When you pay your workers their salary/wages “under the table”, it simply means you’re paying them cash and not paying into their bank account. Is this okay?
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When you pay your workers their salary/wages “under the table”, it simply means you’re paying them cash and not paying into their bank account. Is this okay?
When employees are getting paid under the table, taxes aren’t withheld from their wages. Employers paying cash under the table do not fill out quarterly or annual tax forms. If employees are unrecorded, employers violate their legal responsibilities of obtaining necessary insurances like workers’ compensation or disability insurance. Because employers who pay cash under the table forego their tax and insurance liabilities, paying employees cash under the table is illegal. Employers who pay employees under the table do not comply with employment laws.
It can be a good thing but not something I would want to do long term. One of these days, if we’re lucky enough to live that long, we are going to claim our social security retirement pension. And the less you pay into it the less you will receive to help you out in your senior years.