The Hidden Compliance Risk in Fringe Benefit Reporting0

• FINANCE, Leadership
• November 2, 2026

By Jack Biltis, eBacon Ask most contractors where they’re most likely to get burned on a certified payroll audit, and they’ll usually point to the obvious things: misclassified labor, missing time records, an apprentice working outside their approved ratio. Those are real risks, no question. But there’s another one that doesn’t get talked about nearly