives back control and freedom to all drivers, which no other similar apps are currently doing. While also our goal is to maintain quality assurance for taxi customers, while at the same time the cost of advertising and broadcasting to the customer is reasonable.