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WOTC Wednesday: Three Questions About the Work Opportunity Tax Credit and Hiring Veterans

CMS’s Brian Kelly answers your questions about the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. Question One: How Many Veterans Are Hired Each Year That Qualified for WOTC? CMS Responds: Do you know how many Veterans are hired each year with the assistance of the WOTC program? Well, we do know that answer. It’s actually between 150,000 to 200,000[…]

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WOTC Wednesday: How Much WOTC Tax Credits Can an Employer Receive for Hiring a Qualified Veteran?

CMS’s Brian Kelly answers your questions about the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. Today’s WOTC Wednesday question: How Much WOTC Tax Credits Can an Employer Receive for Hiring a Qualified Veteran? CMS Responds: One of the WOTC questions that we get is “how much can we receive for hiring qualified veterans?” The good news is that[…]

WOTC Wednesday CMS Brian Kelly

WOTC Wednesday: How Many Veterans Are Hired Each Year That Qualified for WOTC?

CMS’s Brian Kelly answers your questions about the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. Today’s WOTC Wednesday question:  How Many Veterans Are Hired Each Year That Qualified for WOTC? CMS Responds: Do you know how many Veterans are hired each year with the assistance of the WOTC program? Well, we do know that answer. It’s actually between[…]

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WOTC Wednesday: Do employers benefit from hiring veterans?

CMS’s Brian Kelly answers your questions about the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. Today’s WOTC Wednesday question:  Do employers benefit from hiring veterans? CMS Responds: Do employers benefit from hiring veterans? Absolutely! Veterans is one of the larger categories we see with WOTC tax credits. We want to get our discharged military back into the workforce.[…]

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The Work Opportunity Tax Credit and Hiring Veterans, What You Need to Know (Crosspost from iRecruit Blog)

Hiring a United States Veteran can potentially make you eligible for a tax credit of up to $9,600. To qualify for a WOTC credit under the Veteran target group, the individual must first complete the 8850, and 9061 forms. If an individual identifies themselves as a veteran, our online system will ask for a copy[…]

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The VOW to Hire Heroes Extension Act of 2019

Could employers receive a permanent tax credit for hiring Veterans? Rep. Julia Brownley, D-Calif. recently reintroduced the VOW to Hire Heroes Extension Act of 2019, which would permanently extend the work opportunity tax credit (WOTC) for companies that hire veterans and allow qualified tax-exempt organizations to receive a credit against payroll taxes for hiring a[…]

Recruiting News Roundup #FridayReads Veterans Edition (Crosspost from iRecruit Blog)

Happy Friday! Because it’s Veteran’s Day weekend, I thought today we’d take a look at posts about hiring Veterans! Recruiting Veterans Can Improve Your Company’s Bottom Line (Read @ WOTC Blog) A recent Glassdoor article discusses the benefits of hiring military veterans: What are your company’s biggest goals right now — building out a core product,[…]

Hiring Veterans

Recruiting Veterans Can Improve Your Company’s Bottom Line

A recent Glassdoor article discusses the benefits of hiring military veterans: What are your company’s biggest goals right now — building out a core product, improving customer service, growing your client base? When looking at employers’ top priorities, it’s rare to find hiring more veterans among them. But when you hear what National Director of[…]

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WOTC Questions: Veteran Hiring Campaign

Hi. I am a recruiter for a national retailer and want to start a veteran hiring campaign. Any ideas of where to post openings to attract veterans? Thanks. At CMS, as Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) experts and service providers since 1997, we receive a lot of questions via our website. CMS Says: There are[…]