Would you report someone for working a second job cash in hand

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…. And not paying tax? Earning around £100-200 extra per week on top of their normal pays job.

has anyone ever done this? Did anything happen?

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/measuring-tax-gaps/1-tax-gaps-summary

• the tax gap from small businesses is the largest component of the tax gap by customer group at a 60% share in 2023 to 2024; the tax gap from wealthy makes up the lowest proportion of the tax gap at 5% in 2023 to 2024

Well done.

It makes no difference to my view that in this particular type of situation, I would neither grass nor judge someone trying to get by. I'm certainly not alone in my stance.

Please could you provide some data to back this up? The official Tax Gap data published by the government doesn’t.

If evidence wasn’t going to change you view, what was the rationale in asking for it?

To see what was triggering the claim. It's my perogative how I chose to use the information.

This. I'm genuinely shocked at the vast majority on here turning a blind eye although I had a friends husband who was doing this and didn't report.
£800 additional income is £200 lost in tax. If thousands and thousands are doing this yes that's a lot of lost revenue.

Untrue.

No. I'd conflicting admire them for working so hard and judge them for not paying tax, but I wouldn't report.

What about the vast majority who work hard and DO pay tax? Why should some be exempt when most pay what's due??

Absolutely not. Good luck to them.

From your own data, which of course would not include any of the big corporations who register in a tax haven.

"the largest component of the tax gap by tax type is the Corporation Tax gap at a 40% share, followed by the Income tax, National Insurance contributions and Capital Gains Tax gap with a 31% share and the VAT gap with a 19% share of the overall tax gap"

This does not support your claim.

What evidence would it take to change you view?

Only if I really hated them and wanted revenge

You seem to be of the misunderstanding that I should change my view. I've been crystal clear that in these circumstances I would not judge a person or report them. Hth

No but I would not know if they payed tax or evaded tax, unless they told me.

If they are going around telling people then maybe they will get caught.

The more tax we pay the more money goes into the system. Just look at the UK Parliament to see how it spends money on itself. MPs of all stripes get a good salary, the chance of jobs on the side, usually in a talking-shop role or purely for the employer to get some access/influence. There are countless spads recruited. The Commons and presumably the Lords has discounted food in their restaurants. This is for those in the top 10% of earners. In my time in the public sector our discounted food included 5p off a cup of tea. The parliamentarians also have bars at work, presumably also discounted. I have worked in places where just having alcohol on the premises was a sacking offence. Expenses for everything that they can squeeze out of the system, including on second homes, which they seem to have a habit of flipping, or that wonderful wheeze of owning a house in London and renting it out for profit whilst renting another house at taxpayers expense. The Government should look at themselves before sticking their hand out to the populace for more money.

We could be a peaceful nation, but we do love joining in wars of choice for years on end, which cost billions, and kill many of our forces personnel.

The waste in the public sector can be enormous. I worked in one of the major public sector organisations for many years and was horrified at the waste, fighting for changes to save money, The progress was slow and demoralising.

Except the tax payer - and all those not engaging in illegal business practices.

So if nothing could change your mind, why ask for evidence?

I've already answered you. Do keep up

No. Seriously, mind your own business

It appears you could have a sworn statement from the CEO of HMRC telling you which taxpayers form the majority of the tax gap and you still wouldn’t change your view.

The share of the tax gap attributed to small businesses has increased over the last 5 years, from 48% of the overall tax gap in 2019 to 2020 to 60% in 2023 to 2024.

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/measuring-tax-gaps/1-tax-gaps-summary#tax-gap-by-customer-group

Interesting

post that it’s a man and cash helps avoid cms. See the answers change

No way. Mind your own business.

Are you actually saying that it’s ok to dodge tax because the government wastes money?
Is It ok for me to dodge tax on my additional earnings please? How much is ok with you?

I do the odd bit of babysitting in the run up to Xmas and as hoc as my job isn’t massively well paid and I live in an expensive part of the world. Never crossed my mind that someone would report me how sad/petty if they did.