partners but both sole traders

[Chalked]

I can't see any benifit to what you are doing if you want to be a partnership just do it. As for the van, the partnership will be paying for the fuel and other running costs. Weather you clam the costs together or separately it's the same.

 

[Masood]

that sounds like tax avoidance to a simple man, got to have a better plan than that

Tax avoidance is perfectly legal. Tax evasion is what gets you into trouble!

Zebedy's scheme is well within the law - you can run two companies, one paying fees to the other and operating at a permanent loss. It's legal...