The U.S. House of Representatives yesterday passed H.R. 4213, the “Tax Extenders Act of 2009”, which has now been sent to the U.S. Senate. The bill in its current form includes an extension of the WOTC program’s Hurricane Katrina provision, which would be extended through August 2010. It does not yet, however, contain other desired WOTC program provisions. (more…)
Author: Vaughn Hromiko
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The city of Lodi and the Lodi Chamber of Commerce are hosting a workshop that will inform people about San Joaquin County’s Enterprise Zone tonight at Oakridge Winery. Read about it in today’s Regional Roundup at www.lodinews.com. (more…)
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Congressman John Boccieri (Democrat of Ohio)
Representative Tom Rooney (Republican of Florida), has introduced a second bill proposing to expand the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (or WOTC) program. Cosponsored by Congressman John Boccieri (Democrat of Ohio), this bill would add a new eligibility category (or “targeted group”) — Long Term Unemployed. Click here for Representative Rooney’s press release. (more…)PUBLISHED IN
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Republican Tom Rooney of Florida.
U.S. Representatives Tom Rooney (Rep of Florida), with co-sponsor John Boccieri (Dem of Ohio), has introduced a measure that would expand the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (or WOTC) program even further than the federal Stimulus Bill of last February. (more…)PUBLISHED IN
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This has been popping up in the news during the past few weeks. An article yesterday by Marj Dario of the Needles Desert Star provides a nice and simple summary.
Assembly Bill ABSX3 82, which includes language to create the emergency enterprise zone around the United Motor Manufacturing Inc. automobile plant in Fremont (see previous post), also includes language to create 10 additional state enterprise zones. Recognizing the value of enterprise zone tax incentives, the sponsoring legislators are attempting to bypass the Enterprise Zone Act’s limitation of 42 zones. (more…)PUBLISHED IN
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As I wrote yesterday, the recent Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 3-09 included the revised WOTC form that we’ve been waiting for — DOL ETA 9061. TEGL 3-09 also indicated that within two weeks, WOTC centers would be prohibited from accepting the old version of the form. The last day to use the old form, therefore, was September 16th.
HOWEVER, my contact in California’s WOTC center tells me today that the U.S. Department of Labor seems to be backing down from that deadline (although perhaps only informally at this point). As a result, the California WOTC center is not yet rejecting WOTC applications that use the old forms. (more…)PUBLISHED IN
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Yes, what you’ve heard is true. The San Joaquin Enterprise Zone’s designation status has been updated from “conditional” to “final” by the California Housing and Community Development Department (HCD). Here’s an excerpt from an email I received today from Nicole Wells, the zone’s Enterprise Zone Coordinator. (more…)
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The long wait is over!
The U.S. Department of Labor has issued a new WOTC-related Training and Employment Guidance Letter (or TEGL) dated September 1, 2009. TEGL No. 3-09 provides guidance about documentation standards for the two new WOTC eligibility categories created by the February stimulus bill. It also includes the new Department of Labor Form ETA 9061 – Individual Characteristics Form that we must begin using immediately in order to obtain WOTC employee certifications. (more…)PUBLISHED IN
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We have known for some time now that the latest round of California enterprise zone designations had been decided. The identify of the new enterprise zones, however, was not publicly announced until today in a press release by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (“HCD”). (more…)
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A series of committee hearings began yesterday in the California Assembly with the stated intention of making “a comprehensive examination of the California Enterprise Zone Program” and other similar tax incentive programs. Subsequent hearings will take place between now and October 17th. (more…)
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