HIRING INCENTIVES
WOTC: Work Opportunity Tax Credit
WOTC is a Federal Tax Credit created by the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996 and the Welfare-to-Work Tax Credit of 1996 This credit is available to employers who hire individuals from eligible target groups with significant barriers to employment. WOTC can reduce an employers’ Federal Income tax liability by as much as $9600 per employee . Some examples of who is eligible; Veterans, TANF and SNAP Recipients, Summer Youth, Supplemental Security Income Recipients plus many more.
ERC: Employee Retention Tax Credit.
ERC is one of our Employer Incentives. The most recent version of the tax credit was signed into law as a result of COVID 19 crisis with the CARES Act in 2020. It was then updated by the CAA and then again by the ARPA. Who is eligible; Private employers, including non-profits, carrying on a trade or business in 2020 or 2021 that; Have operations partially or fully suspended as a result of orders from governmental authority due to COVID-19 or experience a decline in gross receipts by more than 20% in a quarter compared to previous alternative quarters in 2020 or 2019
Check out news clip on Employee Retention Credits.