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Author	Torran_Toi
Comment	The under-declaring thing is blown way out of proportion. It was something that happened like 20 years ago. For quite a few years all the firms have used GPS recording and apps and tamper proof meters. Uber pay right into your bank, but even before that when I was with Network it would have been the most stupid thing in the world to dicky the tax return seeing as your earnings reports are all recorded and given to you by the office. The issue with the SEISS is that it was 80% of profits. Or in other words it was your take home wages. It didn't cover the business expenses which had to still keep getting paid. What drivers have been asking for for the past year is access to the same business funds that the vast majority of other businesses got access to, but we got denied simply due to the fact we don't have premises. The owner of a small shop got business grants as well as an Seiss, while we only got the Seiss. So, no, we certainly didn't benefit from it because we had to use it to pay the business bills. I don't think people realise the huge cost of running these cars. We are talking like 500 to 600 per week before a penny of wages is made. Just because we were allowed to keep working is the problem. It's being used as against us, but we have been going out for 10 to 12 hour shifts and only turning over 30 quid most days. That's a huge hole. We've only been working to put a tiny dent in the costs. Our savings have been obliterated and all past profit destroyed. A vast number of guys have had to leave the trade (see all firms are on a massive recruitment drive due to shortage of drivers as we come out of lockdown). The 2 lots of taxi grants worth £3k total only cover around 2 months worth of loss. Our insurance is about 2.5k to 3k a year alone. This has been going on for 14 months. Wales paid their drivers over 8k so far and vow to continue looking after the trade. Ireland have been generous also.
Reddit Link	https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/nvrxbg/psa_apologies_in_advance_for_any_disruption_later/h1ejpgs/
Created	Fri 11th Jun 2021 3:01pm
Status	normal ()

The under-declaring thing is blown way out of proportion. It was something that happened like 20 years ago. For quite a few years all the firms have used GPS recording and apps and tamper proof meters. Uber pay right into your bank, but even before that when I was with Network it would have been the most stupid thing in the world to dicky the tax return seeing as your earnings reports are all recorded and given to you by the office.

The issue with the SEISS is that it was 80% of profits. Or in other words it was your take home wages. It didn't cover the business expenses which had to still keep getting paid. What drivers have been asking for for the past year is access to the same business funds that the vast majority of other businesses got access to, but we got denied simply due to the fact we don't have premises. The owner of a small shop got business grants as well as an Seiss, while we only got the Seiss. So, no, we certainly didn't benefit from it because we had to use it to pay the business bills.

I don't think people realise the huge cost of running these cars. We are talking like 500 to 600 per week before a penny of wages is made.

Just because we were allowed to keep working is the problem. It's being used as against us, but we have been going out for 10 to 12 hour shifts and only turning over 30 quid most days. That's a huge hole. We've only been working to put a tiny dent in the costs. Our savings have been obliterated and all past profit destroyed. A vast number of guys have had to leave the trade (see all firms are on a massive recruitment drive due to shortage of drivers as we come out of lockdown).

The 2 lots of taxi grants worth £3k total only cover around 2 months worth of loss. Our insurance is about 2.5k to 3k a year alone. This has been going on for 14 months. Wales paid their drivers over 8k so far and vow to continue looking after the trade. Ireland have been generous also.