On 24/07/2012 18:32, John Rumm wrote:
On 24/07/2012 11:45, David WE Roberts wrote:
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As long as you get a valid receipt (VAT receipt where applicable) then
paying some of the bills with cash which is then recycled by the
tradesperson on every day expenditure is in no way wrong.

Not only that, what are the alternatives? They can either take a cheque
at a huge risk of not getting paid, or they can shell out hundreds a
quarter to their bank for card payment facilities and a merchant account....

Same day credit transfer, which is how I pay my window cleaner and my
gardener. Not that he actually said that paying in cash was morally
wrong, only paying in cash in order to get a discount.

Colin Bignell