Having my second consecutive full day off here. I only worked the afternoon on Monday too. Not a problem unless it goes on for a while as I've been putting a bit away over the past few months. It is actually the taxman's but I've kept it in a separate account as an emergency backup in case I encountered weather/vehicle problems. While I am happy to honour my tax liabilities, if it ever came to a choice between fixing the van (and being able to continue earning) and/or paying my mortgage/eating, then I'm afraid that I would choose to delay paying tax money. In practice, I would probably end up paying some of it from the savings. Then, when they started to hassle me, I would pay the rest from a credit card. Not a good move but the lesser of the evils I think.