Automated WOTC offices are the best!

Colorado and Ohio WOTC Coordinator's offices are ahead of the pack this year. Their efficient online WOTC application processes are light years above so many other states that are buried in paperwork, dating back years. The initial 28 day deadline is hard enough for the busy to meet, especially when you have to ensure that all the IRS forms are completed with no mistakes. These online applications don't allow for mistakes and you cannot  submit without completing all the necessary information in full. It is much easier to know that your application for Certification is digitally in line, and will be turned around faster. The online systems also allows for receiving  faster denials giving WOTC Solutions ample time to appeal and turn things around. Although we can still guarantee your Certificate doing things the old fashioned way, we sure prefer this efficient and up to date solution!

From the desk of Kay Thomason

 

Do you like taking care of business from the convenience of your computer?
In our quest to make filing for the Work Opportunity Tax Credit as easy as possible, WOTC Solutions has created an online submission form. By completing this form, WOTC Solutions will have all the information we need in order to create and complete your paperwork and manage the entire certification verification process.

Busy employers can use this form to submit the information we need to begin the certification process and obtain your WOTC certificate. If you are not sure if your employee is WOTC eligible, please complete the form and we will provide you with paperwork to screen for their eligibility. Just fill this out and we'll do the rest!

Food stamp debate can affect employer's bottom line...

As Congress debates the farm bill, food stamp recipients are in jeopardy of losing their benefits. The bill proposes to cut $24 billion over ten years from the program. Food stamp recipients, also known as SNAP recipients, are the largest category of WOTC-eligible workers with 70.8% of the total Certificates released in 2011.

The WOTC  law has always been intended to make these 'hard to hire' workers more attractive to employers by providing a significant tax benefit of up to $2400.00. By getting citizens that rely on these government programs back in the workforce, the program cost is lowered and everyone wins. Private employers that utilize the WOTC are leading the way in this current economy by creating jobs, creating more tax paying citizens and lowering the cost of government programs.

There really is no debate that the WOTC law is a productive and useful way to incentivize employers and there is no downside to it's intended  purpose. Everybody wins.

From the desk of Kay Thomason

 Empowerment Zones & Rural Renewal Communities

At WOTC Solutions, we get a lot of questions about what qualifies an employee for an Empowerment Zone (EZ) or a Rural Renewal Community (RRC). For both of these WOTC target groups, the candidate must be between the ages of 18 and 40. Their primary place of residence must be within the federally-designated EZ or RRC.

To verify residence in an EZ or RRC, the Department of Labor accepts valid Driver's License, mail with address contained, passport or library card. The address on these documents must match the address provided in IRS Form 8850.


Empowerment Zone Locator:
http://egis.hud.gov/ezrclocator/

List of counties that are Rural Renewal Communities: (see page 3)
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i8850.pdf