Are there a lot of cash in hands jobs in the UK?
Posted by Nevic_s@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 30 comments
I always wondered what is the payment situation in the UK when giving employees their salaries, is it by cash or bank transfer
ambadawn@reddit
Get a job with an international organisation, that way you don't pay income tax and it's completely legal. :D
AdStreet2795@reddit
I bought my first house last year, every single tradesman I’ve had has offered me a much better price it i pay cash in hand. Which I absolutely hate morally, but also I’m talking thousands cheaper.
lonehorizons@reddit
Did you pay them in cash? I’ve never done it because I worry if they do a bad job and I have to take them to court or something they’d just deny they did the work and I’d have no proof that I paid them for it.
AdStreet2795@reddit
Yeah I have, to be fair they’ve all been people that have done work for family or are friends of friends that type of thing so the trust comes from there I suppose. Not sure I would do it for a complete random.
lonehorizons@reddit
Fair enough :)
cgknight1@reddit
Bank transfer for most jobs - nobody wants the hassle of cash for salaried roles.
Which-World-6533@reddit
I am ok with someone sending me £ 5k in cash every month.
Maybe we can do a month trial, money upfront...?
lonehorizons@reddit
If you pay it into your bank account they’ll start asking where it came from pretty soon. I had this with cash gifts from parents in law living in another country (for helping with a house deposit).
peppermint_aero@reddit
"Cash in hand" is a phrase with a specific meaning. It usually means your payment is in cash and you don't log the work/payment with the government/tax office. It's "off the books" (meaning not recorded anywhere). There's nothing illegal about paying workers in cash tho, so long as you follow laws re payslips, tax etc.
ANAL_PROLAPSE_KISSER@reddit
Most of the guys I know only want cash
Top-Car-808@reddit
most hand jobs are for cash.
BowiesFixedPupil@reddit
I do also take card, just most people prefer the anonymity.
D0wnb0at@reddit
Not just that, but then you have to explain to your bank why you are getting so many £50 transfers from random people into your account cause they will think you are committing fraud/AML.
This happened in the bank I worked at. Account was flagged cause we suspected they were a mule for money laundering. Account always had cash deposits, and small money transfers from random people and then faster payments out to another account with a small amount of spending. Highly suspicious. So we blocked the account until they contacted us.
She casually explained that she is an escort, and “not a prostitute”, she made that clear, and that her clients paid her by cash or bank transfer.
Boring bit: explained it’s against T&C to use a normal account for business use, and she would have to set up a business account, but she couldn’t continue the way she was banking, and we held the funds for further investigation
Which-World-6533@reddit
Isn't it obvious who is giving the hand job...?
hampshirebrony@reddit
Three blokes go to a strip club.
Dancer wiggles in front of them.
First guy takes out a tenner, licks it, sticking it to her left buttock.
Second guy takes out a twenty, sticks it to her right buttock.
Third guy gets out his credit card, swipes it and gets £30 cashback
Octoboy1@reddit
I have a mostly completed free greggs coffee card, take it or leave
jc456_@reddit
Mwehehehe
ThrowRAkitty13@reddit
Drug dealer
Hopeful_Lake9382@reddit
you can get a cash in hand job easily if you know the right people. there are those that support families in this arrangement. but you just need to know the right poeople. and in such a black market, they will flout many other laws, so avoid.
Evening-Tomatillo-47@reddit
Have a look in the news about local places that have been busted for illegal immigrants. I'm pretty sure they won't be putting everything on the books!
Tvdevil_@reddit
proper jobs its bank transfer
if its cash in hand its not likely to be an on the books job. ie illegal immigrant type jobs.
FlatsInDagenham@reddit
It's 2026. Think about that.
Effective_Topic_4728@reddit
Considering the number of people living in the UK illegally is estimated to be well into the hundreds of thousands, I suspect there is a fair amount of off the books pay for those who know where to look.
asymmetricears@reddit
Most jobs are paid by bank transfer. Some jobs are cash in hand, this can be because the employee has no right to work in the UK, or because the employee wishes to under declare their income for tax evasion (or is it avoidance, I can never remember which one is the illegal one). Some self employed people (i.e. tradies) prefer being paid in cash to avoid tax.
Which-World-6533@reddit
I got paid cash-in-hand at my first two jobs in the late 80's.
First one was at Sainsburys and everyone lined up at lunchtime on a Saturday to get paid.
The other was a restaurant where I was paid cash every week and tips were divvied out of the tip jar every night.
beejiu@reddit
About 10% of people are in the hidden economy, about half paid in cash. Full break down here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-hidden-economy-in-the-united-kingdom-wave-2-2022/executive-summary
zonked282@reddit
99.99% of workers are paid via bank transfer, no big company or employer would do cash in this day and age
TellMeManyStories@reddit
Nearly everyone is bank transfer, official, and you pay tax.
Lower paid jobs are sometimes cash - for example car mechanic, window washing, brick layer, etc. They tend to be done by illegal immigrants who can't work any other way and are paid way less so nobody else does this.
FornyHucker22@reddit
Bank transfers mostly
cash in hand is usually tax free unofficial stuff
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