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“Exploited workers and law-abiding contractors do not deserve the hand they’ve been dealt because of the greed and callousness that is the foundation of the tax fraud business model,” said UBC General President Douglas J. McCarron. “We will not rest until this ends.”
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Studies Show: 

Up to 2.1 Million U.S. Construction Workers are Illegally Misclassified or Paid Off the Books.
Thirty-nine percent of construction worker families on public assistance, costing $28 billion a year, because of exploitation and illegal employment practices.

Our White Paper on Construction Industry Employer Tax Fraud gives details of the extent of the crisis and how we can solve it. Click below for the six-page paper, or the executive summary: 

White Paper Executive Summary
White Paper on Construction Industry Employer Tax Fraud

Many studies have documented the Construction Industry Tax Fraud crisis. A compilation of studies is here: 

Construction Industry Tax Fraud Studies Compilation 2025

Articles

How the IRS was Gutted

Fraud in Ontario costs $1.8 to $3.1 billion

The $28 Billion Public Cost of Low-Road Employment Practices

Owner of Construction Companies Sentenced to Prison for Tax and Mail Fraud

US Dept of Treasury Cites Construction Industry for Labor Trafficking and Tax and Workers’ Comp. Premium Fraud

Misclassification Costs Construction Workers $10K to $17K a Year

Feds Tell Banks to Report Contractor Fraud

Check Casher Guilty in Payroll Tax Scheme

How Workers’ Comp Insurers Enable Employer Premium Fraud