To obtain a permit, you need to officially find a job in one of the city’s taxi companies and sign an employment contract or register as an individual entrepreneur. Also, Moscow residents have the opportunity to obtain self-employed status - this is a simplified taxation system in which a driver can work for himself, but does not have the right to hire other employees, as LLCs and individual entrepreneurs do.
So far, the most popular way to legalize taxi activities is to register an individual entrepreneur. This procedure takes several business days. To obtain an individual entrepreneur certificate, you need to go to the Federal Tax Service office with a passport, pay the state fee (800 rubles), then register with the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation and open a current account.
Is it possible to operate a taxi without a license?
1. Activities for the transportation of passengers and luggage by passenger taxi on the territory of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation are carried out subject to the receipt by a legal entity or individual entrepreneur of a permit to carry out activities for the transportation of passengers and luggage by passenger taxi, issued by the authorized executive body of the relevant constituent entity of the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as the authorized body ). A permit to carry out activities for the transportation of passengers and luggage by passenger taxi (hereinafter referred to as the permit) is issued for a period of at least five years based on an application from a legal entity or individual entrepreneur submitted in the form of an electronic document using the regional portal of state and municipal services or a paper document .
Please note the following details:
- A taxi must have a permit.
- Permission is issued only to legal entities and individual entrepreneurs.
- The permit is issued for at least 5 years.
Quite often, future taxi drivers ask the question of whether it is possible to obtain a taxi license without registering as an individual entrepreneur. In practice, this is possible if you obtain a license on behalf of a legal entity. The following options are possible:
1. Open your own LLC and hire yourself as a taxi driver.
2. Contact an organization that provides taxi services and get a job there as a driver. Those. obtain permission “through the company.” This service is now quite common.
In any of the above cases, you will not have to register an individual entrepreneur.
How to open an individual entrepreneur through Tinkoff Bank for free
In order to open an individual entrepreneur to work in a taxi, it is not necessary to contact the tax office; you can use it through Tinkoff Bank. Moreover, the bank’s lawyer will select the appropriate OKVED codes and the optimal taxation system for you.
You can become an individual driver in Yandex Taxi through Tinkoff Bank completely free of charge, without a visit to the Federal Tax Service. You will not have to pay additional state fees, notary or courier services. Documents are submitted to the Federal Tax Service online using an electronic signature, for the issuance of which the bank also does not charge a commission.
To register an individual entrepreneur through Tinkoff Bank, follow a few simple steps:
- Enter your mobile number in a special form on the bank’s website.
- Wait for the bank employee to call. He will clarify information about your business and help you choose the correct OKVED and taxation system. At the same time, you will be reserved a bank account and sent a login/password to enter your personal account.
- Send photos or scans of your passport and TIN (if available) through the online account. In order for the bank to immediately issue you a free electronic digital signature (EDS), you need to attach a photo of your SNILS.
- The next day after submitting your application, a bank manager will come to you to sign documents. You can make an appointment right at home at any time convenient for you.
- Immediately after the meeting, the bank employee will form an application for individual entrepreneur registration for you. If you want to work on a simplified tax system, you will receive a notification about the transition to the simplified tax system. All documents will be thoroughly checked before sending.
- The Federal Tax Service will process your request within three to five working days. Once your documents have been verified, you will receive a notification from the tax office via e-mail about the successful registration of your business. The message will contain a USRIP record sheet and statistics codes.
Having decided to register an individual entrepreneur with Tinkoff Bank, the Yandex Taxi driver will receive the following benefits:
- Free assistance in preparing documents for the tax office.
- Reducing the risk of errors due to preliminary verification of documents by the bank.
- Saving. The service is free. If you applied to the tax office yourself, you would have to at least pay the state. duty of 800 rubles. There is no need to talk about the loss of time in the queues of the tax office.
- Convenience - you don’t even have to leave the house. You don’t need to understand the rules for filling out documents, everything will be done for you.
- Bonuses from the bank when simultaneously opening an account for an individual entrepreneur: up to 4 months of service without a subscription fee, free online accounting, free sending of tax returns.
Where can I get a taxi permit?
The quote above indicates that permits are issued by the authorized executive body of the relevant constituent entity of the Russian Federation, i.e. Each region issues permits from its own organization.
