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Re:Megaupload programmer goes to prison for one year by Xylakant on Monday February 16, 2015 @05:10AM (#9056097)
>It seems to [...] make me more likely to ask to be payed in cash when doing business with companies that seem to be in the gray area of the law.

Money paid in cash still needs to show up in the books of the company and your tax statement. If it doesn't, you just handed them another opportunity to make you hang - tax fraud is nothing to trifle with.

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Re:Megaupload programmer goes to prison for one year by Fuxy on Monday February 16, 2015 @05:25AM (#9056135)
It will be on the books but maybe as something else.

I don't mind paying tax but I'd rather not get arrested for something a person I do business with did.

This is the chilling effect this kind of behavior by the state has.

It make people less willing to share real information with the government since it could potentially get them arrested just to make an example of them.

It's all about trust and this kind of behavior makes me not trust the government or the law.

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Re:Megaupload programmer goes to prison for one year by Xylakant on Monday February 16, 2015 @06:40AM (#9056397)
If it's on the books then it's on the books as "y did work for x" which is about as much as they need.
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