What is WOTC?

The Work Opportunity Tax Credit is a federal tax incentive available to employers that hire from ten target categories that typically face a significant barrier to employment. The main goal of WOTC is to enable these groups to become economically self-sufficient taxpayers themselves, and the employers are then rewarded for reducing the costs of social programs.

 

Who uses it?

• Warehousing

• Retail

• Restaurants/Food Service

• Logistics

• Employment Services

• Manufacturing

• Janitorial Services

• Landscaping

• Medical/Healthcare

• ..and many more

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What are the categories?

• Long-Term Unemployed

• Long-Term TANF

• Unemployed Veterans

• TANF Recipients

• SNAP (Food Stamps)  

• Designated Community Residents (Rural Communities)

• Vocational Rehabilitation Referred Individuals

• Ex-Felons 

• Supplemental Social Security Income Recipients  

• Summer Youth