Financial Incentives  

Federal Tax Incentives

The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) created in 1996 and the Welfare-to-Work Tax Credit (WWTC) created in 1997, are incentives that Congress provides to private-sector employers for hiring economically disadvantaged individuals with significant barriers to employment. As employers participate in these two tax credits they find out that:

• • it is the employer who makes the hiring decision
  • there are no restrictions on the number of qualified
    individuals he/she can hire
  • they can claim up to $8,500 in potential tax credits
  • the credits are applied to taxes due to the Internal Revenue Service
    and unused tax credits may be carried over to the next tax year

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