Public Aid Recipients

The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) is awarded to employers for hiring from ten target groups. Some of the most commonly certified (WOTC) groups are recipients of federal public aid, such as food stamps, family assistance (TANF) or social security. Chances are you’ve hired someone in this category without ever knowing it. Over 19 million…

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Tax Relief for Hurricane Michael & Florence

Do you operate in an area affected by last year’s hurricanes? Do you hire persons in impacted areas? If so, your business may have extra time to submit Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) applications. Under typical circumstances, WOTC program participants have 28 days from new hires’ start dates to apply for the Work Opportunity Tax…

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WOTC Target Groups

Recently we’ve heard from a quite a few people that said they don’t participate in the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Program (WOTC) because they “don’t hire people that would qualify.”  More often than not, after a brief discussion, we were able to discover that they did hire qualified employees.  We’re not sure where the misunderstandings…

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Are Today’s Youth HR’s Best Kept Secret?

Progressive companies seem to have cracked the code of hiring teenage help and leveraging those employees as strategic assets. More specifically 16-17 year olds for seasonal help. It’s true that there is a certain unflattering stigma associated with teenage employees, but it doesn’t mean that you should overlook this segment of the workforce.  In fact,…

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5-year WOTC Extension Announced

It’s official! The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) program has been renewed for five years (2015 – 2019).  Last week, Congress voted to extend the WOTC program as part of the Tax Extenders legislation, and received the President’s official signature of approval on December 19th. This renewal is especially exciting as it is the first time…

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