Quote Originally Posted by xsnaggle View Post
Any payment through their salaries would probably get picked up for tax automatically.
It most probably not so much a decision to tax it so much as not having the necessary in place to not tax it.

Bloop's suggestion is the easiest solution, which is probably why no one in the position to do it actually will!
I'm not sure if what I'm about to say is incredibly stupid or not, but that's never stopped me before.

Couldn't the care workers just get cheques sent to them for the full amount and then not have any tax on it?