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WOTC Wednesday: What is a Conditional Certification for the Work Opportunity Tax Credit?

CMS’s Brian Kelly answers your questions about the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. Today’s WOTC Wednesday question: What is a Conditional Certification for the Work Opportunity Tax Credit? CMS Responds: A question we get is “What Is a ‘Conditional Certification’ for WOTC?” Well the conditional certification falls under the Ticket to Work where folks go in and[…]

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WOTC Wednesday: Can I Get a Partial Work Opportunity Tax Credit If The Employee Only Worked a Few Weeks?

  CMS’s Brian Kelly answers your questions about the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. Today’s WOTC Wednesday question: Can I Get a Partial WOTC Tax Credit If The Employee Only Worked a Few Weeks? CMS Responds: Can I still get a WOTC Tax Credit if the employee only worked a few weeks? So the answer to that[…]

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WOTC Wednesday: Do Remote Employees Still Qualify for the Work Opportunity Tax Credit?

  CMS’s Brian Kelly answers your questions about the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. Today’s WOTC Wednesday question:  Does the employee still qualify for WOTC when they work remotely? CMS Responds: It doesn’t matter where they work, it really comes under how long they work, and how much they receive as earnings if they’re qualified. Qualified candidates[…]

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WOTC Wednesday: What is the Tax Credit Amount for the Long-Term Unemployment Recipient?

  CMS’s Brian Kelly answers your questions about the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. Today’s WOTC Wednesday question: What is the (WOTC) Tax Credit Amount for the Long-Term Unemployment Recipient? CMS Responds: So first of all, under long-term unemployment recipient, they have to be unemployed for over 26 weeks. The amount will be determined based on how[…]

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WOTC Wednesday: Does WOTC Have a Limit to How Many WOTC Credits I Can Claim?

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? 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 no limit. Note[…]

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WOTC Wednesday: Minimum number of hours an employee needs to work to be eligible for the Work Opportunity Tax Credit?

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 an employee needs to work to be eligible for the Work Opportunity Tax Credit? CMS Responds: One of the questions that we get that’s pretty common is “Is There a Minimum Amount of[…]

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WOTC Wednesday: How do I explain why we are asking new hires 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)?” Well the[…]

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WOTC Wednesday: Benefits of Switching to Paperless WOTC Screening

CMS’s Brian Kelly answers your questions about the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. Today’s WOTC Wednesday question: What are the benefits of Switching to Paperless WOTC Screening? CMS Responds: Actually three or four things. Number one we can state that the employer taking advantage of a federal program to initiate jobs and we need their participation. Also,[…]

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WOTC Wednesday: What Are the Reasons WOTC Applications Get Denied by the State Workforce Agency?

CMS’s Brian Kelly answers your questions about the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. Today’s WOTC Wednesday question: What Are the Reasons WOTC Applications Get Denied? CMS Responds: Great question “What are the Reasons for denials of WOTC Certifications?” The biggest ones is that the employee worked for that employer before, or that they checked off a box that they were eligible for SNAP,[…]

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WOTC Wednesday: How far back can we look back for Work Opportunity Tax Credits?

CMS’s Brian Kelly answers your questions about the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. Today’s WOTC Wednesday question: How far back can we look back for Work Opportunity Tax Credits? CMS Responds: One of the questions we get is “We have tax credits, but how far back or how forward can we go with these WOTC Tax Credits?[…]