
Reports

The Losses Keep Mounting
More than $8.4 billion a year is lost to Construction Industry Tax Fraud! Watch the losses climb, from Jan. 1, 2017 to now.
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National
- NEW National Study Shows $8.4 billion in Losses Due to Fraud
- How States Can Confront Misclassification and Fraud
- Survey: Voters Want More Enforcement
- State AGs Can Protect Labor Standards
- Use of State and Local Laws to Enforce Labor Standards in Immigrant-Dense Occupations
- New Report Shows More State AG Enforcement
California
Canada
- The Underground Construction Economy in Ontario
- Attacking the Underground Economy in Ontario Statistics
- Statistics Canada, The Underground Economy 2016
- The Underground Economy in Canada, 1992- 2011
Colorado
District of Columbia
Economic Policy Institute
Florida
Illinois
Indiana
Massachusetts
- MA AG Assess $9.5 Million for Violations
- UMASS Study Shows Wage Theft is Rampant in Massachusetts Residential Construction Industry
- Harvard Study on the Social and Economic Costs of Misclassification
Michigan
Minnesota
National Employment Law Project Reports
New Jersey
New York
- Building Up New York Tearing Down the Job Quality
- Grand Jury Report: Workers Compensation Premium Fraud and Avoidance in the New York City Construction Industry
- Testimony of Colleen C. Gardner, Commissioner of the New York State Department of Labor Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, June 17, 2010
- The Cost of Worker Misclassification in New York State (Cornell)
- The Underground Economy in New York City’s Affordable Housing Industry (Fiscal Policy Institute)
- How Big is the Workers Compensation Shortfall? (Fiscal Policy Institute)
- NY DAs learn tactics against wage theft
Ohio
Tennessee
Texas
U.S. Government Accountability Office
- Employment Arrangements Improved Outreach Needed for Proper Classification
- Report: Improved Coordination, Outreach, and Targeting Could Better Ensure Detection and Prevention
- Tax Gap: IRS Could Do More to Promote Compliance by Third Parties with Miscellaneous Income Reporting Requirements
- Testimony: Issues in Classifying Workers as Employees or Independent Contractors
U.S. Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration
- Focus needed to Address Egregious Employment Tax Crimes
- Report: Employers Do Not Always Follow IRS Worker Determination Rulings