Urban passenger transport needs in a competitive environment

Baku/04.03.14/Turan : Vehicles engaged in activities taxi meters will be installed , and taxation will be made on this basis . This statement was made ??by the representative of Ministry of Transport .
Public sector considers this intention regulatory state organization as a form of pressure on taxi drivers in an environment where there is no competitive environment in the field of urban transport .

According to the head of the secretariat of the Ministry of Transport Namik Hasanov, conducted consultations with the Ministry in the form of tax accounting indicators taxi counters in taxation. The current focus on passenger transport by taxi drawn to tax under the simplified method.

The Ministry of Transport intends to complete the transition to the new system before the European Summer Olympic Games in Baku in 2015. Recall that the agency was trying to get rid of non-standard vehicles involved in the provision of taxi services in the period of preparation for the music contest "Eurovisoin" in Baku in May 2012. There were introduced national standards for registration of vehicles and 500 vehicles received the brand "London Taxi TX". However, the opposition from taxi drivers was stronger than the will of the Ministry of Transport .

Economist Rovshan Agayev told Turan, before dealing with issues of taxation, the Ministry of Transport should address issues to ensure a competitive environment and improve the service culture. "By taxes can be expelled from the market competitors, but it is impossible to provide a universal quality service ," he said.
Agayev offers transfer functions urban transport management to local authorities, which are distributed on a competitive basis to the territory between the car companies . The Ministry of Transport has to do general public transport policy , the expert said.

Head of the Center for Economic and Social Development Vugar Bayramov believes that the transition to the new system of taxation for taxis must fate certain social aspects of this issue in order to prevent a rise in prices for its services . He also advocates that after the full transition to a rationing system buses brought to tax depending on their monthly turnover .

Under the law, the Ministry of Transport provides each vehicle insignia . This distinctive sign shall be issued upon payment of simplified tax whose size is 9 manat month. In addition, the owner or operator of the vehicle must receive the same five-year license for the provision of taxi services , the cost of which is 150 manat. The buses also simplified tax charged at the rate of 1.8 manats (in Baku - 2 -fold size, Sumgait , Ganja and Absheron region , as well as long-distance routes 1.5x size) per month in a seat .

According to the Ministry of Transport , today taxi service in the country has 10-15 thousand vehicles , including about 5 thousand Baku Transport Ministry does not provide statistics on the number of licensed taxi cars. - 08B-