I recently dealt with a company in the Tourism sector that had advertised on it’s website that “Cards are not accepted for payment” so when I arrived I produced a cheque book only to be informed that no, we don’t take anything but cash.
In terms of numbers we are talking about €200ish for the transaction I was conducting which would be middle of the range for the transactions dealt with (my back of the envelope calculations indicate that this business is turning over at a minimum €600,000 per annum).
Now maybe I am a cynic, but to me a company that flat refuses anything but Cash is hiding something from the tax man, particularly as a receipt for my purchase was not forthcoming, and when I insisted on getting one I was given a hand written receipt, not out of a duplicate book, and with only the name of the company on the top, no phone number, no company reg number etc.
So my question is, is it legal for a company in Ireland to insist on cash as the ONLY means of paying? And am I too cynical in my view of the fact that to demand such automatically implies tax evasion?
Gtec
In terms of numbers we are talking about €200ish for the transaction I was conducting which would be middle of the range for the transactions dealt with (my back of the envelope calculations indicate that this business is turning over at a minimum €600,000 per annum).
Now maybe I am a cynic, but to me a company that flat refuses anything but Cash is hiding something from the tax man, particularly as a receipt for my purchase was not forthcoming, and when I insisted on getting one I was given a hand written receipt, not out of a duplicate book, and with only the name of the company on the top, no phone number, no company reg number etc.
So my question is, is it legal for a company in Ireland to insist on cash as the ONLY means of paying? And am I too cynical in my view of the fact that to demand such automatically implies tax evasion?
Gtec