off the books

See also: off-the-books

English

Alternative forms

• off-the-books (preceding a noun only)

Prepositional phrase

off the books

1. (colloquial, with regard to income) Undeclared for tax and social insurance etc.

   His company was fined for paying staff off the books.

Translations

undeclared for tax and social insurance

• Dutch: in 't zwart
• French: hors des comptes
• German: abseits der Konten, schwarz (de)
• Hungarian: feketén (hu), zsebbe
• Italian: in nero
• Polish: niezaksięgowany
• Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: kayıt dışı, el altından (tr)

See also

• backhander
• off the record
• under the counter