The end of firewood?

[Stubby]

How much for cash?

 

Say no more ! Nudge Nudge , Wink Wink

[eggsarascal]

How much for cash?

 

Sorry, don't accept cash.

[mendiplogs]

Sorry, don't accept cash.

 

HI EGGS OYES :lol::lol:thanks lets get it back track:thumbup1: thanks jon

[Woodworks]

How much for cash?

 

Lay off it Barry you know it makes no difference how you pay

[Farmerdowling]

Sorry but I've already listed it on EBay at a starting price of £100...

[Woodworks]

Sorry but I've already listed it on EBay at a starting price of £100...

 

Is it the one for sale in the outer Hebradies and your selling it for a mate?

[s.varty]

Is it the one for sale in the outer Hebradies and your selling it for a mate?

 

:laugh1: Postage only?

[Tom D]

I think those who don't flout the rules a little are very few and far between, I know that in the past I have paid tradesmen in cash to avoid the VAT, and at work I have been asked to take cash countless times. That said I have only ever accepted small amounts, and I'm happy to admit that on here.

 

There are many out there who do everything in cash and that is wrong, we all pay in to the system so that we can get something out, having had 3 kids in NHS hospitals I can appreciate the need to keep the system going.

 

The tax man knows that many many people dodge a little tax, but he also knows that its small amounts and that the real tax dodgers are the ones who don't pay any. Some one who knows once told me that if all the rich tax evaders paid all they were due that the basic rate of income tax could be cut to 15%, that is some serious money. However if the rest of us paid all the tax we were due it could be cut to 9%. Thats what paying the window cleaner in cash means, the grey economy is huge in this country, but not as big as it is in italy or many other places.

 

Tax Research UK Why £40 billion of tax evasion in the shadow economy matters

[Hogs Breath]

Going back to increased competition. The FC and other bodies are actively encouraging more farmers and landowners to start managing their neglected woodlands and finance it through selling as firewood and other products. Benefits obviously the timber is free, yard/barn space is free, other costs (tractors, trailers, pickups, accountants, etc) are mostly paid for through the agricultural side and it also provides a revenue during the quieter winter months. Of course they are all perfectly entitled to do this.

 

My question is if you have an area with twice as many people selling as there is demand, is it a case of survival of the fittest/cream rise to the top? or do they all just get 50% of sales needed and all go bust (apart from those who it is just a sideline)?

 

 

Not forgetting the nomadic types who no longer peddle their scrap, but too many variables to nail any one thing.

[Hotrod81]

I think those who don't flout the rules a little are very few and far between, I know that in the past I have paid tradesmen in cash to avoid the VAT, and at work I have been asked to take cash countless times. That said I have only ever accepted small amounts, and I'm happy to admit that on here.

 

There are many out there who do everything in cash and that is wrong, we all pay in to the system so that we can get something out, having had 3 kids in NHS hospitals I can appreciate the need to keep the system going.

 

The tax man knows that many many people dodge a little tax, but he also knows that its small amounts and that the real tax dodgers are the ones who don't pay any. Some one who knows once told me that if all the rich tax evaders paid all they were due that the basic rate of income tax could be cut to 15%, that is some serious money. However if the rest of us paid all the tax we were due it could be cut to 9%. Thats what paying the window cleaner in cash means, the grey economy is huge in this country, but not as big as it is in italy or many other places.

 

Tax Research UK Why £40 billion of tax evasion in the shadow economy matters

 

Most honest, sensible post in the whole thread.