Dr. Constable asks the Treasurer about statistics on investigations and reclassification of contractors as employees. The Treasurer provides data on the number of employers investigated and contractors reclassified, but states that revenue statistics are not broken down to identify contractor payments specifically.

AnsweredQoN 2150Legislative Assembly
Asked
15 October 2003
Portfolio
Treasurer

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(b) 2002-2003?

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Answered
18 November 2003
Response time
34 days
(1) No statistics are maintained on specific investigations involving companies, however, the total number of employers investigated who subsequently had contractors reclassified as employees was: (a) 2001-2002 155 (b) 2002-2003 271 (2) Revenue statistics maintained by the Office of State Revenue relate to total assessments and are not broken down into the various components making up the total wages that have been assessed. Accordingly, this information is not available without manually accessing the individual files involved and determining whether the total wages assessed related only to contractor payments.
(a) 2001-2002 155 (b) 2002-2003 271 (2) Revenue statistics maintained by the Office of State Revenue relate to total assessments and are not broken down into the various components making up the total wages that have been assessed. Accordingly, this information is not available without manually accessing the individual files involved and determining whether the total wages assessed related only to contractor payments.
155 (b) 2002-2003 271 (2) Revenue statistics maintained by the Office of State Revenue relate to total assessments and are not broken down into the various components making up the total wages that have been assessed. Accordingly, this information is not available without manually accessing the individual files involved and determining whether the total wages assessed related only to contractor payments.
(b) 2002-2003 271 (2) Revenue statistics maintained by the Office of State Revenue relate to total assessments and are not broken down into the various components making up the total wages that have been assessed. Accordingly, this information is not available without manually accessing the individual files involved and determining whether the total wages assessed related only to contractor payments.
271 (2) Revenue statistics maintained by the Office of State Revenue relate to total assessments and are not broken down into the various components making up the total wages that have been assessed. Accordingly, this information is not available without manually accessing the individual files involved and determining whether the total wages assessed related only to contractor payments.
(2) Revenue statistics maintained by the Office of State Revenue relate to total assessments and are not broken down into the various components making up the total wages that have been assessed. Accordingly, this information is not available without manually accessing the individual files involved and determining whether the total wages assessed related only to contractor payments.

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