u/Deadliftdeadlife

So I’m a self employed tradesman working on new build

Some of the lads on site do little parts of jobs for me and I pay them for that work. Small stuff they can do on their lunch/after work as a little bonus for them. Normally it’s the apprentices that aren’t on great money anyways.

I see that as a business expense I’d like to write off.

They only want cash.

If I get them to draft up an invoice for me, can I write that off as a business expense if I pay in cash?

I feel like it’s a no, because people could just make up invoices and draw out cash for anything. But I’d like to be certain because it could be a big expense for me over the course of a year if I could.