For example, in Moscow, the Ministry of Transport of the Moscow Region is responsible for issuing taxi licenses. You can submit an application through the government services portal uslugi.mosreg.ru or by contacting the MFC directly mfc.mosreg.ru.
In other regions, similar organizations issue permits, but you need to look for them individually.
Documents for obtaining a taxi permit
1.2. Along with the application, the following documents must be submitted in the form of an electronic document using the regional portal of state and municipal services or a paper document:
1) a copy of the identity document of the applicant (applicant’s representative);
2) copies of registration certificates of vehicles intended to be used for the provision of services for the transportation of passengers and luggage by passenger taxi, certified by the applicant;
3) a copy of the leasing agreement or rental agreement for a vehicle that is intended to be used for the provision of services for the transportation of passengers and luggage by passenger taxi (if the vehicle is provided on the basis of a leasing agreement or rental agreement), certified by the applicant, or a copy of a notarized power of attorney for the right to dispose of a vehicle that is intended to be used by an individual entrepreneur to provide services for the transportation of passengers and luggage by passenger taxi (if the vehicle is provided on the basis of a notarized power of attorney issued by an individual for the right to dispose of the vehicle).
To obtain a taxi license you will need the following documents :
- Statement.
- Copy of the passport.
- A copy of the vehicle registration certificate.
- A copy of the rental agreement, leasing agreement or notarized power of attorney (if the car belongs to another person or organization).
In this case, other documents should not be required from the applicant, because This list is exhaustive.
How to connect as an individual entrepreneur?
To become an individual driver in Yandex Taxi, you will have to spend some time on registration.
First you need to send an application to connect to Yandex. Below is the appearance of the form on the official website https://taxi.yandex.ru/driver-partner/.
When your application is approved, you need to prepare a package of documentation that is sent to the tax authorities. The algorithm is as follows:
- First you need to determine activity codes using OKVED. Choose based on the type of activity you will be doing. OKVED will help you. One code is indicated as the main area of activity, and the rest are additional. To open an individual business to work in a taxi, code 49.32 is required, and you also need to select 49.42 - transportation services.
- You need to download the application online. You need form P21001, which is needed to register an individual entrepreneurship. First, study how the application is filled out (there should be no errors in it, otherwise tax officials will not accept the documents). You can use special online services through which the application is filled out automatically for free. If at this moment you do not yet have a tax identification number, register it with a tax organization.
- The completed application must be printed, but do not rush to sign. This must be done at the tax office when you submit your documents.
- Pay the duties - you can do this using the Federal Tax Service service. The state fee is 800 rubles. When paying online, you need to print out a receipt - you will need it later.
- Fill out an application to switch to a simplified version of taxation - the so-called simplified taxation system. The application must be submitted within the next 30 days from the date of registration, when you decide to open an individual entrepreneur to work in a taxi.
- Having collected a package of papers, go to the tax office at your place of residence. You must have the following with you: a completed application form P21001, a receipt with the state duty, a photocopy of your passport, an application for transition to the simplified tax system.
- The inspector will check all documents and issue a confirmation after acceptance. It indicates the date of receipt of documents confirming the registration of the individual entrepreneur.
- After five days, you will be given a sheet with a USRIP entry.
From this moment you are officially registered as an individual entrepreneur. This will give you every right to start cooperation with Yandex Taxi without intermediaries.
What does a taxi permit look like?
There is no single form of taxi permission; each region approves the license form independently. However, there is a list of mandatory information that must be in the permit:
- name of the authorized body that issued the permit;
- full and (if any) abbreviated name, including company name, and organizational and legal form of the legal entity, its location;
- last name, first name and (if any) patronymic of the individual entrepreneur, his place of residence, details of his identity document;
- make, model and state registration plate of the vehicle used as a passenger taxi;
- validity period of the permit;
- permit number;
- date of issue of the permit.
Taxi permit storage
After receiving a license, it must be in the taxi car:
7. The permit must be located in the passenger compartment of a passenger taxi and presented at the request of a passenger, an official of an authorized body or an employee of the state road safety inspection.
Let me remind you that taxi drivers are required to present a permit upon request of traffic police officers, and for its absence can be punished with a fine of 5,000 rubles.
