[Wc Solutions]

picked up a small commercial job .... the last chap was writting out an invoice on scraps of paper.

it said:

window cleaner.

windows cleaned

£10.00+vat .....

thing is the chap wasnt vat reg and was just doing it to make a few more quid...

[darren clarke]

was he in a car as well

[Wc Solutions]

not sure to be honest - just got the info off the new customer who told me as he found this out from another job he was doing ...

[darren clarke]

a lot of wc are dodgy, and only work for beer money,  i have two lads recently come looking for work,  who cant even read or write, ,  but want to work as think it is easy as it must be great with all that cash in hand work

[Wc Solutions]

seems he been doing this on all jobs. so making 17.5% more on each job and soon to be 20%

[darren clarke]

he isnt makeing it unless he says he is vat registered and isnt,  if he is doing that then he will get screwed over from the vat man for it

[Central Window Cleaners]

You don't have to be VAT registered until you are turning over £70k a year or more

[Wc Solutions]

think about it.

no name on his invoice - so cant be traced by that.

getting paid cash in hand for small local businesses ...

so he charges the customer £10 + vat, where as he should be charging just £10

[the bfg]

re-think about it,      if any customer has paid him by cheque he can be traced.

[clearlyclean]

good for him charging vat as well,I left my invoice book at home once and they wanted a receipt on the back of an envelope but put my name and phone number on.you have to laugh 

[darren clarke]

if the company is prepare to accept a scrap piece of paper as a receipt, no name or address then more fool them

[mark mann]

if the company is prepare to accept a scrap piece of paper as a receipt, no name or address then more fool them

good point - coz a vat invoice has a vat number on - so these comm custies aint too bright either. 

[weetot]

Sounds like the guy wouldn' be able to work the vat out anyway