April 6, 2009
Atlantic City Press Interviews Chief Economist Patrick Fleenor on Business Tax Cheats
"More New Jersey Businesses Flouting Tax Laws"
By Erik Ortiz
Patrick Fleenor, chief economist at the Tax Foundation, a nonpartisan research group in Washington, D.C., said that while employers are acting illegally, "they're also acting rationally."
"It's not surprising you get these cases," Fleenor said. "People know they can get away with it, and indeed they do get away with it. Having an already high marginal tax rate creates an incentive for people to pay under the table or do all sorts of shenanigans."
