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WOTC Wednesday: Can I Rehire a WOTC Applicant to Meet the 28 Day Rule?

CMS’s Brian Kelly answers your questions about the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. Today’s WOTC Wednesday question: Can I Rehire a Qualified WOTC Applicant to Meet the 28 Day Rule? CMS Responds: If I have a new hire who would qualify, and it’s after 28 days, can I release them and then rehire them to meet the 28-day[…]

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WOTC Wednesday: Is There Any Way to Still Qualify for WOTC If Employee Was Hired Over 28 Days Ago?

CMS’s Brian Kelly answers your questions about the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. Today’s WOTC Wednesday question:  Is There Any Way to Still Qualify for WOTC If Employee Was Hired Over 28 Days Ago? CMS Responds: Is There Any Way to Still Qualify for WOTC If Employee Was Hired Over 28 Days Ago? Unfortunately no. You[…]

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WOTC Wednesday: What is the WOTC 28 Day Rule?

CMS’s Brian Kelly answers your questions about the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. Today’s WOTC Wednesday question: What is the WOTC 28 Day Rule? CMS Responds: Question we get a lot is “What is the 28-day rule?” Well the 28-day rule means that you have to screen the employee on or before their job offer date,[…]

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WOTC Questions: If we did not file the WOTC form within 28 days, does that mean we can’t apply at all?

At CMS, as Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) experts and service providers since 1997, we receive a lot of questions via our website’s chat box that we try to answer: If we did not file the WOTC form within 28 days, does that mean we can’t apply at all? CMS Says: Correct. If you did not[…]

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WOTC Questions: Do we have to wait to submit WOTC to the state for the employee to first work 120 hours within those 28 days?

At CMS, as Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) experts and service providers since 1997, we receive a lot of questions via our website’s chat box: So do we have to wait to submit WOTC to the state for the employee to first work 120 hours within those 28 days? That would squeeze our submission into[…]

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WOTC Questions: I hired a veteran 2 months ago…is there any way around the 28 day rule?

I hired a veteran 2 months ago…is there any way around the 28 day rule? At CMS, as Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) experts and service providers since 1997, we receive a lot of questions via our website. This week’s question came from an employee! CMS Says: The 28-day rule cannot be waived, because it[…]

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Reminder to Customers: Send WOTC Surveys Within 28 Days of Employee’s Start Date

We would like to remind customers who are doing a lot of hiring over the next few months to make sure you send us your WOTC paperwork within 3 weeks of the employee’s start date. Because of the WOTC 28 Day Rule CMS has just 28 days from the employee’s start date to submit your forms[…]

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WOTC Questions: Is it 28 days from hire or from their first day?

Is it 28 days from hire or from their first day? At CMS, as Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) experts and service providers since 1997, we receive a lot of questions via our website. In the case of the above question, the sender did not provide their email address, so we were unable to reply[…]

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Tips to Maximize WOTC and Increase Savings in 2018

At CMS we have been providing Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) administration services since 1997. With over 20 years of experience, we would like to offer you some tips to make sure you get the maximum tax credit available in 2018. Include WOTC forms (8850 and 9061) as part of your onboarding process to make it easy[…]