The Difference Between a Tax Credit and a Tax Write-Off / Deduction
For non-tax people, it can be easy to consider a tax credit and a tax write-off to be one and the same. After all, both of them offer benefits on your taxes, ideally in the form of you paying less. In other words, they’re both good. But to a tax professional, they are actually different…
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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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Veteran Hiring Credits
Do you know a military veteran in search of a job? When you recruit from this group, you bring jobs to the the men and women who have protected our country. Not only can your hiring practices benefit military veterans in need of work. You could also qualify for the federal Work Opportunity Tax Credit…
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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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Don’t Miss This Last Chance to Earn 2015 Tax Credits
The Federal Government recently announced their renewal of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Program. (WOTC) for 2015 through 2019 and that is really great news! The WOTC program experienced some challenges in 2015 stemming from the late December renewal. Although the renewal was retroactive, it created a hardship for employers seeking to take advantage of…
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