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WOTC Wednesday: Can you do the WOTC Application on a Cell Phone?

CMS’s Brian Kelly answers your questions about the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. Today’s WOTC Wednesday question: Can you do the WOTC Application on a Cell Phone? CMS Responds: Can You Do the WOTC Application on a Cell Phone? Well as technology advances, we advance along with it at CMS. Actually we have a web app[…]

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WOTC Wednesday: Is it worth it for employers to do the WOTC Tax Credits?

CMS’s Brian Kelly answers your questions about the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. Today’s WOTC Wednesday question: Is it worth it for employers to do the WOTC Tax Credits? CMS Responds: Is it Worth it for Employers to do the Work Opportunity Tax Credits? Absolutely! We know statistically over the last 20+ years of performing WOTC[…]

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WOTC Wednesday: What is the minimum wage for WOTC?

CMS’s Brian Kelly answers your questions about the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. Today’s WOTC Wednesday question: What is the minimum wage for WOTC?   CMS Responds: “What Is The Minimum Wage An Employee Needs to Receive for My Company To Use this Tax Credit?” It’s not based on how much we’re paying the employee. It’s[…]

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WOTC Wednesday: Is there any way to still qualify for WOTC if the 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 the employee was hired over 28 days ago? CMS Responds: Unfortunately no. You hired that person 28 days or after then you lose that opportunity for you to receive[…]

WOTC 2021 STATISTICS

Work Opportunity Tax Credit Statistics 2021

MARCH 2021 – The latest statistics for the Work Opportunity Tax Credit from 2021 have recently been released by the U.S. Department of Labor, and the data shows that a total of 2,081,474 total Work Opportunity Tax Credits were issued in the United States in 2021. This represents an almost 28% increase over previous years 2020 (1,620,806[…]

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WOTC Wednesday: Is There a Limit to How Many WOTC Tax Credits I Can Claim Each Year?

CMS’s Brian Kelly answers your questions about the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. Today’s WOTC Wednesday question:  Is There a Limit to How Many WOTC Tax Credits I Can Claim Each Year? CMS Responds: Is There a Limit to How Many WOTC Tax Credits I Can Claim Each Year? The good news is, is no, there’s[…]

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WOTC Wednesday: Is WOTC Applicable to Part Time Employees?

CMS’s Brian Kelly answers your questions about the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. Today’s WOTC Wednesday question: Is WOTC Applicable to Part Time Employees? CMS Responds: Question we get is “Is WOTC applicable for part-time employees?” And the answer is: Absolutely! It’s all based on the number of hours an employee works. So, as a minimum,[…]

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WOTC Wednesday: Is There a Minimum Amount of Hours Employee Needs to Work for WOTC Eligibility?

CMS’s Brian Kelly answers your questions about the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. Today’s WOTC Wednesday question:  Is There a Minimum Amount of Hours Employee Needs to Work for WOTC Eligibility? CMS Responds: One of the questions that we get that’s pretty common is “Is There a Minimum Amount of Hours Employee Needs to Work to[…]

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WOTC Wednesday: I Have WOTC Forms That Were Never Submitted From Over a Year Ago, Can I Still Use Them?

CMS’s Brian Kelly answers your questions about the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. Today’s WOTC Wednesday question:  I Have WOTC Forms That Were Never Submitted From Over a Year Ago, Can I Still Use Them? CMS Responds: One of the questions that we have is “I Have WOTC Forms That Were Never Submitted From Over a[…]

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WOTC Wednesday: Is a Rehire Eligible for WOTC?

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