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Austin Prefect said:
Inspired by the cash or card thread.
Does anyone still get paid in cash? Actual PAYE not self employed as driving instructor/window cleaner/hitman ETC.
My last cash pay packet was in 1982.
Mine was late 80’s working at Asda. I can still remember going to the cashiers window to pick up a small square envelope with my payslip and £30 in it.Does anyone still get paid in cash? Actual PAYE not self employed as driving instructor/window cleaner/hitman ETC.
My last cash pay packet was in 1982.
I used to feel very grown up
All of my employees were paid cash every Friday until about 2016 ish when I offered BACS, weekly or monthly - their choice
Most went onto weekly BACS, one guy on monthly and then a couple remained cash as they preferred it.
When covid came we went cashless for the whole business. By then only had one guy on cash so he went to BACS too and that was that.
Most went onto weekly BACS, one guy on monthly and then a couple remained cash as they preferred it.
When covid came we went cashless for the whole business. By then only had one guy on cash so he went to BACS too and that was that.
Countdown said:
Mine was late 80 s working at Asda. I can still remember going to the cashiers window to pick up a small square envelope with my payslip and £30 in it.
I used to feel very grown up
I used to do some work for Asda in the late 80’s, a lot of their stores would turn over £1M in cash in a day around Christmas, it’s one of the reasons they paid cash until later than most were on BACS as having that quantity of cash on the premises was a real security issue and around Christmas they just couldn’t get enough cash in transit collections booked, as all the retailers were overflowing with cash. Asda were the first with the mega sized stores in the UK.I used to feel very grown up
It wasn’t well known that big supermarkets often had more cash than banks and none of it was serialised, they did of course have hardened cash offices though, with ballistic protection - not a lot of use in a hostage situation though.
Slightly off topic, a guy bought my Honda S2000 off me a few years ago and brought £8000 in cash with him. I had no idea how to count £8000 in notes quickly so he did it while I watched.
He was a heating engineer. I wonder how much of that cash should have been paid over to HMRC.
It was a nuisance having to take it into town in two large envelopes. The next car I sold, the buyer just pinged it between bank accounts on our phones while we sat on the sofa, the way it should be.
He was a heating engineer. I wonder how much of that cash should have been paid over to HMRC.
It was a nuisance having to take it into town in two large envelopes. The next car I sold, the buyer just pinged it between bank accounts on our phones while we sat on the sofa, the way it should be.
BoomerPride said:
Slightly off topic, a guy bought my Honda S2000 off me a few years ago and brought £8000 in cash with him. I had no idea how to count £8000 in notes quickly so he did it while I watched.
He was a heating engineer. I wonder how much of that cash should have been paid over to HMRC.
It was a nuisance having to take it into town in two large envelopes. The next car I sold, the buyer just pinged it between bank accounts on our phones while we sat on the sofa, the way it should be.
I paid 17k years ago for a E46 M3 years ago as the seller insisted on cash. When I went to the bank they only had £10 notes so took the full 17K in tens, it took the seller ages to count it out, then re check it. He was a heating engineer. I wonder how much of that cash should have been paid over to HMRC.
It was a nuisance having to take it into town in two large envelopes. The next car I sold, the buyer just pinged it between bank accounts on our phones while we sat on the sofa, the way it should be.
When I sold the car a couple of years later the buyer just did a bank transfer on their phone, easy
BoomerPride said:
Slightly off topic, a guy bought my Honda S2000 off me a few years ago and brought £8000 in cash with him. I had no idea how to count £8000 in notes quickly so he did it while I watched.
He was a heating engineer. I wonder how much of that cash should have been paid over to HMRC.
It was a nuisance having to take it into town in two large envelopes. The next car I sold, the buyer just pinged it between bank accounts on our phones while we sat on the sofa, the way it should be.
I did save myself £1500 on a car by spreading £6000 in £100 notes across the sellers coffee table.He was a heating engineer. I wonder how much of that cash should have been paid over to HMRC.
It was a nuisance having to take it into town in two large envelopes. The next car I sold, the buyer just pinged it between bank accounts on our phones while we sat on the sofa, the way it should be.
