It amazes me
that people post jobs online withe the promise of payments in cash. Yes, these are aimed at members of the frum community, but still it is an open advertisement that seems to promote tax evasion. Direct quote: "Good hourly pay (roughly $11/hr starting) cash, weekly." While listing doesn't identify the store, it is identified as Cedarhurst and includes a phone number and first name, which gives me a pretty good idea which one it is.
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Would I be cynical to suspect that were the business audited and the owners facing prosecution we would have yet another legal defense fund spring up in the community to perform the "chessed" of bailing them out?
I guess it's a result of Jews always wanting to be the "hocker" who can get things cheaper. However, when they consider the disparity between claiming to be "religious and honest" and the way they cheat all their fellow Americans, they most get headaches.
If they don't like the amount of money comes out of their paychecks in taxes, they should call their representatives and have the laws changed.
from Mark Lazarus: There is nothing inherently illegal about paying or being paid in cash. The onus is on the recipient to report the income. The employer might have reporting responsibilities, too. Speak to your accountant for details.
What are you so amazed by?
If you think about it:
How is this ad worse than people (everyone) who pays their help - in cash and patronize stores and restaurants who hire illegal people and pay cash?
"What are you so amazed by? " I am not amazed that they do it but that they advertise the fact. Many people do things they should not, but generally they have the sense to keep it private.
"How is this ad worse than people (everyone) who pays their help - in cash and patronize stores and restaurants who hire illegal people and pay cash? "
Certainly, those who hire illegal people are breaking more laws, exploiting people, and depriving people who have a legal right to work of a job. But the fact that some people may break more laws does not mean that it does not matter. That type of attitude leads to greater and greater schemes to defraud the government until it explodes in a great, public chilul Hashem.