Do you do jobs for cash, and then not declare it with the taxman? (voters in the poll are private!!!)

Dan · Sep 20, 2019

Do you do jobs for cash, and then not declare it with the taxman? (voters in the poll are private!!!)

Just wondering, as it's 2019, whether there are still guys doing jobs for cash.

As a web business, all my business is paid by BACS in full up front before anything goes ahead. Or Google, who pays me 2 months after I've earned it. On a rolling basis. So it is monthly kinda thing. So there's no dodging tax for me with it. And it has caught me out in the past. Ended up with a bill too big and went bump. Folded that company a while ago.

Wondering if this day in age, when so many invoicing systems are setup direct with accounts systems, that can be accessed by various departments of governments. Whether it's a case of never giving a price in writing via a system, and taking cash, or just all honest days work and paying tax all the way.

Now you don't need to reply to the thread. Just vote. And nobody will ever see who voted.

I'm just curious.

I'll do this on all my forums and see what the % is each year near Xmas. Perhaps check annually what's changing.

(Note that if anybody from the tax office ever asked for the data, we don't record who visits a thread, or who has voted. It just adds a digit to a database like an excel file, and doesn't have a name column in it. So they'd just get lots of 1's in lots of boxes and nothing else)

Dustydazzler · Sep 27, 2019

Have found this thread quite interesting and it got me thinking...

For example my parents have a monthly window cleaner who they leave cash out for , they have a gardener a few times a year they pay cash to , the guy who cleans the gutters twice a year gets some cash.

I wonder if any of this cash ever gets declared

I probably know the answer already...

Pretty Mouth · Sep 27, 2019

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GMES · Sep 27, 2019

They may all be honest tradesman for all we know.
Some trades only deal in cash, market traders, burger Van's mobile car cleaners/ valeters, mobile hairdressers and the list goes on but it doesnt make them all bent.
Do they declare it all, possibly not but they will probably declare most of it.

Markyd · Sep 27, 2019

Who cares .......I wanna know if they have a cpc in their lighting circuit..

Dustydazzler · Sep 27, 2019

Who...? My parents or the window cleaners ?

Are you offering a partial rewire for cash

Gavin John Hyde · Sep 27, 2019

way to look at it is this. out of say £100 job you dont really make the £100 as if you put it through the books and take off taxe, expenses etc you might be left with say £65.00. so saved £35.00 a cash job unless you have no materials and were not working anyway is really only bringing in £35 gain. longer term those £35 bits add up and a few grand a year can have a big impact on mortgages and lending etc... I put it through the books now as my accountant can find ways to reduce my taxes in a legit manner. there is as others said no need or real benefit to doing undeclared cash jobs.

GMES · Sep 27, 2019

It's also the same with contractors who try and buy materials or pay for van repairs etc for cash, they think they are getting a bargain when in fact they would be better claiming it back through the business.

Intoelectrics · Sep 30, 2019

GMES said:
They may all be honest tradesman for all we know.
Some trades only deal in cash, market traders, burger Van's mobile car cleaners/ valeters, mobile hairdressers and the list goes on but it doesnt make them all bent.
Do they declare it all, possibly not but they will probably declare most of it.

More likely the majority of "honest" ones will declare just enough so they have to pay a small amount of tax to avoid standing out as a non tax payer. Some won't care and dodge tax altogether and the minority will declare it all, people who are looking to apply for a mortgage or other loan where a higher declared income benefits their cause would be in this minority.