I have been saying that since I started posting, I knew about it but most did not believe what I had been saying all along.
I know as It happened to a company in the borders 5 years ago.

It may be JD, but with a slight difference, all the drivers where deemed self employed but did not own the cabs , all drivers received a % of the weekly take, the owner payed the fuel, and any other running costs, the tax man wanted the money due from the full amount of take and so did the vat man,

After asking one of the new drivers here, I have asked the question, are you self employed or employed, I got him to tell me what the deal was with the owner and he said the following when asked do you own the car or any of the equipment, no, who pays the fuel he said 50 50, who pays the servicing the boss, who pays the insurance, the boss, what payments do you receive 50 50,
so is he self employed or an employee.

There are a lot of firms round my way doing it but I won't even though it means i am short of drivers because at the end of the day i don't want to get lumbered with a big tax bill

I was talking to a driver the other night who has been driving taxis for most of the last 8 years he has never paid tax or N I but the thing is as i said to him he can't assume the inland revenue wont eventually catch up with him