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[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

So they had a company tax bill of $1m which would have been from a profit of $3m, so their expenses would have been $399m.

That's just accounting and that headline is just rage bait.

Or to put it another way, less than 1% profit, a bad investment.

[–] BalpeenHammer@lemmy.nz 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's just not believable that a ticket clipping service which charges both the consumer and the restaurant is only making 1% profit. It's not like they are investing in equipment or holding inventory or anything like that.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Oh totally. I don't doubt Uber is inflating their expenses.

Shifty journalism just bugs the hell out of me.

[–] BalpeenHammer@lemmy.nz 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What are their expenses anyway? They don't have many employees, they don't have inventory, they probably have a decent sized amazon bill but I doubt it's that much given how small NZ market is.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 1 points 3 days ago

"Franchise fees".