Here’s a quick update I wanted to share. It’s pretty common knowledge tradesmen prefer cash, often touting a a small discount to you – Don’t!
By paying in cash you have waved any rights or recourse should you encounter a cowboy, and you are likely collaborating in tax evasion which the HMRC can and will make an example of you – at your cost. Everyone moans at the NHS, Police, pot holes etc etc – they are all paid via these taxes..
You are not saving a penny by paying these tradesmen “off the books” – that is their normal rate – you’re now paying for their kids to go through school, bins to be collected, and roads to be tarmacked!
Report these parasites and get a reward – https://www.gov.uk/report-vat-fraud
Bexley Watchdog 