The federal Small Business Encouragement Act – HR 1663, if it were to become law, would offer the largest federal hiring credit available today. Here’s the release from the website of Rep. Allen West (FL-22). (more…)
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The California enterprise zone has survived round one of the state’s budget bout unchanged. While survival is better than what Governor Jerry Brown has pushed for, it is not what the program’s most informed supporters are advocating. (more…)
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Idaho Governor Butch Otter signed the Hire One Act into law Wednesdayin a public ceremony. KTVB.com carried the story with a short video. (more…)
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A quick update on the Hire One Act — Idaho’s new jobs bill. According to the Idaho Business Review, the state’s legislature finalized passage of the bill on April 7th. (more…)
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The Idaho State Senate passed the Hire One Act yesterday. This is a “new jobs” program, meaning that in order to earn the benefit, a qualifying employer must add at least one new employee or full-time equivalent. To determine if a new employee has been added, Idaho employers look back at their average employment during the past one to three years. (more…)
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The South Carolina Senate Finance Committee unanimously approved a tax credit measure last week that would reward South Carolina employers when they hire the unemployed. The tax credit would accumulate at the rate of $100 per month for a maximum credit of $2,400 over a two-year period. (more…)
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U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal’s (D-CT) office issued the following press release yesterday. Interest in restoring WOTG Target Group “J” (Unemployed Veteran) has been growing since the legislation that created the category expired on December 31, 2010. Target Group K (Disconnected Youth) also expired on December 31. (more…)
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With the recent breakdown of budget talks in Sacramento, the California Association of Enterprise Zones (in the person of its President Craig Johnson) is breathing a hesitant and reluctant sigh of relief. In an e-mail to association members this afternoon, Mr. Johnson states (more…)
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An amended version of California Assembly Bill (AB) 231 was posted yesterday on the Official California Legislative Information website. As originally introduced on February 2 by Assembly Members V. Manuel Pérez and Luis Alejo, AB231 made some relatively minor changes in the way tax payers enjoy enterprise zone tax benefits. (more…)
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According to a press release issued today by Californians for Jobs and Safe Communities, the California Republican Party passed a resolution this weekend urging Republican legislators to:
vote to oppose the elimination of the California Enterprise Zone Tax Credit Program and look for further ways to expand tax credit programs to spur economic growth.
The party held its spring convention this weekend in Sacramento. According to the press release, the resolution received unanimous support from Republicans in committee during the convention on Saturday. (more…)
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