In this news round-up, you will hear about the most recent proposals from DoorDash and Uber Eats that are confusing the minds of people from around the world. While the insights are mixed over this debate, delivery robots are now working in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Amazing.
Tax-free tips?
A few moments before the conclusion of the month of March, DoorDash and Uber pushed for a bill to American lawmakers to consider freeing the taxes on some tips for drivers and delivery workers.
The bill proposal would allow employers like restaurant servers or casino workers to receive tips in full, which means with no taxes deducted.
Good idea? Some say it is, while others are scoffing at it.
Elizabeth Jarvis-Shean herself, the chief corporate affairs officer at DoorDash, wanted more from this proposal.
On LinkedIn, she wrote, “Great piece today in the The Wall Street Journal feat. Max Rettig discussing DoorDash’s view on the debate over ‘No Tax On Tips.’ While the idea makes sense and has earned bipartisan support, it’s crucial that independent contractors, including those that earn on the DoorDash platform, are not excluded.”
For others, it is merely a publicity stunt, since “drivers don’t pay taxes on their tips regardless because they make less in total pay than the IRS standard mileage rate,” adding that this is “ironic.”
“That’s simply not fair. Tips are tips,” Max Rettig, vice-president and head of global policy at DoorDash, spoke.
Isn’t it interesting that DoorDash’s officials disagree with a proposal the company they are working with submitted?
Delivery robots are on at the Dallas-Fort Worth area
Meanwhile, the much-talked-about delivery robots are now on the job at the Dallas-Fort Worth metro region in Texas. This area is the latest to benefit from Serve Robotics’ autonomous sidewalk delivery service.
This means over 22,000 households in the area – Pearl, State Thomas, West Village, and South Routh Uptowk neighborhoods – can now order food via Uber Eats, which the delivery robots will bring to their doorstep.
This new service is the latest step in Uber Eats and other platform’s dream to expand and see some 2,000 AI-powered robots deployed not just in the area, not just in the city, not just around the state, but across the United States by the end of 2025.
“Texas is known for doing things bigger and better, and we’re excited to offer a smarter, more efficient way to get your favorite meals delivered in Dallas,” Serve Robotics’ CEO Dr. Ali Kashani spoke about the latest development. “Our entry into the Dallas-Fort Worth market is an important step on our path to scaling as a national platform.”