<prompt> Human: Clients often say theyre paying in cash as if thats a huge help to me. Over the past couple of years Ive thought it was more important to show that my company made money than to stow away cash. Revenue is between 150k and 250k. Potential cash job coming up is 30k with about 15k going out for materials, subs, employees. Should I pay for everything with cash and try to hide this from my books?Edit: its unanimous then! Thanks everyone for all the advice and giving a clear answer to what is now a stupid question.  <response>: A lot of contractors get caught when a dissatisfied customer that pays in cash notifies the State and IRS of possible tax evasion. One item that can really break you is if there is any sales tax collection andor lack of sales tax payment to the State occurs. The fines in some States are huge for not paying or collecting sales taxes. 