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I'm with evand; if you pay by cash and don't get an invoice (when you normally would want or expect one), you know what's going on and you are a party to fraud (ethically, even though it may be hard to prosecute). Of course, keithj, bargaining at electrical discounters is not in this...

Yes, and your insurer asks for the paperwork demonstrating that the work was done by a licenced electrician.

I try very hard not to be judgemental, because I'm definitely not Mother Theresa ;) and because I firmly believe that it's not my job to judge others. When I make these comments, I'm talking about my own thought process and how I come to my positions. But how other people choose to act is their...

Something being commonplace and/or accepted doesn't make it right, though, evand. If the benefits of the cash economy were shared by everybody, I'd agree, but it's only a small number of people who are able to benefit from it, meaning that it has the effect of shifting the tax burden from...

I heartily agree and support your ethics, Xenia. I don't know why people think that paying tradesmen in cash, knowing that they don't intend to pay GST and/or income tax, is anything other than making yourself an accomplice to fraud. (And yes, I know poordeveloper, that you're not intending...