I think Superfreak got paid in cash when he worked at Chippendale's.
Oh yeah! Still do on occassion, and no, I do not report it. That's why I do it. (I should have also said that I don't really make enough at it TO report it. At least I think so!)
I often pay temps cash. I deduct what they would have paid in taxes from the going rate, since I then have to pay their taxes (having no way to prove I paid them). Either way, only one of us has to pay the taxes. If they work more than a day or two, I stop paying cash.
The times I worked for cash I made more than the typical wage for that work. I knew they weren't paying taxes on me or including me in the workman's comp, so I was still cheaper than a payroll employee.
So you were complicitly committing tax fraud?
Yep.