Platform workers form the most “fraudogenic” niche, with a rate of “evaded contributions” of 43%, “which rises to 58% among home delivery people and 62% for passenger vehicles with driver (VTC)” .
Pure fraud or simple “declarative errors», the «hidden work“caused Social Security to lose at least 6 billion euros in”evaded contributionslast year, according to a report released Wednesday, which highlights the “fraudulent character» micro-enterprises. Social security does not collect all its due. On the eve of a pension reform, the High Council for the Financing of Social Protection (HCFiPS) recalls the shortfall linked to the “hidden work“. In the private sector, theevaded contributions» thus represent 2.2% to 2.7% of the expected total – adjustments and overpayments included – i.e. 5.1 to 6.4 billion euros in 2021. By extending to unemployment insurance, the shortfall is even estimated between 5.6 and 7.1 billion.
Added to this are 500 million in the agricultural sector and especially 1 to 1.5 billion among micro-entrepreneurs, or 17% to 26% of unpaid contributions. Figures thatconfirm the highly fraudulent natureof these companies, particularly in the construction sector. However, the prize goes to platform workers, with a rate of “evaded contributions” of 43%, which rises to 58% among home delivery people and 62% for passenger vehicles with driver (VTC). unemployment insurance, the shortfall is even estimated between 5.6 and 7.1 billion Pointing to the responsibility of the platforms which “still provide partial or erroneous information, or even fail to declare» the income of their workers, the HCFiPS notes «the interest there would be in studying the systematization of a prepaymentby these.
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The report states that theseFraud assessment results should not be confused with sums that could ultimately be rectified“. However, it is possible to reconcile them with the deficit projections, the subject of another note from the same organization. Despite a “indisputable turnaround“Since the shock linked to Covid (from -39 billion in 2020 to -7 billion expected in 2023), Social Security should see its losses recede rapidly (around -12 billion in 2025 and 2026), weighted by its old age branch “responsible for most of the growing deficit».
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