As soon as he let me go I filed for unemployment, but was very perplexed when it said my benefits would be $0 because I had earned zero wages since 2021. A call with unemployment office later and I learn that he hasn’t reported his employee wages for over a year. I sent the unemployment office my W2, which certainly does prove that he was paying an employee during that period, and am currently waiting to hear back.
So… what the f*** is going? The only reason an employer wouldn’t report employee wages is to commit tax fraud, right? What are the repercussions of this? What should I do? Did my boss commit a crime or is this a slap on the wrist kind of thing? I have no experience with business taxes or anything like that so I just don’t even know what to expect going forward.