• deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz
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    5 days ago

    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.

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      5 days ago

      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.

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        5 days ago

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

        Shifty journalism just bugs the hell out of me.

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          4 days ago

          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.