Hairdressers and carpenters top the list of those operating "under the table" and evading billions in taxes.
According to the BT newspaper website, a new study by the Rockwool Foundation has shown that a large group of Danes are working without a permit, and as a result, they are not contributing to the state coffers, where taxes paid by citizens and residents are a major source of funding.
According to the source, carpenters and hairdressers top the list of professions where work is carried out in violation of labor and tax laws.
The study showed that those working without a permit believe more than others that others do the same. The study showed that nearly one-fifth of people work undeclared at some point during the year, but Danes believe that nearly one-third of Danes work undeclared. The professions that topped the survey were hairdressers and carpenters.
According to the study, 33.2% hairdressers are working illegally, which in Denmark is known as “black work” and means working without declaring it to the authorities to evade paying taxes, while up to 39.8% carpenters are working black work, according to Rockwool senior researcher Per Skov in the Foundation’s research unit.
Dansk Byggeri estimates the total tax loss resulting from black market work at around 20 billion Danish kroner.
