Transport for LondonTaxi meters and receipt printers
Taxi meters
Details of the specification taximeters must meet are available in the PCO taximeter specification document.
Receipt Printers
All taxis must have a receipt printer. You don't need to give out a receipt for each journey - just when a passenger asks you.
The receipts have the date and time of issue printed on them, as well as the fare and extras. You could print additional information to this, but you'll have to ask us about it first.
Tips
The new machines don't affect your tips. And your tips won't be printed on the receipt as the machines aren't set up to do this. If a passenger wants a tip recorded, just write it on the receipt by hand.
If you need to give out more than one receipt for a journey - if people are sharing your cab, for example - you can do handwritten ones.
Keeping records
The machines won't record any information about the money you take - they aren't designed for this. You'll have to keep records for tax and VAT in the normal way.