However, there is another important point at this point. The permit must be presented upon request, including by passengers. So if you use a taxi service, you can check the driver’s license if you wish. If there is no such document, transportation is illegal.
What threatens a driver without a license?
When carrying passengers in his car, the driver is obliged to show his license at the request of passengers. He is also obliged to present it to the traffic police and other inspection authorities. In case of loss, you must contact the authorized executive body, which will issue a duplicate license within ten days.
You can often find drivers who carry out passenger transportation without such a document. If there is no license for Yandex Taxi, the driver faces a fine of 3,000 rubles. For a taxi company, such a violation costs 30,000 rubles. This preventive measure is applied for the first violation. The second time, the driver’s license is taken away for a period set by the court. Prices for such violations may vary in each region.
Taxi requirements
Let's consider the requirements for taxi cars:
16. In order to ensure the safety of passenger taxi passengers and identify passenger taxis in relation to other vehicles:
1) a passenger taxi must meet the following mandatory requirements: b) a passenger taxi must have on the body (side surfaces of the body) a color graphic scheme, which is a composition of squares of a contrasting color, arranged in a checkerboard pattern; c) a passenger taxi must comply with the established color schemes of the body if such a requirement is established by the laws of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation; d) a passenger taxi must have an orange identification lamp on the roof; e) a passenger taxi must be equipped with a taximeter if the fee for using a passenger taxi is determined in accordance with the readings of the taximeter based on established tariffs based on the actual distance of transportation and (or) the actual time of use of the passenger taxi;
2) the driver of a passenger taxi must have a total driving experience of at least three years;
3) a legal entity or individual entrepreneur engaged in the provision of services for the transportation of passengers and luggage by passenger taxis is obliged to: a) provide maintenance and repair of passenger taxis; b) carry out monitoring of the technical condition of passenger taxis before leaving the line; c) ensure that taxi drivers undergo a pre-trip medical examination.
Requirements for equipping a taxi car:
- "Checkers" on the body.
- Car color. Regions can set a specific color that taxi cars must be painted.
- Taxi lantern on the roof.
- Taximeter (if the fare for the trip depends on the distance or time of use of the taxi).
Driver requirements:
- Driving experience of at least 3 years.
Requirements for a legal entity or individual entrepreneur:
- Providing vehicle maintenance and repair.
- Checking the technical condition before leaving the line (mechanic’s mark on the waybill).
- Carrying out pre-trip medical examinations (doctor’s note on the waybill).
What taxes need to be paid
According to the law, self-employed carriers must pay tax on the income they receive. If it is not there, then you will not have to pay.
For individual orders, as well as when paying in cash or through a terminal, the deduction will be 4%. When booking trips for organizations or companies, the tax will be 6%. You can reduce your payments by filing a tax deduction.
Thus, with the introduction of the law on self-employment, the population received the opportunity to legally engage in entrepreneurial activity while paying a minimum tax. As for taxis, this issue has been a stumbling block for a very long time. Thanks to the same law, many problems have been solved, and drivers can easily engage in private activities by simply registering as self-employed and obtaining a license.
In what cases can a license be revoked?
If the above requirements are not met, the following measures apply:
- In case of violation of the requirements for equipping a vehicle or requirements for a legal entity (IP), an order is issued to eliminate the violations. The order specifies the period within which violations must be corrected. After correction, the individual entrepreneur or legal entity submits documents confirming this to the organization that issued the resolution. If everything is in order, no additional measures are applied.
- If the violations specified in the order are not corrected, the license is suspended for 1 month.
A license may be revoked by a court decision in the following cases:
- If the violations specified in the order are not eliminated during the period of suspension of the permit.
- In case of repeated violation of the requirements for taxi cars.
- In case of violation of the requirements for a taxi driver (less than 3 years of experience).
- The driver has committed an accident, as a result of which passengers or third parties received moderate or severe harm to health, or died.
Price and delivery time
When submitting documents yourself, a Yandex Taxi license costs from 450 to 2500 rubles. Prices in each region are different and are set independently by executive authorities.
The document is issued for a period of 5 years. After this time, it is extended or re-registered if the car is changed.
The period during which the application for the provision of services must be registered:
| Moscow | Other regions of Russia |
| 10 working days (14 calendar days) | 15 working days |
