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WOTC Wednesday: Are We Eligible for Employees Who Continue to Receive SNAP Benefits After Being Hired?

CMS’s Brian Kelly answers your questions about the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. Today’s WOTC Wednesday question: Are We Eligible for Employees Who Continue to Receive SNAP Benefits While Working?   CMS Responds: Are We (WOTC) Eligible for Employees If they still get SNAP Benefits While Working or only if they go off? The answer is actually[…]

WOTC Wednesday CMS Brian Kelly

WOTC Wednesday: How do I explain to an employee why we are asking if they have received SNAP Benefits?

CMS’s Brian Kelly answers your questions about the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. Today’s WOTC Wednesday question:  How do I explain to an employee why we are asking if they have received SNAP Benefits? CMS Responds: Sometimes the employee (or the new hire) asks the question “Why are you asking if I’m on SNAP (food stamps)?”[…]

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WOTC Questions: What is the most popular category or target group for WOTC?

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: CMS Says: By a landslide, SNAP (Food Stamp) Benefits Recipients add up to the most common qualifying category. A quick look back at the statistics from 2013 and 2014 show that[…]

WOTC FAQ

WOTC Questions: Does hiring someone receiving SNAP qualify me for WOTC?

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: If the employee meets the following criteria, yes, you may be eligible to obtain a Work Opportunity Tax Credit for hiring that individual: Recipients of SNAP Benefits (Food Stamps), An individual[…]