Fraud in social security contributions and flew more than 20 … – Le Parisien

Fraud in social security contributions and flew more than 20 … – Le Parisien

<- Hard dé e: 0.037275791168213 sec -> Fraud social contributions exploded in 2012 in excess of 20 billion euros according to a report by the Court of Auditors. An amount that has doubled in five years and is explained in part by the emergence of new forms of fraud “difficult to control” under the financial jurisdiction.

The report, which takes into account the fraud per se, but also simple irregularities because “the distinction is complex,” to establish estimated fraud reached between 16.8 and 20.8 billion euros in 2012.
                         
                 
                  <- hard dé e: 0.033719062805176 sec -> Extended to unemployment insurance and mandatory supplementary pensions, the estimate rises in a range between 20.1 billion and 24.9 billion. In mind: the sectors of construction and trade with respectively 3.8 billion and 3.3 billion “evaded” contributions

Among the new frauds. Posted workers

The report highlights new forms of fraud “not easy to fight,” due, among other things, the globalization of trade, the development of the single European market – bringing together countries with different levels of protection social are “very unequal” – but also to the increase in dematerialized transactions. “The transnational fraud, outsourcing cascading false statutes circuits hidden funds are challenging agents responsible for monitoring contributions,” says the Court of Auditors.

Among the “new ‘forms of fraud is highlighted the delicate issue of workers posted abroad, where applicable labor laws of the host country and the social security of the country of origin. The “temptation” is for some companies to make employees as posted workers to pay dues to lower rates. Also note the fraud status of “self-employed” some employers away auto-entrepreneur status for employees

“Difficult to detect and punish” .

In addition, individual employers fraud remains “difficult to detect and punish”, while the supplementary pension schemes are still not under control. Faced with such practices, the rate of recovery is still very small: about 1.5% of the fraud concealed work out supplementary pensions and unemployment. The level adjustments is less than EUR 1 billion in 2013.

In this context, the Court has called for stronger means of investigation, regretting that there is not the equivalent of “fiscal policy” in this area. It also calls for an increase in premium adjustments in the event of a finding of undeclared work (currently 25%).