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Hurricane Irma Disaster Filing Extension for South Carolina

The State of South Carolina issued the following information to Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) consultants today: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has granted tax relief for victims of Hurricane Irma in South Carolina.  For those affected by the disaster, the tax relief extends the 28-day Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) filing deadline to January[…]

CMS Brian Kelly, in Washington DC

Work Opportunity Tax Credit’s Mega Extension

Happy New Year, 2016 – On December 18, 2015, President Obama signed the Omnibus Spending Bill H.R. 2029 and the PATH Act (Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015) into law. The new legislation provides an unprecedented five-year extension to the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) program through 2019, and reauthorizes Empowerment Zones through 2016. In[…]