Self employed

Better tell the TC it has nothing to do with him/her, because it appears they think it has:

Since HMRC embarked on the process of encouraging other regulators to follow their lead, the Senior Traffic Commissioner’s guidance indicates that it is the latest regulator to fall into step with HMRC. The guidance, at para 37 Statutory Document No5 (entitled ‘Employees’) reflects the Senior Traffic Commissioner’s view that it will be ‘rare’ for a driver to be genuinely self-employed unless they are an owner-driver.
The challenge for O licence holders in respect of drivers is twofold. Firstly, how can a licence holder claim that is has the supervision over, and direct and control of, its drivers if those drivers are described as self-employed? Secondly, any use of self-employed drivers who are not owner-drivers potentially opens up an argument that the O licence holder, by being in breach of the new guidance and facilitation a loss of revenue to HMRC, cannot be of ‘good repute’. Both of these issues could lead, ultimately, to the loss of an O licence.

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