I'm just wondering.
2006-09-11 11:53:29 · 7 answers · asked by Kay 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
So if the business owner kept a record of who got paid/what date, then it's fine?
2006-09-11 11:57:35 · update #1
They can pay you with cash -- but its not in their best interest to do so. Paying you by check gives them a hard record of how much and when they paid you. Technically, you can refuse to accept a check from an employer, and you might be able to insist they pay you in cash (depending on local laws...)
2006-09-11 11:57:18 · answer #1 · answered by M H S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can. Cash is legal tender. It is common for employers who employ some one who is here today and gone tomorrow. I'v done many jobs that payed cash. They were usually just day jobs. Things I did for a few extra bucks. They don't want all the book keeping so they charge it to petty cash. Pay me for a few hours and I clean up or fix or sort or what ever they want then Im gone when the job is done.
Last thursday I wipped the stencil that said CANADA off the side of a semi load of metal. It took all day but that was the end of the job. one day and I'm out of there. I got paid 10 bucks per hour under the table. No taxes taken out. So I walked away with 80 bucks cash. It cost the company too much to go through the paper work of hiring me full time. The cost to take some one on full time is about 5,000 bucks by the time they fix up all the paper work and get an entry in the computer for a new payroll check and then there is workers comp and all that. Its a hassel. So I just show up when they need and disapear when its done.
I learned it from the illegal aliens. Sauce for the goose.
2006-09-11 19:06:43 · answer #2 · answered by john d 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am not an expert in business law, however, an employer has to file taxes and report wages paid to employee to both the State and the IRS. He is required to send a W-2 to each employee who earns wages by the end of January. Payroll keeps his records. Paying in cash is hard to keep track of and there is no record of that employee being an actual employee. Employees are entitled to some free benefits (e.g. Workers' Compensation) and the employer pays that premium.
2006-09-11 19:13:23 · answer #3 · answered by Monsieur Rick 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They can pay you in cash but they would have no receipt to show you had been paid unless they have you sign for it.
They should keep records so that you don't come back later on and say you never got paid.
2006-09-11 18:56:09 · answer #4 · answered by dik 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Waffle House pays in cash. They record taxes and etc etc etc. Not much difference than a check.
Wait my wife just told me they no longer do that. also proof of payment is better with a check.
2006-09-11 18:59:26 · answer #5 · answered by Jacob A 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they certainly can. BUT....You need to keep careful records and make all the proper deductions, otherwise the IRS will take a keen interest in your finances and it could cost you a HUGE chunk of money!
2006-09-11 18:56:08 · answer #6 · answered by Albannach 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
whell it dosent mater you shod paythem with cash
2006-09-11 20:45:38 · answer #7 · answered by Douglas L 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