Work Opportunity Tax Credit
The WOTC helps people move from welfare to work and gain on-the-job experience by encouraging private employers to hire within one of several targeted groups of job candidates who traditionally face significant barriers to employment, reducing employer’s federal income tax liability by as much as $2,400 per qualified new worker in the first year of employment. The targeted candidates are:
- cash assistance recipients
- veterans receiving food stamps
- 18-to-39-year-old recipients receiving food stamps
- 18-to-39-year-old residents living in a rural renewal county
- vocational rehabilitation referrals
- ex-felons
- SSI recipients
- Ticket-to-Work holders
- Unemployed veterans
- 16-to-24-year-old disconnected youth
The disabled veteran target group can save employers up to $4,800 in the first year of employment, and the long-term cash assistance recipient can save the employer up to $9,000 over a two-year period.
Related Documents:
WOTC Overview Brochure
Applying for WOTC in Four Easy Steps
List of Rural Renewal Counties
Form 8850
ETA Form 9061
For details, please contact:
Joyce Heiman, Program Consultant
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Phone: (785) 296-7435
Fax: (785) 368-7108
TTY: (785) 296-3487
E-mail: jheiman@kansascommerce.com