A growing number of construction contractors are tax cheats. They pay their employees off the books or, less often, wrongly classify them as independent contractors. It’s intentional. Many use labor brokers and operate in the dark shadows of the underground economy.
NJDOL Focus on Drywall Worker Exploitation With Stop Work Orders DC AG Collects $835K from Maryland Applicators Possible Child Labor Violation on IA Construction Site NY DA: Labor Broker to pay $500k for Work Comp Premium Fraud OH Contractor GEMS Interiors to Pay $256K Fight Against Wage Theft in MN Intensifies Manhattan DA Creates Worker Protection Unit
We all lose when contractors commit tax fraud—taxpayers, workers, law-abiding contractors and insurers.
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