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  1. GlossaryCredit Card Surcharge (Taxi Lease): What It MeansThe credit card surcharge is a fleet's card-processing fee to a lease driver: at most $7 a shift or $49 a week under TLC Rule 58-21. Passengers never pay it./glossary/credit-card-surcharge Pay & fees
  2. GlossaryCruising (Empty) MilesCruising miles, also called empty or deadhead miles, are miles driven with no passenger. What counts, where the term shows up, and the latest Manhattan data./glossary/cruising-miles Pay & fees
  3. GlossaryEssential Plan (NY): Definition and 2026 LimitNew York's Essential Plan is a $0-premium, no-deductible health plan. Since July 1, 2026 it covers incomes up to 200% of poverty: $31,920 for one person./glossary/essential-plan Pay & fees
  4. GlossaryFarebox: What It Means in TLC Taxi ReportsFarebox is TLC's total of all taxi fares, surcharges, taxes and tolls, without card tips. Yellow taxis took in about $3.1 million a day in July 2026./glossary/farebox Pay & fees
  5. GlossaryGas Surcharge (Taxi Lease): What It MeansA taxi gas surcharge is an optional lease add-on a fleet may charge only when it pays for all your fuel: $13 to $31 a shift under TLC's gas-price table./glossary/gas-surcharge Pay & fees
  6. GlossaryHigh-Volume For-Hire Service (HVFHS): MeaningHVFHS is TLC's license for app companies dispatching 10,000+ trips a day — today Uber and Lyft. The legal test, its history, and what it means for drivers./glossary/high-volume-for-hire-service Pay & fees
  7. GlossaryILDBF: Independent Livery Driver Benefit FundThe ILDBF is the livery-base workers' comp fund created in 2008. It covers only serious injuries and crimes against drivers. How it differs from the BCF./glossary/ildbf Pay & fees
  8. GlossaryInterior Advertising Provider (IAP)An Interior Advertising Provider is a TLC-licensed company that puts ad tablets in for-hire cars and must pay drivers at least 25% of the tablet's revenue./glossary/interior-advertising-provider Pay & fees
  9. GlossaryLease Cap (Taxi): Meaning for NYC TLC DriversA lease cap is the most a taxi owner may legally charge for a shift or week: $105 a day shift, up to $129 a night shift, $630–$737 a week. What it includes./glossary/lease-cap Pay & fees
  10. GlossaryMember Base (Black Car Fund): DefinitionA member base is a dispatch base that belongs to the Black Car Fund. Only its jobs get BCF workers' comp. The legal test: over 90% non-cash, under 50% owned./glossary/member-base Pay & fees
  11. GlossaryNight Surcharge (Taxi): TLC Meaning for DriversThe taxi night surcharge is $1.00 on yellow and green trips that start after 8 p.m. and before 6 a.m. The rule, how it differs from rush hour, who keeps it./glossary/night-surcharge Pay & fees
  12. GlossaryNYC Care: Definition, Cost and Who QualifiesNYC Care is a city health care access program at NYC Health + Hospitals, not insurance. Sliding-scale fees from $0, no premiums, no immigration questions./glossary/nyc-care Pay & fees
  13. GlossaryRate Code (Taxi Meter): Meaning for NYC TLC DriversA taxi rate code tells the meter and TLC data which fare applies: #01 city, #02 JFK, #03 Newark, #04 Nassau/Westchester, #05 negotiated. Codes and data./glossary/rate-code Pay & fees
  14. GlossaryRate of Fare: TLC Meaning for DriversTLC's rate of fare is the meter price: $3.00 to start plus 70¢ per fifth of a mile or per minute. Where the term appears and why charging more is a summons./glossary/rate-of-fare Pay & fees
  15. GlossarySecurity Deposit (Taxi Lease): What It MeansA taxi lease security deposit is money a fleet holds against unpaid lease, damage and tickets. Limit: one lease term. It earns interest; back in 30 days./glossary/security-deposit-taxi Pay & fees
  16. GlossarySEP IRA: Definition and 2026 Limit for DriversA SEP IRA lets a self-employed driver save up to 20% of net earnings for retirement, capped at $72,000 for 2026. How the 20% works and common mix-ups./glossary/sep-ira Pay & fees
  17. GlossarySolo 401(k): Definition and 2026 LimitsA solo 401(k) is a 401(k) for a self-employed person with no employees. For 2026: $24,500 as employee plus 20% of net earnings as employer, up to $72,000./glossary/solo-401k Pay & fees
  18. GlossaryTaximeter: TLC Meaning for DriversA taximeter is the TLC-approved device that calculates and shows a yellow or green cab fare. The official definition, the driver rules and fines tied to it./glossary/taximeter Pay & fees
  19. GlossaryTrip Record DataTrip record data: TLC's monthly public files with one row per taxi or app trip: times, zones, miles, fares and, for Uber/Lyft, driver pay. Latest: Aug 2026./glossary/trip-record-data Pay & fees
  20. GlossaryUtilization RateUtilization rate: the share of time (53.3%) and miles (68.5%) that app drivers carry passengers. TLC divides pay rates by it so trip pay covers waiting time./glossary/utilization-rate Pay & fees