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WOTC Extended – Five More Years

Tuesday, 29 December 2020 by Vaughn Hromiko

Photo credit to Jacquelyn Martin/AP (Dusk falls over the Capitol, Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, in Washington)

Good news for the WOTC Program!

The Omnibus Spending bill signed by President Trump on Sunday includes a provision that extended the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) for five more years.  The new expiration date for the program is December 31, 2025.  This bill made no other changes to the WOTC program.

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Optimism for Expanding WOTC and Making it Permanent

Monday, 02 November 2020 by Vaughn Hromiko

Last Friday, Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) made an appearance during a webcast hosted by the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center.  His remarks were optimistic about including a number of tax-extenders in a pandemic stimulus bill after the elections.  I think that as a member of the Senate Finance Committee, Portman just might know something about it.

As described by Law 360, Portman called for expanding the Work Opportunity Tax Credit and making WOTC permanent.  His WOTC expansion would create a new Target Group for people unemployed because of the pandemic. The U.S. Senate included this same provision in its July stimulus proposal.  See post herein, “Senate COVID Bill Would Expand WOTC Again.”

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DOL Announces WOTC Grant Recipients

Thursday, 17 September 2020 by Vaughn Hromiko

The U.S. Department of Labor announced twelve state recipients of $2.5 million in grants to help improve their WOTC programs. WOTC is an acronym for Work Opportunity Tax Credit.  Agencies in some states suffer from multi-year processing backlogs and severely need improvements.

According to Assistant Secretary of the Employment & Training Administration John Pallasch:

“The U.S. Department of Labor is committed to helping states that are in need of upgrading their Work Opportunity Tax Credit processing systems or conducting other activities to reduce their backlogs to ensure U.S. employers can benefit from the Federal tax credit.”

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Senate COVID Bill Would Expand WOTC Again

Tuesday, 28 July 2020 by Vaughn Hromiko

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Today, the U.S. Senate released its version of round-two Covid-19 relief. CARES 2.0, officially titled the “American Workers, Families, and Employers Assistance Act,” includes a substantial expansion of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC).

Unfortunately, CARES 2.0 does NOT include an extension of WOTC beyond 2020.  Hopefull an extension will come later.

The Senate bill proposes to add a new WOTC target group known as “2020 COVID-19 Unemployment Recipients.” The definition of a qualified employee would be very simple.  The person must have either received (or have been approved to receive) unemployment compensation during the week of their hire date, or the week immediately preceding their hire date.

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Make WOTC and Other Credits Refundable

Wednesday, 24 June 2020 by Vaughn Hromiko

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According to a recent article published by Law360, some members of Congress are considering making general business tax credits, including the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC), refundable.  The change would likely be temporary, as a contribution to COVID 19 recovery efforts.

From the article:

“Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, a senior member of the Finance Committee, said he and other Republicans were looking into the idea of allowing a business to receive a refund, or cash payment. It would be equal to the business’ so-called general business credit, which represents the cumulative value of various tax credits, which currently can be carried back for one year or carried forward over 20 years under Internal Revenue Code Section 39.”

Most tax credits are not refundable.  You can use the tax credit up to a certain amount to offset taxes owed.  The amount leftover is then reserved (or carried forward) to be used against tax owed next year. If, however, a tax credit becomes refundable, then in essence it can be filed for a cash payment from the government, even if no tax is owed.

Portman also suggested Congress may examine ways to make all of the various tax credits more appealing to businesses. “We can look at all of the credits. If you look, there are 38 of them,”

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EEOC Approves Formal Opinion Letter About WOTC

Wednesday, 29 April 2020 by Vaughn Hromiko

This image includes members of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission – Victoria Lipnic, Janet Dhillon, and Charlotte Burrows.

Hello friends!

Today at approximately 2:00 PM Eastern, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) voted to publish a new formal opinion letter clarifying that the proper use of IRS Form 8850 does not violate any of the anti-discrimination laws enforced by the EEOC.

IRS Form 8850, titled “Pre-Screening Notice and Certification Request for the Work Opportunity Credit” is a document employers must acquire from new employees “on or before” the day of their job offer, to qualify for the Work Opportunity Tax Credit.  View the form here.  Because this form inquires into an employee’s date of birth and disability, some employers express concern about potentially violating laws that prohibit such inquiry prior to making the hiring decision.

The bottom line is that proper use of IRS 8850 is not a violation of the Civil Rights Act or the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

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COVID-19 Will Pass, Be Prepared

Monday, 06 April 2020 by Vaughn Hromiko

Hello friends,

These are unexpected and difficult days. You’re very fortunate if Covid-19 has not disrupted your job or your workplace to some degree. Our office is experiencing the same kind of challenges.

Many people are working from home. If that’s an option in your industry, it’s a great blessing. These circumstances are forcing many of us to learn new ways to get it all done. When the Covid-19 contingencies are over, some industries will almost certainly choose to continue the work-from-home trend.

For now, however, many enterprises have little choice but to lay off workers. Millions of people are (at least temporarily) losing their jobs. It’s painful. It’s scary. But don’t lose hope because . . .

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DOL Accepting Comments for Revising WOTC Forms – Let Your Comments Be Heard!

Wednesday, 05 February 2020 by Duane Jess
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If you’ve ever struggled through completing Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) forms with an employee, you have surely also thought, “There must be a simpler way.” Maybe you’ve even had a good idea for making it better. Now is the time to make your voice and opinions heard!

The U.S. Department of Labor is now accepting public comments for revising a variety of WOTC-related forms.

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Tax Extenders Are In! WOTC (and beer) Made the List!

Tuesday, 17 December 2019 by Duane Jess

Photography by Magda Ehlers.

After a long weekend and late nights of negotiations, Congress has agreed upon an end-of-year tax package that includes long-awaited tax extenders.

The Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2019 extends the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (aka WOTC) another year, through December 31, 2020. Empowerment Zone tax benefits, which expired in 2017, have been retroactively renewed for 2018, 2019, and 2020.

A few additional renewed tax incentives that may interest our readers include:

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Tax-Free $35 Billion Industry – Giving Tuesday Update

Tuesday, 03 December 2019 by Vaughn Hromiko
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The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (or WOTC) is our primary mission at WOTC Planet. However, as parents and as members of communities, we are also very concerned about the welfare of our children.

Last week I shared with you the heart-wrenching truth about child sex-trafficking in the United States. I also told you about Operation Underground Railroad — one of the most forceful organizations on the planet dedicated to ending child slavery. Operation Underground Railroad rescues thousands of children while helping law enforcement put the criminals behind bars.

To see last week’s post, click here.

Today is our chance to make an extraordinary difference.

Continue reading below >>

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