Tax Reform on the Horizon – Battle for WOTC and Other Incentives Looms
Speaker of the US House of Representatives, John Boehner (R-Ohio) has recently repeated his vow to make comprehensive tax reform a top priority of the new Congress this year. Symbolic of that end,...
View ArticleCoalition Strategy for Renewal of Expired Disconnected Youth Target Group
The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) target group known as Disconnect Youth was created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009. (See “New WOTC Tax Credit Opportunities Arise from...
View ArticleNEW WOTC Forms, Electronic & FAX Filing and Transition Relief
Catching up with the VOW to Hire Heroes Act, which was signed by President Obama in November of last year, the Internal Revenue Service has issued an updated Form 8850 and some very important guidance....
View ArticleFor a Limited Time Only: New York Youth Works Tax Credit Now Available
The New York Youth Works Tax Credit program was signed into law by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo last month on December 9th. The program’s hiring credit is effective for qualifying at-risk youth hired...
View ArticleJob Creation Task Force Called for Extending WOTC
The Huffington Post published an article by Leo Hindery, Jr. this morning in which Mr. Hindery tells about his task force’s new report, “Vision of Economic Renewal: An American Jobs Agenda.” This...
View ArticleHR 2082 – Bill to Extend and Refine the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Program
I received an update from Paul Suplizio, President of the WOTC Coalition today. There is recent progress on the legislative front for an extension of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. The WOTC program...
View ArticleFight Is Over For Now – Missing Tax Incentives To Stay Missing
The US House is schedule to vote on the tax bill today. The House Rules Committee, however, is allowing a vote on only one proposed amendment – an amendment to increase the estate tax. The rule allows...
View ArticleU.S. Senate Passes Tax Bill – Eyes Turn to House to Please Add Back Missing...
The Senate today passed the much anticipated tax bill without renewing the HIRE Act Payroll Tax Exemption, federal Renewal Communities, or the WOTC provisions for disconnected youth, unemployed...
View ArticleAsking the US House to Include Key Tax Incentives in House Amendment
As noted in my most recent post, some key employment incentives were left out of the Senate version of the tax bill being discussed in Washington D.C. I received a correspondence today from Paul...
View ArticleFINAL? Final Guidance about Disconnected Youth and Unemployed Veteran WOTC...
Perhaps you remember a post with a very similar title from March of this year? On March 5, 2010, the Department of Labor published TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE LETTER NO. 03-09, Change 2, which...
View ArticleTax Reform on the Horizon – Battle for WOTC and Other Incentives Looms
Speaker of the US House of Representatives, John Boehner (R-Ohio) has recently repeated his vow to make comprehensive tax reform a top priority of the new Congress this year. Symbolic of that end,...
View ArticleCoalition Strategy for Renewal of Expired Disconnected Youth Target Group
The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) target group known as Disconnect Youth was created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009. (See “New WOTC Tax Credit Opportunities Arise from...
View ArticleNEW WOTC Forms, Electronic & FAX Filing and Transition Relief
Catching up with the VOW to Hire Heroes Act, which was signed by President Obama in November of last year, the Internal Revenue Service has issued an updated Form 8850 and some very important guidance....
View ArticleFor a Limited Time Only: New York Youth Works Tax Credit Now Available
The New York Youth Works Tax Credit program was signed into law by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo last month on December 9th. The program’s hiring credit is effective for qualifying at-risk youth hired...
View ArticleJob Creation Task Force Called for Extending WOTC
The Huffington Post published an article by Leo Hindery, Jr. this morning in which Mr. Hindery tells about his task force’s new report, “Vision of Economic Renewal: An American Jobs Agenda.” This...
View ArticleHR 2082 – Bill to Extend and Refine the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Program
I received an update from Paul Suplizio, President of the WOTC Coalition today. There is recent progress on the legislative front for an extension of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. The WOTC program...
View ArticleFight Is Over For Now – Missing Tax Incentives To Stay Missing
The US House is schedule to vote on the tax bill today. The House Rules Committee, however, is allowing a vote on only one proposed amendment – an amendment to increase the estate tax. The rule allows...
View ArticleU.S. Senate Passes Tax Bill – Eyes Turn to House to Please Add Back Missing...
The Senate today passed the much anticipated tax bill without renewing the HIRE Act Payroll Tax Exemption, federal Renewal Communities, or the WOTC provisions for disconnected youth, unemployed...
View ArticleAsking the US House to Include Key Tax Incentives in House Amendment
As noted in my most recent post, some key employment incentives were left out of the Senate version of the tax bill being discussed in Washington D.C. I received a correspondence today from Paul...
View ArticleFINAL? Final Guidance about Disconnected Youth and Unemployed Veteran WOTC...
Perhaps you remember a post with a very similar title from March of this year? On March 5, 2010, the Department of Labor published TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE LETTER NO. 03-09, Change 2, which...
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