Image credit: Ross Campbell Glasgow councillors are due to consider whether to require licensed taxi drivers to accept card payments, following a consultation that drew 1,666 responses. Glasgow City Council’s Licensing and Regulatory Committee will consider the consultation findings at its meeting on 11 November. The report asks members to note the responses and decide whether to introduce licence conditions requiring drivers to accept credit and debit cards. Of those who ans

The Licensed Taxi Drivers’ Association (LTDA) has advised drivers to verify penalty charge notices (PCNs) before paying a garage to transfer liability, saying the process may not be necessary if the notice can be challenged. In an article by LTDA executive Paul Kirby, the association said some garages were charging between £25 and £40 to transfer liability for a PCN to a driver. The transfer process involves providing the relevant council, or Transport for London (TfL), with

A taxi driver can spend 12 hours away from home and still have no tax deduction for lunch. Working through a meal or buying food between jobs does not, by itself, make the cost a business expense. HMRC’s starting point is that food and drink meet a personal need. A sole trader’s everyday meals therefore normally fail the “wholly and exclusively” test for deductible trading expenses. That usually rules out a sandwich bought between local rank jobs, coffee during a quiet period