(edit title) How to check if my employer paid my taxes Insurance and skat. Options

[eu.unul]

As the title say, I want to check if my boss paid skatt on my sallary and my social insurance. Because I do not speak sweedish is hard for me to deal with skatteverket and forsakringskassan. And if he did not what legal measures could be taken against him?

[edd1]

Hi,

Ask the tax office... They do have people that speak English etc.

It should also say on your payslips.

[Yorkshireman]

As the title say, I want to check if my boss paid skatt on my sallary and my social insurance. Because I do not speak sweedish is hard for me to deal with skatteverket and for ... (show full quote)

As the title say, I want to check if my boss paid skatt on my sallary and my social insurance. Because I do not speak sweedish is hard for me to deal with skatteverket and forsakringskassan. And if he did not what legal measures could be taken against him? ... (hide full quote)

If You have a pay sip that shows how much your pay is, how much tax is deducted, and how much you were paid after tax ... then that is your proof that you believed the employer paid tax. Any issue is then between Your employer and the Tax office.

However, if You do not have a pay slip, request one, if the employer does not give you one then your situation can become very sticky, contact the tax office ... not only can the tax office demand that You pay the tax, they can also demand that you pay the employers social tax on that pay, as they will consider it as black work ie. off the books.

General rules of thumb for working in Sweden, 1. Never start working (not even for trial periods) without a written agreement of some kind that also states the pay, 2. Make sure the employer gives pay slips (Lönespec) that states how much tax has been deducted, otherwise You can become liable for the taxes.

As for legal problems ... Tax authorities can push the employer into bancruptcy, and unlike many countries, in Sweden Tax debts are not written off. The registered board of the company become personally liable for the tax debts, even for limited liability companies, and it is not always the Chairman of Board, they are free to choose whichever registered member of the board is most able to pay the debt as the one that is liable. Even resigning from the board does not eliminate that risk, if the tax debt was there when you were a member of the board

[eu.unul]

Thank You for your responses!

I do have a writed contract but I never receive a payslip. At first I got sallary in my bank account but after that I was payed cash. It worries me that I could be forced to pay the taxes for all these months since I do not have these money.
Can I sue my employer if he did not paid my taxes?

[Bender B Rodriquez]

Cash payments is a clear warning sign that something is not correct.

[Yorkshireman]

I do have a writed contract but I never receive a payslip. At first I got sallary in my bank account but after that I was payed cash. It worries me that I could be forced to p ... (show full quote)

I do have a writed contract but I never receive a payslip. At first I got sallary in my bank account but after that I was payed cash. It worries me that I could be forced to pay the taxes for all these months since I do not have these money.
Can I sue my employer if he did not paid my taxes? ... (hide full quote)

For those payments made direct into your bank account, you should be able to show, even without a payslip, the difference between your salary and the amount paid into the bank. ie. Normal employment agreements state salary before tax, so your account would show credited amounts which equal agreed pay before tax - tax = credit to bank. However, for those cash payments You have no proof that You thought tax was paid. In Sweden the responsibility is that the employee checks their pay is correct, including tax deductions. As proof for payment a pay slip is good enough, otherwise the burden is entirely upon You to prove You didnt know it was black money.

Suing your employer is not really an option, talking with the tax office openly to explain the situation, providing what proof you have of original belief of taxes paid etc... will help your situation. You do not know yet if the employer has indeed paid his taxes, or has agreement with the tax office to defer or not ... But paying in cash without payslips is as already mentioned by a previous poster, not a good sign.

Let the tax authorities take the case ...just going to them in good faith is a plus in Your favour

[edd1]

I agree!

Cash payment and no payslip sounds very dodgy!

Have you checked the amount you have been receiving though? lets say it was agree'd you would earn 20,000:- per month (before tax) Have you been getting paid "around" 30% less than the amount agree'd? (the exact % will not be 30 but you get the idea)

Your pay would probably have been agreed on the contract right? and it should always be before tax etc.

It is the law that you MUST receive a payslip whenever you get paid so something is wrong there.

Cheers
Eddie

[eu.unul]

In my contract is stated my sallary per hour of work before taxes. At the end of the month I give to my boss an e-mail with my working hours and from that I am paid with a deduction of 27,5%.
I did not become suspicious until I tried to make an phone abonnement and I was refused although I do have residency permit, swedish ID and as I tought a valid working contract.

[Yorkshireman]

It is the law that you MUST receive a payslip whenever you get paid so something is wrong there.

Actually, You will find that there is NO LAW about providing pay slips!

If the employer has a collective agreement with a Union it is probably documented in that about providing pay slips as part of the agreement.

If you don't get a pay slip, then You can be pretty sure that it is a dodgy business.

You do have the right to ask for one, and the employer should be able to provide documented evidence of payments to you and what taxes they have deducted.

[edd1]

Thanks for that Yorkshireman! Didn't realise it wasn't the law that a payslip should be provided!