CMS’s Brian Kelly answers your questions about the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. Today’s WOTC Wednesday question: Do employers get a WOTC Tax Credit for Hiring Disabled Individuals? CMS Responds: Question we get is “Do companies get a tax credit, or tax break for hiring disabled individuals?” And the answer is absolutely. That’s one of the[…]
CMS’s Brian Kelly answers your questions about the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. Today’s WOTC Wednesday question: What are the benefits of Switching to Paperless WOTC Screening? CMS Responds: Actually three or four things. Number one we can state that the employer taking advantage of a federal program to initiate jobs and we need their participation.[…]
CMS’s Brian Kelly answers your questions about the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. Today’s WOTC Wednesday question: Can I Rehire a Qualified WOTC Applicant to Meet the 28 Day Rule? CMS Responds: If I have a new hire who would qualify, and it’s after 28 days, can I release them and then rehire them to meet[…]
CMS’s Brian Kelly answers your questions about the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. Today’s WOTC Wednesday question: Can I Get a Partial WOTC Tax Credit If The Employee Only Worked a Few Weeks? CMS Responds: Can I still get a WOTC Tax Credit if the employee only worked a few weeks? So the answer to that[…]
CMS’s Brian Kelly answers your questions about the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. Today’s WOTC Wednesday question: Is the “Summer Youth” Category Still Around? CMS Responds: One of our questions is, is the Summer Youth category still around? Actually, it is and it actually got reinstated back in 2019. So, if you’re hiring folks in a[…]
CMS’s Brian Kelly answers your questions about the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. Today’s WOTC Wednesday question: What IRS Tax Form is the WOTC Tax Credit Claimed On? CMS Responds: What IRS Tax Form is the WOTC Tax Credit Taken? It’s going to be on the IRS 5884 where you claim your tax credit. Then that[…]
CMS’s Brian Kelly answers your questions about the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. Today’s WOTC Wednesday question: Are the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Forms Required? CMS Responds: Is the WOTC Forms (8850 and 9061) required? They’re not a “required” document. It is a voluntary program that your new hires would participate in, but we certainly can[…]
CMS’s Brian Kelly answers your questions about the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. Today’s WOTC Wednesday question: How far back can we look back with WOTC? CMS Responds: One of the questions we get is “We have tax credits, but how far back or how forward can we go with these WOTC Tax Credits? WOTC Tax[…]
CMS’s Brian Kelly answers your questions about the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. Today’s WOTC Wednesday question: Why You Should Use a WOTC Screening Service CMS Responds: Why should I use a WOTC screening service like yours, obviously CMS’s, when I can do it myself? The reason why you’d choose us is because it’s a little[…]
CMS’s Brian Kelly answers your questions about the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. Today’s WOTC Wednesday question: Can We Go Paperless with the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Screening Process? CMS Responds: One of the WOTC questions we get is “Our office wants to go paperless. Can I switch to an online form than using paper forms?”[…]