You must activate the compiler mojo option compileReport
<project>
[...]
<build>
<plugins>
[...]
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>gwt-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.8.1</version>
<configuration>
<compileReport>true</compileReport>
</configuration>
</plugin>
[...]
</plugins>
</build>
[...]
<reporting>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>gwt-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.8.1</version>
<reportSets>
<reportSet>
<reports>
<report>compile-report</report>
</reports>
</reportSet>
</reportSets>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</reporting>
</project>