French Debt Counter
Real-time counter of French public debt, tax fraud, and social fraud with live estimates updated every second.
French Public Debt
Real-time estimate based on annual deficit
Fraud Counters
Tax Fraud
Annual estimate: 80-100 billion €
Social Fraud
Annual estimate: 13 billion €
Social Fraud Breakdown
Contribution Fraud
Undeclared work, illegal hiring by employers
Benefits Fraud
Undue benefits through false declarations
Healthcare Fraud
Fraud by doctors, nurses, and health professionals
Répartition de la Fraude Fiscale
Détail des différents types de fraude fiscale en France (estimation : 80-100 milliards €/an)
Fraude à la TVA
Carrousels TVA, fausses factures, déclarations frauduleuses
Sous-déclaration de Revenus
Salaires non déclarés, travail au noir, revenus dissimulés
Évasion Fiscale des Entreprises
Optimisation abusive, prix de transfert, montages offshore
Fraude Immobilière
Sous-évaluation de biens, plus-values dissimulées, donations déguisées
Fraude Successorale
Dissimulation de patrimoine, évaluation sous-estimée, comptes à l'étranger
Fraude CumEx/CumCum
Arbitrage de dividendes, remboursements indus de retenue à la source
CICE Waste
Tax credit for competitiveness - 100+ billion € with minimal job creation
CIR Fraud
Research Tax Credit - Abuse by large corporations for fake R&D projects
Fraude par Secteur d'Activité
Les secteurs les plus touchés par la fraude fiscale et le travail non déclaré
BTP & Construction
Travail dissimulé, sous-traitance en cascade, faux auto-entrepreneurs
Restauration & Hôtellerie
Recettes non déclarées, pourboires au noir, salaires partiels
Commerce de Détail
Ventes sans facture, caisse noire, importations non déclarées
Services à la Personne
Travail au noir, prestations non facturées, paiement en liquide
Agriculture
Main d'œuvre saisonnière non déclarée, ventes directes au noir
Transport & Logistique
Cabotage illégal, chauffeurs non déclarés, sociétés écrans
Compteurs de Corruption
Coût estimé de la corruption en France (Transparency International)
Corruption
Coût annuel estimé: ~120 billion €
📊 Répartition de la Corruption
Corruption Politique
Emplois fictifs, financement illégal de campagnes, trafic d'influence
Fraude aux Marchés Publics
Favoritisme, appels d'offres truqués, surfacturation
Corruption Sectorielle
Pots-de-vin, commissions occultes dans les grands contrats
Corruption Locale
Permis de construire, faveurs municipales, emplois de complaisance
⚖️ Affaires Majeures
Affaire Airbus
Amende record de 3,6 milliards € pour corruption internationale (2020)
Affaire Alstom
Corruption dans les contrats énergétiques, amende de 772 millions $
Affaire Bygmalion
Financement illégal de la campagne présidentielle 2012
Tax Optimization
Legal but morally questionable tax avoidance - lost revenue for the State
Tax losses due to multinational optimization schemes
SystemX IRT Case
Saclay research institute accused of "Super CIR" fraud - fake research projects funded by the State
Double Irish
Irish-Dutch tax scheme used by multinationals to drastically reduce their taxes
GAFAM Optimization
Tech giants pay less than 1% tax in France through transfer pricing
📺 Cash Investigation Revelations
Carrefour-CICE Case
€755 million CICE received while cutting 7,000 jobs
Senate Report "Torpedoed"
All copies of the critical Senate report on CIR were allegedly destroyed
Panama & Paradise Papers
Massive tax evasion to tax havens by French elites revealed
🗑️ Public Money Waste
Public money not used for its intended purpose - Cash Investigation reports and official audits
Professional Training
Only 13% of 30 billion actually serves training - the rest is wasted
📺 Cash Investigation (2013): "The Great Embezzlement" - Élise Lucet reveals 87% of training budget doesn't serve its purpose
Consulting Firms (McKinsey)
State spending on private consultants - McKinsey Affair
📺 Cash Investigation + Sénat (2022-2024): Senate Inquiry: "A tentacular phenomenon" - spending doubled in 3 years
PPP Cost Overruns
Public-Private Partnerships: "budget time bomb" according to the Senate
📊 Cour des comptes européenne (2018): 12 PPPs audited: nearly all had delays (2-52 months) and ~€1.5 billion in cost overruns
CPF Fraud
Personal Training Account scams - phone solicitation, fake training providers
📊 Tracfin (2021): CPF fraud suspicion reports rising sharply - fake training schemes
Estimated Total Public Waste
Training + Consulting + PPP + CPF (documented minimum)
🔍 The McKinsey Affair in Detail
Spending Doubled
State consulting spending went from €379M (2018) to over €1 billion (2021)
Zero Taxes in France
McKinsey paid no corporate tax in France from 2011 to 2020 (Delaware HQ)
Senate Report (March 2022)
"A tentacular phenomenon" - 385-page report on consulting firms' influence
PNF Investigations
National Financial Prosecutor opened multiple investigations for tax fraud and false documents
Retail Theft
Unknown shrinkage in supermarkets and retail stores
Source: Retail Security in Europe 2019 (Checkpoint Systems/Crime & Tech). France is the most affected country in Europe.
Irregular Immigration Costs
AME, emergency housing, and efforts to combat irregular immigration
State Medical Aid (AME): Healthcare for undocumented foreigners - 382,899 beneficiaries (2020)
Immigration Enforcement: Border police, detention centers, deportations
Source: Cour des comptes 2024, AME Budget 2022 (INSEE). Note: These are costs, not necessarily fraud.
Percentage of French Fraudsters
Estimated percentage of population having committed fraud (all forms)
Note: These percentages are not cumulative. The same person may practice multiple forms of fraud. The ~30% figure includes all forms of fraud, from minor to severe.
Source: Estimates based on CREDOC studies, INSEE informal economy data, Cour des comptes reports, and academic research on the French underground economy.
📈 Key Statistics
📚 Sources & Methodology
Public Debt: Data from INSEE and Banque de France. Base: 3,482.2 billion € (Q3 2025). Growth calculated from annual deficit (~155 billion €/year).
Tax Fraud: Estimates from Cour des comptes and Anticor (80-100 billion €/year). We use the 90 billion € average.
Social Fraud: Le Monde and HCFPS 2025 estimate: 13 billion €/year. Breakdown based on Cour des comptes reports.
Corruption: Estimations basées sur les études de Transparency International France et les rapports de la Cour des comptes. Le coût réel est difficile à évaluer précisément.
These are estimates for illustrative purposes. Actual amounts may vary. Sources: INSEE, Cour des comptes, Le Monde, HCFPS.