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Is paying cash in hand right?
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Personally I think this minister has a bit of a cheek. Just who are politicians to preach to us all o te morality of things?
Perhaps if they gave up their 'perks' and freebies they may have a point, but as things stand this just looks like the pot calling the kettle black
Perhaps if they gave up their 'perks' and freebies they may have a point, but as things stand this just looks like the pot calling the kettle black
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I am all for people paying their taxes, I and millions of others have no "out"
However when x celebritys and untold corporations exploit loopjoles to avoid payind many billions possibly trillions of pounds of tax. I find it hypocritical of a minister to moan about cash in hand payments and the "black Market" which although an awful lot of money is infinitesimal, in comparison.
He should also consider that a number of these people would be on the dole if they couldn't make a living.
However when x celebritys and untold corporations exploit loopjoles to avoid payind many billions possibly trillions of pounds of tax. I find it hypocritical of a minister to moan about cash in hand payments and the "black Market" which although an awful lot of money is infinitesimal, in comparison.
He should also consider that a number of these people would be on the dole if they couldn't make a living.
:-) - a wise move (not venturing into cb)
I used to work in a bar and was paid cash in hand i never declared it. it was my second job and i wasn;t doing it for the fun of it, i needed every penny to make ends meet. As far as i was concerned i paid enough tax on my first income + all the other taxes you have to pay. if i paid in on my second as well, i wouldn't even be earning minumum wage
I used to work in a bar and was paid cash in hand i never declared it. it was my second job and i wasn;t doing it for the fun of it, i needed every penny to make ends meet. As far as i was concerned i paid enough tax on my first income + all the other taxes you have to pay. if i paid in on my second as well, i wouldn't even be earning minumum wage
Oh my goodness what a overreaction it is not paying in cash that is the problem it is paying in cash and not paying VAT!!
Traditionally when paying in cash you are 'discounted' the VAT that equates to over £2billion a year.
That is illegal as you are not paying VAT on goods/services purchased.
I bet lots of you would jump on this if it was immigrants getting paid cash in hand.
Traditionally when paying in cash you are 'discounted' the VAT that equates to over £2billion a year.
That is illegal as you are not paying VAT on goods/services purchased.
I bet lots of you would jump on this if it was immigrants getting paid cash in hand.
You are making a big assumption that all tradesmen are VAT registered. You need a turnover in excess of 77K to be VAT registered, so many fall well below that. (Its not difficult so long as you get your punters to buy the large materials themselves eg the bathroom suite). I think you will find many VAT companies would not be interested in cash (apart from when people need to pay that way for personal reasons - and three are quite a few still about)
As for immigrants, in actually it is well documented that many immigrants work cash in hand, epsecially the illegal ones !!!! So please, stop trying to drag the debate down with racism.
As for immigrants, in actually it is well documented that many immigrants work cash in hand, epsecially the illegal ones !!!! So please, stop trying to drag the debate down with racism.
I agree it would be pretty difficult to prove in a court and I suspect that's why this story has been couched in moral terms
I find that people are highly outraged bastions of morality when it comes to politicians fiddling expenses and claiming that what they were doing was strictly legal but suggest that they might be encouraging others to break the law and all of a sudden they start to take cover behind the letter of the law themselves.
I find that people are highly outraged bastions of morality when it comes to politicians fiddling expenses and claiming that what they were doing was strictly legal but suggest that they might be encouraging others to break the law and all of a sudden they start to take cover behind the letter of the law themselves.
Where does it stop? My milkman is now a franchisee, I pay him cash. Bloke last year delivered my shed and different bloke who did my fence, paid cash because it suited me, didn't have cheque book got a reciept.
My big problem is the hypocrisy and as much as I see the tax fraud thing I think theres huge difference between that and using your expenses to pay for things that you shouldn't.
My big problem is the hypocrisy and as much as I see the tax fraud thing I think theres huge difference between that and using your expenses to pay for things that you shouldn't.