Less taxes are payed on cash because plenty of shops don’t register every cash sale, but a card payment you almost can’t not register correctly. That is the sad real reason many smallish shops don’t want to accept cards: it becomes a lot harder to illegally avoid paying taxes on a substantial part of your business turnover.
Taxes are still paid if you pay by card no?
Less taxes are payed on cash because plenty of shops don’t register every cash sale, but a card payment you almost can’t not register correctly. That is the sad real reason many smallish shops don’t want to accept cards: it becomes a lot harder to illegally avoid paying taxes on a substantial part of your business turnover.
Hence my suggestion about exchanging cash at local markets ;)