Which idiot told the government we want three year licenses?
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| Author: | captain cab [ Sat Nov 21, 2015 10:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Fees for taxi licences are going up |
Fees for taxi licences are going up The fee, which stood at £76 per licence, will now rise to £142 TAXI firms will be paying almost double to obtain permission to operate after changes in legislation forced Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council to alter its licensing policy. The authority had issued and renewed hackney carriage and private hire licences annually but a new Act of Parliament means a three year licence is now the norm. At a meeting last week the move was agreed on a majority vote. The fee, which stood at £76 per licence, will now rise to £142 - which is nearly double the original cost but does cover drivers for three years rather than one. Overall it means the authority will suffer a loss of income between 2015/16 and 2020/21 of £23,556. Full council members were told: “In accordance with European Union Services Directive and any licensing case law the service is not allowed to make a surplus but reasonable costs can be recovered. “The estimated cost for issuing a licence is £142. The estimated cost of running the new process will depend on the number of licences becoming due for renewal each year.” Currently the council obtains £14,136 in fees per year for the renewal of 186 licences. While there will be an increase in fee levels up until 2016/17 because of the new three year format no renewals will take place in 2017/18 resulting in no fees. As the new Act became law in October officers had worked to review the taxi licensing costs and looked in detail at the administration aspects of driver licensing. This included a more accurate calculation of the percentage of officers, managers and support staffs time spent on taxi licensing. Councillors were told: “It is considered necessary there to increase licence fees with immediate effect so as to ensure, as far as can be reasonably anticipated, that the total fee income will more accurately reflect the cost of the taxi licensing service and to look for full cost recovery.” source: http://www.hinckleytimes.net/news/local ... p-10463161 |
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| Author: | captain cab [ Sat Nov 21, 2015 10:57 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fees for taxi licences are going up |
Which idiot told the government we want three year licenses?
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| Author: | captain cab [ Sat Nov 21, 2015 10:59 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fees for taxi licences are going up |
You would naturally think they would then perhaps issue guidance to local authorities on how to implement the changes, you would think they’d give advice to those councils that issue 1 year licenses how to issue 3 year licenses, and more importantly to me and you, how they should charge for those licenses. Well, that’s what they want you to think, because that would suggest someone in, presumably the DfT, knows what they’re doing. The advice actually given to local authorities has been zero, zilch, nothing and nada. Across the country local authorities are basically doing what they usually do, invariably this leads to me receiving calls about councils who intend to increase license fees by around 300 percent. In the past month or so we have seen the following headlines from local papers; Taxi drivers could go on strike as council raise licence costs Derby cabby sees Christmas hit by licence rule changes Taxi driver travels 200 miles to warn council about Uber Taxi fees to rise despite widespread opposition Taxi drivers’ licence cost faces substantial hike Cabbies feeling the pinch over new licensing rules Minicab strike action delayed for "at least two weeks" after council talks |
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| Author: | skippy41 [ Sat Nov 21, 2015 12:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fees for taxi licences are going up |
How can it cost more to change a number on a badge from 1 to 3 at the time of issue. |
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| Author: | grandad [ Sat Nov 21, 2015 12:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fees for taxi licences are going up |
Why do they call the fees income? |
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| Author: | Chris the Fish [ Sat Nov 21, 2015 10:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fees for taxi licences are going up |
grandad wrote: Why do they call the fees income? Because what they spend they call "outgoing" maybe. 
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| Author: | grandad [ Sun Nov 22, 2015 12:34 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fees for taxi licences are going up |
Chris the Fish wrote: grandad wrote: Why do they call the fees income? Because what they spend they call "outgoing" maybe. But it isn't income. It is revenue. |
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| Author: | Chris the Fish [ Sun Nov 22, 2015 12:47 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fees for taxi licences are going up |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ3fjQa5Hls |
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