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Every fifth person in Latvia receives their salary ''under the table''
BC, Riga, 17.06.2015.
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Print versionEven though there has been a 7% reduction in the number of persons working in Latvia who receive their salaries unofficially, there are still 18% of employed persons in the country who receive their salaries ''under the table'', and thus no taxes are being paid to the state, according to a study by the Latvian job market portal cvmarket.lv, reports LETA.
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Compared to last year's study, there has been a 7% reduction in the number of employed persons in Latvia who receive their salaries ''under the table'' - from 25% to 18%.
Meanwhile, 82% of those surveyed stated that they receive all of their salary officially.
The study was carried out on the www.cvmarket.lv portal, questioning 350 respondents.
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