March 31, 2016

Don’t Miss This Last Chance to Earn 2015 Tax Credits

The Federal Government recently announced their renewal of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Program. (WOTC) for 2015 through 2019 and that is really great news!

The WOTC program experienced some challenges in 2015 stemming from the late December renewal. Although the renewal was retroactive, it created a hardship for employers seeking to take advantage of these lucrative tax credits.

Due to the challenges last year, many people chose not to participate and apply for 2015 tax credits.

The most exciting news is that the IRS recently issued notice 2016-40. This notice makes 2 very important allowances you need to know about.

You now have an opportunity to go back and get your Work Opportunity Tax Credits (WOTC) by submitting ALL employees you hired between January 1, 2015 and May 31, 2016!
A new target segment has been added to the types of employees you can submit for tax credit. The new group is Long Term Unemployed and is available to all employees hired anytime in 2016.

With this provision ANY employer can currently submit all of their 2015 new hires for credit qualification!

This is a nearly unprecedented move by the IRS. Since the inception of WOTC in 1996, this is only the second time such an extension has been made available by the IRS.

RIGHT NOW is the absolute perfect time to get started and receive retroactive credits for all 2015 and 2016 new hires! This is the ideal scenario for all of you that were heavily considering WOTC last year but held off because of the pending renewal.

There’s only one catch! We Must get all of your 2015 new hires submitted ASAP!
We don’t want you to miss any available Work Opportunity Tax Credits (WOTC) or have them delayed.

The official deadline to submit last year’s employees under this transitional relief provision is June 29, 2016, but we want to get your employees submitted ASAP before all the other companies in your state submit theirs. Procrastinating will increase the risk of missing credits or having your credits delayed by several months because other companies submitted before you. We will handle all the leg work for you, but we need to get started sooner rather than later.

To get an estimate of just how much your 2015 WOTC tax credits are worth, use our calculator HERE or contact us HERE and we’ll help you get started.

Don’t miss this opportunity and over-pay your 2015 taxes!

Are Today’s Youth HR’s Best Kept Secret?

Progressive companies seem to have cracked the code of hiring teenage help and leveraging those employees as strategic assets. More specifically 16-17 year olds for seasonal help.

It’s true that there is a certain unflattering stigma associated with teenage employees, but it doesn’t mean that you should overlook this segment of the workforce. In fact, with an intentional plan you can sift through this unique talent pool and hire the best and take advantage of the benefits they can offer your company.

There are more than a few examples of teenagers behaving badly in their workplace scattered across the internet casting a shadow upon both their employer and fellow teen worker. This shouldn’t be a deterrent but rather an incentive to perfect your hiring process.

So why should you consider hiring more teens?

For starters, they have lower wage requirements than longer tenured employees resulting in lower overall payroll. Not to mention they seldom work enough hours to earn OT and often don’t receive the benefits of full time workers.

They can help expand your clientele to a segment of the population you may not have previously reached. Teenagers have dozens of retail options to visit after school, but they gravitate to those where their friends work.

You can begin relationships with quality individuals that become lifetime employees. The landslide majority of Chick-fil-A operators started working for the company during summers in high school.

The energy they have is both inspiring and infectious. Teenagers can often be labeled as lazy, but more often than not, it’s just boredom. Given a task and empowered to achieve it, you’ll be surprised at how creative and efficient they can be at problem solving.

As a final bonus, the Federal Government offers you a WOTC tax credit for each 16-17 year old hired during the summer. This could reduce your tax liability by up to $2,400 per teen hired.

These are just a few reasons to include teenagers in your candidate pool; especially for retail, seasonal help.

Progressive companies, like yours, have realized solid return on investment by carefully hiring teenagers. Teens help businesses diversify their workforce, attract young customers and increase your profitability. That means more bottom line, thanks to reduced payroll costs, sales potential and tax incentives.

If you’d like to learn more about how we can help your business improve your hiring and take advantage of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) program click here and we’ll be in touch shortly.

March 2016

Don’t Miss This Last Chance to Earn 2015 Tax Credits

Are Today’s Youth HR’s Best Kept Secret?