Originally Posted by Lidio

This comment made me smile "here in the UK there are reports that the Inland Revenue are now actively targeting small ads, plumbers, man with a van, lettings etc to chase unpaid tax," as I used to know a guy (twenty years ago) who worked for the tax office in the UK.

Him and his team would go to a small town. Sit in a cafe all morning and make a list of local tradesmen and services from shop windows and the inky papers. Call them that afternoon to come and give a quote then prosecute those that they could. The rest got a thorough tax overhaul.

Originally Posted by Munsterfan

Dal, but with Owners Direct and such, advertisers NEVER give the address until a deposit payment is made, which is an expensive way to 'catch' a tax-evader, it seems.