Who gets paid cash?

[dublingirls]

Interesting debate with friend who says lots of ppl get paid cash and I'm like no most ppl get paid into bank

So obviously cabbies etc paid cash but who else?

If YOU get paid cash what do u work as?

Tradespeople
People who do paper rounds
Some front of house/bar staff in pubs or cafes
Window cleaners
Bin cleaners
Cleaners
Hair dressers/beauticians
Taxi drivers
Take away delivery drivers
Dog walkers
Baby sitters
House sitters/dog sitters

Of that list, everyone I use I pay electronically. I doubt any front of house staff get paid in cash these days, nor hairdressers if they are working for a hairdressing business (different if they are peripatetic maybe).
The taxis round here no longer take cash - it's all done via an app.
I guess if I used a 15 year old baby sitter I might pay in cash, but that's about it.

I think VERY few employees (who are on the books) get paid in cash these days. I run a payroll bureau and none of our clients pay their staff in cash. It's all done by BACs or direct bank payment.

Generally speaking, it's only "domestic" customers who pay self employed or casual workers in cash these days and even that's declining rapidly. Our own window cleaner wants a BACS payment, as do tradesmen, although more and more carry their own card reader.

Or the likes of takeaways etc whose staff are often not even allowed to legally work in the UK, so are paid in cash so they stay "off the books".

Strange because out of all of those people on that list, I would pay them all in cash. My nephew also works for a local cafe and is paid in cash although does have a payslip so it's all declared and through the books. We are in a very small rural area though so not sure if that makes a difference?

I haven't paid a cabbie in cash in about ten years! It's all done on apps now. If they ask for cash you can report them.

Even the buses here are mostly contactless now. They will take cash, but you have to have the correct change. And it's so much faster just to tap in.

My mechanic will take cash, although I've never done it.

Everyone else it's cards or bank transfer.

I refuse cash myself (I'm a personal trainer). My clients pay me in advance, in blocks, via bank transfer. If someone tried to pay me in cash I'd assume they were dodgy. Or very old. It also feels weird, someone bowling up with a pocket full of twenties.

I also live rurally, and I know a good few people who are fully declared by their employer and through the books but are paid in cash. All of them are employed by small businesses. I'm not really sure why they choose to pay in cash tbh.

Also, unlike a PP, all the tradesmen, window cleaners etc round here want cash - I recently had to get thousands out in cash for a tradesman which personally I find really annoying but there are a surprising amount here that really will not accept anything but cash (and this I'm very sure is for tax dodging purposes, unlike the people I mentioned earlier who are employed by small businesses and paid cash!)

My old hairdresser only took cash. She wrote appointments in her book in pencil & I honestly believe it was so she could forge her books & avoid paying tax. Our cleaner is paid in cash also to avoid paying tax, she’s admitted that’s the reason.

Gardeners

There is a restaurant near me that takes cash only it’s a pain having to go to the cash machine anytime I want to go there

Is that not services that the client pays for in cash
That is different to employees being paid in cash

@BubziOwl

I also live rurally, and I know a good few people who are fully declared by their employer and through the books but are paid in cash. All of them are employed by small businesses. I'm not really sure why they choose to pay in cash tbh.

It's usually to pass on the cash paid by customers rather than having the hassle and costs of taking it to the bank, especially as most rural areas no longer have bank branches! Suppliers tend not to accept cash anymore - many actually ban their drivers from taking cash due to risk of loss/theft and extra insurance costs! So staff are probably the only way they can get rid of it!

As more and more customers pay by card instead of cash, there'll be more and more small businesses paying their staff by BACS instead, as they're not going to drive to the bank (potentially many miles away) just to draw out cash to pay the staff!