Quote Originally Posted by ramAnag View Post
May make them/us all ‘human’ but it’s never ‘irrelevant’ when we can’t live up to the expectations/standards we advocate.
I think I pretty much admitted by saying I enable it.

Tough one isn't it, what do you do? refuse to pay cash knowing what is going on?

I actually do feel more comfortable when someone comes to do work and invoices me and I pay by card or bank transfer. I'd never ask for a discount for cash but I dunno, if I'm quoted 1000 by a decorator etc for a job, or 800 if I pay cash what do you do?

I'd bet the vast majority of people would pay cash.

More often than not cash is asked for with no offer of a discount, what do we do then? Refuse and find someone who will invoice me?

The few hundred quid I've saved in my lifetime is nothing compared with what people I know avoid on a regular basis.

But you are right, if we all refused and demanded to pay in full and by bank transfer etc it would solve the problem.

I do think it's ok to criticise those who actively seek out methods to avoid paying tax even if the consequence of them doing so saves me a few quid every few years or so.

To be honest I reckon it must be 6 or 7 years since I got a discount for cash for facia replacement.

My mate has thousands sitting around his house because he takes cash most weeks. He can't bank it because there becomes a paper trail.

He hardly pays any tax, what with taking cash in hand and then putting personal non work related items against his tax return.

I hate using cash, even more so since covid. It's a pain when someone demands cash for a job, means I've got to go and get it. Bloody nuisance.