Fraud social contributions was around 20 to 25 billion euros in 2012, twice in 2007, noted in a report released Wednesday, Sept. 17, the Court of Auditors. An amount that includes fraud itself (mainly undocumented labor) but also the mere irregularities (errors and omissions involuntary ignorance or misinterpretation of the law …), the institution stressing that “the distinction is complex” to establish .
Fraud reached between 16.8 and 20.8 billion euros in 2012 to Extended Unemployment Insurance and mandatory supplementary pensions, the estimate rises to a range between 20.1 billion and 24.9 billion, or about 5% of social security contributions. This amount is equivalent to one and half times the hole in Social Security (General Plan).
The sectors of construction and trade are top of the pack, with respectively 3.8 billion and 3 3000000000 contributions “evaded”
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 lower levels of social protection are “very uneven.” – 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.
Appearance” new fraud “
Among the” new “forms of fraud is highlighting 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” exists for some companies to make employees as of posted workers to pay dues to lower rates. These practices could explain “in part” the rising number of posted workers to 170,000 in 2012, against 7,500 in 2000
Also note fraud linked to the status of “self-employed”. Divert some employers status of auto-entrepreneur to employees. Among the “old” practices, companies under-report the hours of work, for example.
In addition, individual employers fraud remains “difficult to detect and punish” while plans supplementary pensions are still not subject to 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 the “tax police” in this area. It also calls for an increase in premium adjustments in the event of a finding of undeclared work (currently 25%).
(With AFP)
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