[388] Research Shows Taxes Fall Through Cracks In Construction

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 25, 2010
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081, or WMOT-FM, 615-898-2800

RESEARCH SHOWS TAXES FALL THROUGH CRACKS IN CONSTRUCTION
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(MURFREESBORO) – More than one in five construction workers in Tennessee in 2006 were misclassified as independent contractors or paid under the table, according to a study by Dr. William Canak of MTSU and Dr. Randall Adams of Tennessee Tech. Canak and Adams will discuss their findings at 8 a.m. this Sunday, March 28, on “MTSU on the Record” with host Gina Logue on WMOT-FM (89.5 and wmot.org). Canak and Adams’ research was based on data from state and federal agencies. It concluded that the misclassification of 38,680 workers cost the state nearly $15 million in unemployment taxes and $92 million in workers’ compensation premiums. They testified about their study to the House Consumer and Employee Affairs Committee of the Tennessee General Assembly on Feb. 17. To hear last week’s program with Major League Baseball Hall-of-Famer Ferguson Jenkins, go to go to http://frank.mtsu.edu/~proffice/podcast2010.html and click on “March 21, 2010.” For more information about “MTSU on the Record,” contact Logue at 615-898-5081 or WMOT-FM at 615-898-2800.


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