Is Employment Security able to quantify the amount of fraud by employers?
A. No in-depth analysis has been conducted regarding employer fraud in Washington, but crackdowns by other agencies (e.g., departments of Labor & Industries and Revenue) have turned up millions in unpaid taxes. With new funding from the state Legislature, Employment Security launched its first anti-fraud program targeting employers in July 2006. Q.
A. No in-depth analysis has been conducted regarding employer fraud in Washington, but crackdowns by other agencies (e.g., departments of Labor & Industries and Revenue) have turned up millions in unpaid taxes. With new funding from the state Legislature, Employment Security launched its first anti-fraud program targeting employers in July 2006. In the first three years since the program was launched in July 2006, Employment Security’s Underground Economy Unit recovered nearly $3.6 million in unpaid taxes and about $1.2 million in interest and penalties.
