Undeclared work notification
According to the Act to Combat Clandestine Employment of 23.07.2004, any person who performs work or has work performed and in doing so
- as an employer, entrepreneur or self-employed person subject to compulsory insurance, withholds social security contributions by violating their reporting, contribution or record-keeping obligations,
- evading or reducing taxes as a taxpayer,
- as a recipient of social benefits (e.g. unemployment benefit, unemployment benefit 2, social assistance) fails to comply with his statutory reporting obligations to the social benefit provider, in particular by failing to report the commencement of employment,
- as a tradesman, has not fulfilled his obligation to register his trade (§ 14 of the Trade, Commerce and Industry Regulation Act) or has not obtained the required traveling trade license (§ 55 of the Trade, Commerce and Industry Regulation Act),
- operates a craft requiring a license as a self-employed person without being entered in the register of craftsmen (Section 1 of the Crafts Code).
Illegal employment offenses listed in Nos. 1-3 are investigated by the customs administration. If you have any questions, please contact your local main customs office. Further information can be obtained from the Financial Control of Clandestine Employment Department at the Cologne Regional Finance Directorate or on the Internet at the websites listed below.
Craft and trade law violations(no. 4 and 5) are prosecuted by the local authorities responsible for combating illegal employment. As a rule, these are the districts, independent cities and large independent towns. The employees of the Lower Saxony Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labor and Transport in the government agencies are responsible for coordinating the fight against undeclared work in the area of craft and trade law. You can also contact them via the e-mail address Schwarzarbeitsbekaempfung@mw.niedersachsen.de. For data protection reasons, it is not possible to respond to your information.
Assistance provided by relatives or life partners, as a courtesy, by way of neighborly help or self-help remains permissible if it is not aimed at sustainable profit.
The consequences
Anyone who commissions or performs undeclared work and evades taxes, fails to pay social security contributions or fraudulently obtains social benefits is committing a criminal offense that can be punished with a fine or, in serious cases, a prison sentence of up to 10 years. Undeclared work, which is prosecuted as an administrative offense, can be punished with fines of up to 300,000 euros.
In many cases, there is also the threat of exclusion from public contracts.
What can I do?
Undeclared work causes great damage. Therefore
- Do not work illegally,
- Do not employ undeclared workers,
- be vigilant and inform the relevant authorities responsible for combating undeclared work.
Who should I contact?
Responsibility lies with the municipality, the joint municipality, the city and the district, as well as the responsible main customs office.
Responsible authorities
Gemeinde Rhede (Ems) - Ordnungsamt/Gewerbe/Feuerwehrwesen
recipients: Gemeinde Rhede (Ems)
bank: Emsländische Volksbank
IBAN: DE08266614940000164300
recipients: Gemeinde Rhede (Ems)
bank: Sparkasse Emsland
IBAN: DE06266500010017000019
Sepa Direct Debit, Bank Transfer, Cash Payment, Paypal, Sepa Credit Transfer
Contact
- Rhede (Ems):
- Activity exempt from a travel trade card Admission of exemptions for the implementation of certain sales events
- Advertisement Change of person in the case of legal entities
- Advertisement of a restaurant
- Agriculture: damage caused by game
- Apply for a simple certificate of good conduct
- Apply for permission to sell goods at trade fairs, festivals and special events.
- Broadband coverage
- Burial place: Permit - to create/expand
- Business re-registration
- Car towed - municipal information
- Citizens' telephone
- Compulsory education
- Cycling
- Data protection in municipalities
- Deregister trade
- Event: Display
- Events in public transport areas: Permission
- Exemptions on Sundays and public holidays
- Explosive ordnance: elimination
- Findings from the background check Certificate
- Fishing License Exhibition
- Flood protection
- Hiking Camp Display
- Holiday offers
- Limited traffic zones
- Lost property
- Markets and festivals
- Measures to ensure public safety and order
- Mobile phone masts - municipal information
- Motor vehicles: wild accidents
- Noise pollution from neighbors
- Organization of a weekly market
- Other games with the possibility of winning Permission in the traveling trade
- Other games with the possibility of winning: Permission
- Outdoor Advertising: Approval
- Parking barrier for a move: Facility
- Parking permit
- Permission for the commercial display of persons
- Playground equipment with the possibility of winning Confirmation of the installation site
- Playground equipment with the possibility of winning permission
- Portable shooting range - apply for permission to operate
- Public holidays: approval - of exceptions to the general rest period
- Register a business
- Register burial
- Restaurant operation Approval early start of operations
- Safety on the way to school
- Show traveling trade or activity exempt from travel trade card
- Show use of biocides
- Store opening hours
- Street cleaning
- Suggestions and complaints
- Traditional bonfire (Easter fire)
- Traffic monitoring
- Traffic space restrictions: approval
- Truancy
- Undeclared work notification
- Use of sound amplification systems: granting - exemption
- Voluntary work Appointment as a youth alderman
- Voluntary work Appointment as alderman
- Water Supervision
- Wild garbage disposal
- Winter service
Which documents are required?
Documents may be required. Please contact the responsible office.
What are the fees?
Fees may apply. Please contact the responsible office.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
Deadlines may have to be observed. Please contact the responsible office.
What else should I know?
Information on whether a business activity requires a business registration or a traveling trade license can be obtained from the local authorities in whose area the company is to be established.
The chambers of crafts and trades can advise you on the need for registration in the trades register when carrying out craft activities and the requirements for this.
