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Default Trades people on the fiddle

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Nemo wrote:
Paying a plumber cash in hand is "morally wrong" because it denies the
revenue vital funds, a Treasury minister said as the government outlined
new ways of cutting down on £5bn in tax avoidance.


It is no more wrong than paying by any means. What is wrong is if the
plumber fails to declare it as part of his income.

we hae an itinerant hairdresser. Very fast very cheap. She is self
employed, but the scope for offsetting every single thing, all the car,
or most of it, all the tools, even a set of working
clothes..phonecalls..even before a few quid a week may or may not slip
into the purse for the tescos shop.


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