Which of these services do you pay cash in hand for?

23 February 2015

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Ed Balls recently caused controversy by saying he’d expect his gardener to give him a receipt for trimming his hedge. With the onus being on the trader to declare the income for tax and VAT purposes, which of these would you typically pay cash in hand for? FOR SERVICES YOU REGULARLY USE/USED please select if you pay cash in hand or in a traceable way, eg, cash with receipt/invoice or via cheque, card or bank transfer.

Ed Balls recently caused controversy by saying he’d expect his gardener to give him a receipt for trimming his hedge. With the onus being on the trader to declare the income for tax and VAT purposes, which of these would you typically pay cash in hand for?

FOR SERVICES YOU REGULARLY USE/USED please select if you pay cash in hand or in a traceable way, eg, cash with receipt/invoice or via cheque, card or bank transfer.

Results

Au pair/nanny (748 votes)

Pay cash in hand		310 votes (41%)
Pay in a traceable way		438 votes (59%)

Babysitter (1776 votes)

Pay cash in hand		1713 votes (96%)
Pay in a traceable way		63 votes (4%)

Builder/electrician/plumber (4585 votes)

Pay cash in hand		2334 votes (51%)
Pay in a traceable way		2251 votes (49%)

Cleaner (2440 votes)

Pay cash in hand		2052 votes (84%)
Pay in a traceable way		388 votes (16%)

Dog walker (1128 votes)

Pay cash in hand		1006 votes (89%)
Pay in a traceable way		122 votes (11%)

Gardener (2764 votes)

Pay cash in hand		2265 votes (82%)
Pay in a traceable way		499 votes (18%)

Home visit beautician/hairdresser (3036 votes)

Pay cash in hand		2623 votes (86%)
Pay in a traceable way		413 votes (14%)

Handyman (3035 votes)

Pay cash in hand		2389 votes (79%)
Pay in a traceable way		646 votes (21%)

Home help (784 votes)

Pay cash in hand		489 votes (62%)
Pay in a traceable way		295 votes (38%)

Takeaway food (5157 votes)

Pay cash in hand		3771 votes (73%)
Pay in a traceable way		1386 votes (27%)

Taxi driver (5618 votes)

Pay cash in hand		5384 votes (96%)
Pay in a traceable way		234 votes (4%)

Window cleaner (5550 votes)

Pay cash in hand		5009 votes (90%)
Pay in a traceable way		541 votes (10%)

I don't use any of the above (704 votes)

		704 votes (100%)

           8,728 people have voted.

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