Cash Payments

[Brian EA]

Client said that his boss pays all 5 of them cash on Saturdays. His question is: do I have to report this income-- $60 each week. He also said that the office staff receives from$300-$700 per month for traveling reimbursement and they are inside sales people. DUH!
He did not like my answer.

[JohnH]

Reminds me of the company that always paid in cash. One week, an employee returns to the paymaster's table and complains that his pay envelope was $10 short. The paymaster said, "Yes, I overpaid you $10 last week so I deducted it from this week's pay." The employee nodded in agreement and began to walk away.

Noting this, the paymaster said, "Come back here for a minute. You agreed pretty quickly, so you obviously noticed the overpayment last week. You didn't say anything then, so why'd you bring it up this week?"

The employee replied. "I'm a forgiving type of guy. I'll allow anybody to make one mistake, but when they make two in a row somebody needs to speak up!"