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שו”תCategory: HalachaNo commission
asked 6 days ago

Hello Rabbi, I know there are people who prefer to be paid in cash (like for say tefillin, etc.) and their incentive is that it’s commission-free, and some of them do it to avoid taxes. Is this theft? Is it ethical to buy from them?
Thank you and have a blessed and peaceful Shabbat.


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מיכי Staff answered 6 days ago
I didn’t understand what “commission” means. Do you mean tax? In principle, there is an obligation to pay tax and it is morally wrong to cooperate with tax evaders.

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דוד ש. replied 5 days ago

The questioner is referring to the credit card company's clearing fee, which is about 2.5%.
So his question is probably:
Some businesses prefer cash to avoid paying a clearing fee and many use cash to evade taxes. Should we be concerned about this?

In my opinion, it is unimportant and there is no need to be concerned, unless there is a suspicion that is not related to the method of payment, for example with an ultra-Orthodox business.

דוד ש. replied 5 days ago

PS: You can actually just ask for an invoice/receipt.

עמיר חוזה replied 3 days ago

No, it can't be, 2.5 percent is about 50 shekels, I'm talking about a difference of 400 shekels here... I think it's a way to report a lower income in order to evade taxes.

עמיר חוזה replied 3 days ago

I would like to ask in response to this: Is it possible to buy, say, tefillin from someone like that, if I tell him I want to buy in cash, assuming he is also the one who wrote the tefillin. And are these tefillin kosher? By the way, he did not indicate to me why there is a difference. Am I obligated to ask him? Thank you very much and have a good and blessed week.

דוד ש. replied 3 days ago

I told you there is a simple solution, ask for a receipt.

Are you interested in continuing to ask in theory for an imaginary case where you don't have the option to ask for a receipt?

מיכי Staff replied 3 days ago

This does not invalidate the tefillin. I already answered about the tax.

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