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WOTC Wednesday: What is the Work Opportunity Tax Credit amount for hiring an Ex Felon?

CMS’s Brian Kelly answers your questions about the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. Today’s WOTC Wednesday question: What is the Work Opportunity Tax Credit amount for hiring an Ex Felon? CMS Responds: A “qualified ex-felon” is a person hired within a year of being convicted of a felony or being released from prison for a felony. The[…]

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WOTC Wednesday: What is the Work Opportunity Tax Credit amount for hiring a Qualified 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 Work Opportunity Tax Credit amount for hiring a Qualified Long-Term Unemployment Recipient? CMS Responds: A “qualified long-term unemployment recipient” is someone who has been unemployed at least 27 weeks at the time of hiring and who[…]

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WOTC Wednesday: What is the Work Opportunity Tax Credit amount for hiring a SNAP Recipient?

CMS’s Brian Kelly answers your questions about the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. Today’s WOTC Wednesday question: What is the Work Opportunity Tax Credit amount for hiring a SNAP Recipient? CMS Responds: A “qualified SNAP benefits recipient” is an individual who on the hiring date is: At least 18 years old and under 39 and A member[…]

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WOTC Wednesday: How many Work Opportunity Tax Credit Target Groups are there?

CMS’s Brian Kelly answers your questions about the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. Today’s WOTC Wednesday question: How many Work Opportunity Tax Credit Target Groups are there? CMS Responds:The Work Opportunity Tax Credit is a federal hiring incentive designed to get folks from target groups back into the workforce. The target groups are: Snap or Food[…]

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WOTC Wednesday: How are the Work Opportunity Tax Credits Calculated?

CMS’s Brian Kelly answers your questions about the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. Today’s WOTC Wednesday question: How are the Work Opportunity Tax Credits Calculated? CMS Responds: The Work Opportunity Tax Credit is calculated based on three different variables. First the employee has to qualify for one of the ten target groups.  secondly they have to work[…]

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WOTC Wednesday: Is it Worth it for Employers to Use the Work Opportunity Tax Credit?

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

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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[…]