anyone get paid under the table?

[brainhulk]

do you guys just stuff the cash under your mattress? what methods does the IRS employ to sniff these people out?

 

[HAL9000]

inb4 op.

 

[brainhulk]

inb4 op.

warp trolling. that will be an infarction

 

[HAL9000]

I predict a comment about "warp trolling"

 

[Linflas]

do you guys just stuff the cash under your mattress? what methods does the IRS employ to sniff these people out?

One possible way would be from tipsters reading threads like this on the internet and reporting them to the IRS.

 

[sdifox]

I think I smell a rat. Vinnie, bring out the pliers.

 

[brainhulk]

I predict a comment about "warp trolling"

-__- were you just hitting refresh repeatedly so you could warp troll me again?

 

[HAL9000]

-__- were you just hitting refresh repeatedly so you could warp troll me again?

Nope, I wasn't. It just happened.

 

[corwin]

No but I pay my house keeper under the table...so long as no deposit is over $10k nothing is reported to the IRS by the bank so no way for them to know...

 

[highland145]

No but I pay my house keeper under the table...so long as no deposit is over $10k nothing is reported to the IRS by the bank so no way for them to know...

Does your wife know she's working under your table?

 

[T_Yamamoto]

Nope, I wasn't. It just happened.

Lol

 

[paperfist]

One possible way would be from tipsters reading threads like this on the internet and reporting them to the IRS.

I looked at those rules once, in order to file a report to the IRS about fraud you have to have the persons social security number.

Is there another way?

 

[ichy]

No but I pay my house keeper under the table...so long as no deposit is over $10k nothing is reported to the IRS by the bank so no way for them to know...

You'd better hope there's never any slip & fall injury on the job or anything like that. Getting sued if you haven't paid for workers comp insurance won't be fun.

The only people I know who get any meaningful amount of money under the table are people who own a house and have a roommate. In theory you are supposed to declare that roommate income but nobody does.

 

[brainhulk]

No but I pay my house keeper under the table...so long as no deposit is over $10k nothing is reported to the IRS by the bank so no way for them to know...

hmmm, what about bartenders, waiters, cab drivers, liquor store owners etc that make a large proportion of their income from cash tips?

 

[lxskllr]

Use the "under the table" money for expenses, and cash payments. Use the reported money for savings and credit purchases.

 

[corwin]

Does your wife know she's working under your table?

Nope, plan to keep it that way too:sneaky:

You'd better hope there's never any slip & fall injury on the job or anything like that. Getting sued if you haven't paid for workers comp insurance won't be fun.

I know her well enough that she wouldn't play that shitty game that's all too common nowadays, if I didn't trust her she wouldn't be in my house when I'm not there anyway...

hmmm, what about bartenders, waiters, cab drivers, liquor store owners etc that make a large proportion of their income from cash tips?

They have to "declare" those wages, and NONE of them declare what they actually get...I never did and none of the hundreds of others I ever worked with did either. Yes it's illegal but it happens in every service industry that gets tips and it always will so long as they are getting cash tips.

 

[SaDiZTiKStyLeZ]

Yes.
Jumped in to help startup shop. No official paperwork done.
So technically, he could flat out deny I worked here altogether, if he wanted...
It's pretty much been a commission-based type of internship. If they aren't making money, I'm not making money.

Things have began picking up more steadily, so he offered me salary, commission, or commission/salary.
Although before I settle on a decision I'm thinking I'm going to bring up the whole getting this official on books type of thing.
Then I don't have to feel like a dick about always lying when it comes to unemployment or other such related things...