Paying tradesmen cash in hand morally wrong - minister

[edscdk]

Since when is claiming legitimate expenses incurred through work morally wrong?

Can I do the same? - if not why not?

 

[RDM]

Can I do the same? - if not why not?

Depends on your company. Pretty much every company reimburses costs associated with doing your job.

 

[realBabelfish]

since he had to pay it back im assuming it wasnt legal.

 

[Mr Jones]

Depends on your company. Pretty much every company reimburses costs associated with doing your job.

But is it MORALLY wrong to do so at the expense of the tax payers when we are being cut left right and centre?

 

[MeEsH BaKkA]

If they don't pay anything into the system then why do they expect free health care when they are earning enough to be paying into it?

I didn't say I'm happy with them paying nothing, just the odd bit of cash in hand does not hut anybody. How much do unemployed scumbags and drama degree post grads cost the govt?

 

[RDM]

since he had to pay it back im assuming it wasnt legal.

I have been looking but found nothing saying this is this case, if so he is in the wrong, if not then I fail to see the issue with it.

But is it MORALLY wrong to do so at the expense of the tax payers when we are being cut left right and centre?

Not really no. I wouldn't expect anyone to be out of pocket for doing their job, public servant or not. When I was working if I had to work away for any period of time then the company I worked for paid for it.

If we ditch legitimate expenses then don't be surprised on the impact that will have on who can afford to be an MP.

 

[Greebo]

I didn't say I'm happy with them paying nothing, just the odd bit of cash in hand does not hut anybody. How much do unemployed scumbags and drama degree post grads cost the govt?

But where does it stop? Say it's half their income so they are paying half their tax that they should? That adds up to a hell of a lot.

If you aren;t careful you end up like Greece. Apart from the civil servants, pretty much everybody else is self employed and their taxable income is under the 13000 euro tax free limit every year. Net result is that the Government gets little tax revenue.

Just because everybody has loads of untaxed money to spend hasn't helped their economy has it?

 

[Irish_Tom]

Well it's backfired on Gauke.

David Cameron and other senior cabinet ministers including Nick Clegg and George Osborne admitted that they had paid traders cash in hand in the past. And an analysis of expenses claims by The Daily Telegraph showed that two other members of the government — Jeremy Hunt, the Culture Secretary and Sir George Young, Leader of the House of Commons — paid suppliers hundreds of pounds in cash, and claimed back the money from the taxpayer.

 

[ClanCuller]

It's estimated the rich are hiding £21 TRILLION so who does the government go after under the Tories? Why the Trades/Construction people of course - Worst hit sector of the economy!

My friends a stonemason - he has studied at college for 4 years, 4 years he was underpaid because he's "learning"- 1st year £1.60 an hour (legal)!
He like everyone else accepts this because homers are possible and you have to learn - take that away and you have guys who have no job security, slave wages in training years, working his arse off in heavy manual labour being paid less than a female receptionist at the Ramada Hotel (his misses with a few days training). What's the incentive for him or anyone else?

No apprentices being taken on, Public sector builds are turnover work for struggling Irish companies, no job security, no pension, no work, etc etc That's trades just now.

Some of you may think everyone in that boat - you're not! 25% (more than double anyone else) of the economy's downturn is in construction!
The wages are dropping in many cases to those of a shelf stacker on mininum wage.
Half of you wouldn't handle a day's manual labour nevermind full time and 4 years training at £1.60-£2.80p/h.

Oh and to top it off in Construction you are more likely to be seriously injured or be killed.

The list is endless but I'm fuming some reckon it's "loads a' money" for the guys taking cash in hand - if they aren't gypo's that money is used to survive, not to buy a boat in the med!

Anyways just a few thoughts for the guys who sit on their arse for a living reading the internet every hour etc etc.