Yes £100 notes are a ghing. You can get them in Scotland.
Cash is still the norm with some shooting estates for Beaters.
Some it s cash cash but some do paye as follows
£50 handed in cash to beaters on the day, but the PAYE paperwork filled in behind the scenes.
(Paperwork shows £62.40 less £12.40 tax)
It s caused some ripples as the Estates thought they were doing the correct thing & paying the tax liability so beaters got paid the same (taking £50 home), but some beaters had adverse effects on benefits . So were effectively working for nothing
Some now saying if it s correct with PAYE it should be minium wage, £62.40 doesn t cover the day (though they do get lunch)
Some it s cash cash but some do paye as follows
£50 handed in cash to beaters on the day, but the PAYE paperwork filled in behind the scenes.
(Paperwork shows £62.40 less £12.40 tax)
It s caused some ripples as the Estates thought they were doing the correct thing & paying the tax liability so beaters got paid the same (taking £50 home), but some beaters had adverse effects on benefits . So were effectively working for nothing
Some now saying if it s correct with PAYE it should be minium wage, £62.40 doesn t cover the day (though they do get lunch)
Edited by AndyAudi on Friday 6th June 08:02
When I started as an apprentice Gas Fitter with B.Gas in 1979 everyone got paid every week on a Thursday brown envelope full of cash, most of us had blown it all by Monday. They then changed to paying fortnightly, so many did not even have bank accounts.
Then sometime in the mid 80s they offered two hundred pounds for you to change to Bank payments monthly, think about 90% of us excepted the bribe and took bank payments.
Some still refused and were paid in cash for another five years or so.
Then sometime in the mid 80s they offered two hundred pounds for you to change to Bank payments monthly, think about 90% of us excepted the bribe and took bank payments.
Some still refused and were paid in cash for another five years or so.
Haven't paid, or been paid, cash for a car for years, thank goodness.
I remember my Dad getting £8k in old twenties - in a carrier bag no less - for his 2 yr old BMW in around 1985. From a builder I think so probably as above it should have been his tax bill!
Dad was having kittens, drove straight to the bank, parked on the dyls right outside (this impressed me particularly as he was normally a stickler for parking) and looked v relieved once it was safely deposited.
Just looked it up and £8k in 1985 is about £24k today, so a fair bit to be walking about with.
I remember my Dad getting £8k in old twenties - in a carrier bag no less - for his 2 yr old BMW in around 1985. From a builder I think so probably as above it should have been his tax bill!
Dad was having kittens, drove straight to the bank, parked on the dyls right outside (this impressed me particularly as he was normally a stickler for parking) and looked v relieved once it was safely deposited.
Just looked it up and £8k in 1985 is about £24k today, so a fair bit to be walking about with.
sherman said:
Last time I recieved an official cash paypacket I was a paperboy in about the year 2001.
I went on to work for 20 years in hospitality. Lots of cash tips through that in little brown envelopes but they were in addition pay.
Re last cash payment, me too as a paperboy in 1958!I went on to work for 20 years in hospitality. Lots of cash tips through that in little brown envelopes but they were in addition pay.
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My old dad used to work on the print back in the 80s, Evening Standard. They'd get paid in cash every Thursday, average take home was ~£400 which was strong money for a working man back then.
On getting paid most of the boys would form a card school and/or adjourn to the pub then bring the remainder of their wage packet home to their wives. Presumably the wives never knew how much their husbands were earning. Dad used to come straight home and give his unopened wage packet to my mum, she handled all the finance. She would give him £10 back as his "pocket money" for the week.
When they switched to BACS mid 80s all the boys were furious as it put a stop to their behaviour. Apart from dad who thought this is fine by me.
On getting paid most of the boys would form a card school and/or adjourn to the pub then bring the remainder of their wage packet home to their wives. Presumably the wives never knew how much their husbands were earning. Dad used to come straight home and give his unopened wage packet to my mum, she handled all the finance. She would give him £10 back as his "pocket money" for the week.
When they switched to BACS mid 80s all the boys were furious as it put a stop to their behaviour. Apart from dad who thought this is fine by me.
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