I work in the construction industry and hired a guy to do some subcontract work, who I didn't know at the time was a freeman. On the purchase order I sent him, it said he needed an active GST number in order for any payments to be processed, which he obviously didn't read.
Fast forward two years and he stops by the office every couple weeks to rant and rave and yell at me for not paying him and I tell him to give me the GST number per the purchase order he received and I'll cut him a cheque on the spot. He obviously won't do it because the government will immediately garnish the payment to cover unpaid taxes, so we go round and round in circles with no end in sight.
It's a pretty decent chunk of cash, like 3-4 months salary. I almost feel bad for the guy but then I look at the government deduction on my pay cheque to pay for all the services that he takes advantage of for free and I get over it haha.
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