Small biz is not dead, it is just going underground.
It is rapidly looking like you have to play the odds. If you play honest, they take your money. If you go underground and they catch you, they take your money. But the trick is, they have to catch you first.
I know of SEVERAL small businessmen that have just shut the doors. They are doing the same job as they did before, but they are doing it by themselves for their own gain. They just scaled back to not be overloaded.
One landscaper I know just let his entire 60+ man crew go, and it doing it on his own now. He let his former help work out a deal with the clients that he can not handle. They are all still working, but not as one company. They help each other as needed, but on a cash basis.
According to him, he is doing far better now. He covers his bills and such, but he does not have the taxman on his case every quarter for his 'fair share'.
How long till more people start a simple 'at home' biz and work for cash? I know at my place of work, I have seen a slow but stead gain in the number of cash transactions. People who would buy on a card are now paying cash, and LOTS of it.
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