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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: How Long Must an Employee Work Before You Receive a WOTC Tax Credit?

CMS’s Brian Kelly answers your questions about the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. Today’s WOTC Wednesday question: How Long Must an Employee Work Before You Receive a WOTC Tax Credit? CMS Responds: How Long Must an Eligible Employee Work Before Your Company Can Claim the Work Opportunity Tax Credit? There’s a couple of thresholds. Number One when[…]

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WOTC Wednesday: Can you do the WOTC Application on a Mobile 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 Mobile 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 that[…]

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WOTC Wednesday: Use Paper or Go Online with the WOTC Forms, Which is Better?

CMS’s Brian Kelly answers your questions about the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. Today’s WOTC Wednesday question: Use Paper or Go Online with the WOTC Forms, Which is Better? CMS Responds: Well, 100%, use the web portal, go online, use the WOTC program, streamline your business that way through your onboarding process. We find that once someone[…]

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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 WOTC Tax Credits Calculated? CMS Responds: Question is “We get these WOTC Tax Credits, how are they calculated?” There’s actually two benchmarks, the first one is the employee has to work a minimum of 120 hours[…]

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WOTC Wednesday: Why Use a WOTC Screening Service Instead of Doing It Yourself

CMS’s Brian Kelly answers your questions about the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. Today’s WOTC Wednesday question: Why Use a WOTC Screening Service Instead of Doing It Yourself CMS Responds: Why should I use a WOTC screening service like yours, obviously CMS’s, when I can do it myself? The reason why you’d choose us is because it’s[…]

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