Bwp, Yes, I hired a 20 something year old kid to plant trees. Was I cheap? I don't know, he named the price and was done in 4 hours. That's $25 an hour. Am I a tax cheat for selling $100 worth of Christmas trees and not reporting it? Maybe so, cheating the government out of a whopping 30 or so bucks, call the police! Am I going to lose sleep that i ran 3 tanks of dyed diesel through my farm truck last year, cheating the government out of $30 bucks in road taxes, not a chance. I paid nearly 20k in property taxes alone last year. My $60 in unpaid tax revenue can be considered a protest. If you want to get technical, now that you make think about it, I paid someone to plant $100 worth of trees, and sold $100 worth of trees, no income afterall. Gee, thanks bwp!
The kid worked in construction, if I contract him to reroof my buildings, I won't need to pay his ss etc.

Do you pay taxes when you have a garage sale or when a guy chips in for gas on your boat? Didn't think so.