Would you still pay tax if you could get away with not paying it?

[Uneasyy]

NC for this.

My lovely friend is currently making thousands a week in a cash-in-hand job.

She’s happy, genuinely happy and living her best life. However she dropped into conversation the other day that she got no grants/furlough or anything over lockdown as she’s never put anything through the system.

I didn’t really know how to feel. On one hand it’s none of my business whatsoever, on the other - This situation has made me scared for our economy and future prospects and it’s made me feel uneasy about her as a person.

She said she’d lose thousands through tax and it would be pretty impossible for her to get caught.

So I wonder, if were 100% sure you wouldn’t get caught, would you still choose to pay tax?

AIBU to think that I still would?

@thedancingbear

If we could get away with it I wouldn't pay a single penny in taxes. Only because we have private medical insurance, we educate our children privately, we employ over 500 people, paid stamp duty on our property and pay an extortionate amount in council tax, we are paying high taxes as it is

Fucking hell, do people this selfish and ignorant really exist?

And stupid. Presumably never been glad of a streetlight, or set foot on a pavement. This list of publicly provided goods and services is endless.

What's she spending the money on, OP?

I don’t know the ins and outs of her finances or how she appears or where her money goes! They live an average life in terms of average house, average cars, nice clothes/tech stuff though with the kids always kitted out too.

Nice to know most people have a moral compass, although makes me realise I was right to feel uncomfortable about her as a person after finding that out.

ignore @Iamthewombat, having had a look at some of her comments on other threads, this seems to be her MO. Had I known prior to this message ping pong, I wouldn't have engaged with her at all. And whatever she says it is racists

I’ve been busy today and have only just checked in for the laffs. I have not been disappointed.

Truly, the sign of a bitter loser of an argument on MN is where the loser stalks the victor across every thread she has ever posted on to ferret out supposed evidence that she, the victor, is a dreadful person.

It is genuinely pathetic. I pity your employees.

FYI my MO, as you put it, is rubbishing ridiculous self-serving arguments. Which people like you always bristle at.

I’m curious to see the evidence that “whatever I say is racists (sic)”. Come on, quote the posts you are relying on and back up your unfounded allegation.

Don’t you have anything better to do than stalk posters who have made you look silly in order to seek revenge? Evidently not.