From 4 April 2022, the rules are changing for applications for:

• taxi driver licences
• private hire driver licences
• private hire vehicle operator licences
• scrap metal site licences
• scrap metal collector licences

Licensing authorities must carry out extra checks if an individual, company or any type of partnership applies for a licence:

• for the first time
• of the same type they have already held but which has not been valid for a year or more

Read the get tax check confirmation guidance if the applicant:

• already has a licence of the same type that is still valid
• has a licence of the same type that ceased to be valid less than a year ago

First-time applicants must give you confirmation that they are aware of the guidance about their tax obligations.

If the applicant is a partner in a partnership, they can give confirmation on behalf of all the other partners.

If the confirmation is not included with their application you must ask them for it.

You must keep a record of when you received the applicant’s confirmation. You may want to keep it for the same length of time you keep their licence application.