The universe of workers in informality It is wide in Argentina. Includes from independents that do temporary and poorly payments, it includes professionals and It reaches employees that, although they are salaried, are not registered as such.
Recently, the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INDEC) perfected the permanent household survey (EPH) to which he added some questions about the case of monotributistas. And the result is that what is Consider informal wage employment on the part of the companies, 14% magazine in the simplified regime.
This is revealed by a study by Argentine Social Development Institute (IDESA). “That is, in the worker’s perception there is a labor dependency relationship with the company, but legally the link is formalizes as a non -labor relationship. What the company raises as a contract to a supplier From a service for the hired is a salaried job, ”says the report.
According to Idesa’s work, the data correspond to fourth quarter of 2024 and from them arises that:
- Among the companies with less than 10 workers, 77% are “in black”, so that 7% delivers monotax bill to its employer.
- In companies with between 10 and 40 workers, 14% are “in black”, of which 24% delivers monotax bill to its employer.
- In companies with more than 40 workers, only 8% are “in black” of which 45% delivers monotax bill to its employer.
Large companies are the ones that most use the modality
IDESA’s report raises that salaried employment ‘In black ‘”it is a very concentrated phenomenon in small businesses And, among them, the percentage of workers who deliver monotax bill as if they were selling a service is marginal. ”
“In large companies, on the other hand, unregistered employment is low and half delivery monotax invoice as if it were a sale of services. The use of monotax as a means to escape labor legislation is a phenomenon that the largest companies use, but little extended among smaller companies, ”concludes the work.
INDEC data
As reported by Indec In the first quarter, the economically active population in Argentina reached 14.4 million people in urban areasof which 13.3 million were occupied. 27.3% of those who work are non -salariedthat is, independent workers and professionals.
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The remaining 72.7% are employees of companies, public sector, entities, and family homes. It is 9.6 million people. Those who are hired with all the requirements of the law are 6.1 million and of them 3.5 million are not registered, which is equivalent to 36.3%. Of that group 17.1% record its own retirement contributions. This is 598,500 people who to continue paying their retirement and social work contributions independently have to revise as a monotributista.
Jorge Colinahead of IDESA, he told the scope that of the total of 17.1% of salaried monotributistas “14 points give an invoice to his employer every month, and the other 3 points no”That implies that the person pays a monotributist quota without billing or that he can generate an invoice but not his employer.
Source: Ambito
