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The Work Opportunity Tax Credit Program (“WOTC”) and the Empowerment Zone Program (“EZ”) will continue to pay hiring tax credits through 2025. The Indian Employment Tax Credit (“IETC”) was extended only through the end of 2021. If you’re taking advantage of these programs, great. If not, now’s a good time to get started. On average … Read more
A persistent barrier to considering veterans for employment is perception. Notably in the movies or the news, a distorted view of veterans exists. This can be very dramatic, but it can stigmatize members of an organization that include over 2 of the most highly trained and adaptable workers possible. This stigmatization has the unfortunate result … Read more
According to a News Release by the Department of Labor dated September 17th, new Unemployment Rates still remain very high with states reporting that 860,000 workers filed New applications for Unemployment claims. This was a reduction from the previous week (893,000), and lower than the rolling 4-week average, but this is still over 4 times … Read more
Trying to understand the connection between the Employer Retention Credit (where an employer would get 50% of the first $10,000 they pay someone to keep them on payroll), the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (up to 40% of the person’s first year wages, depending on the category), and the Payroll Protection Program which provides small business … Read more
WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service today launched the Employee Retention Credit, designed to encourage businesses to keep employees on their payroll. The refundable tax credit is 50% of up to $10,000 in wages paid by an eligible employer whose business has been financially impacted by COVID-19. The credit is available to all … Read more
Ken Brice here. As someone who’s been involved with companies to help reduce their tax bite for over 20 years, I wanted to bring you up to speed on a couple of tax saving opportunities that are developing now and are important to companies in these tough times. As all companies are dealing with this … Read more
There appear to be a number of challenges ahead of getting WOTC permanently added to the tax code. The below is from Paul Suplizio, President of the WOTC Coalition. January 28, 2020 Renewing WOTC will be hyper-challenging this election year, not only because we’ll be lobbying candidates face-to-face at every opportunity (congresspersons and senators are … Read more