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]es] and social insurance purposes, 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