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Cash in hand diddling the country

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Fraktal · 27/01/2012 03:19

Today's Telegraph

Surprising not to see childcare mentioned in there tbh.

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RealitySickOfSick · 27/01/2012 08:23

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HSMM · 27/01/2012 08:18

That's what I mean about the cross checking on childcare, bacause parents do exactly that ... I paid x childcare y so can I have whatever credits I am entitled to.

Gigondas · 27/01/2012 07:52

Agree surprising childcare isnt in there. I agree with sentiment but not sure how you follow up in practice.

If builder doesn't charge vat do you report him or assume he Is under threshold? Also Some people prefer cash for good reasons (but doesnt mean not tax paying). But biggest issue is. Lot of these people are self employed . Until some kind of registration is introduced (so you can say I paid x builder y and then hmrc can cross check thus is disclosed). I am not sure currently what you can do to check self employed people are paying tax.

HSMM · 27/01/2012 07:40

If child carers do not declare cash payments they not only risk being caught by hmrc, but much more likely by the child tax credits (or whatever they're called)who phone me all the time to check that people are claiming accurate childcare costs. I wouldn't risk it and I think those that do are not only committing fraud,but are very likely to be caught!