WOTC California Tax Credits Benefit California Corporations
Businesses in Long Beach and throughout California turn to corporate tax credit expert Blake Christian
to discover the corporate benefits available through the use of WOTC California
tax credits. Businesses located in California can dramatically reduce their labor costs come out ahead
financially when they learn about about the variety all of the the state and federal hiring tax credits that
are available, including the California WOTC tax credit.
In terms of the WOTC, which stands for the Work Opportunity Tax Credit, California business
owners will learn that this is a federal tax credit that is based on employees who from your company
that are part of the designated demographics that qualify your corporation to take this potentially
substantial tax credit. Depending on the industry to which your corporation belongs, your employee
base will have varying percentages of eligibility to it may qualify your company to receive WOTC
California credits ranging from $2,400 up to $9,0008,400 per employee meeting the requirements.
Earn Credits for Encouraging Local Jobs
An additional, and even more valuable, state corporate tax credit related to the California WOTC
tax credit is the California EZ credit. EZ refers to Enterprise Zones, and there are forty-two EZs
located throughout around the state of California. These are economically challenged areas throughout
the state, to which the state government wants to attract businesses to, and encourage them to hire
local residents, make capital investments, and that will in turn offer jobs to people living in the zones
thereby, boosting the economy in those areas.
Who Qualifies for the WOTC Tax Credits
The employee demographic groups that receive the focus of WOTC California and California EZ
tax credits include people that have been eligible for or received public assistance. Qualified disabled
veterans are another group who can help your corporation earn multiple WOTC California tax credits.
Youth receive attention in these employee groups, especially those who are 18-40 year old residents
of the enterprise zones, qualifying disconnected youth ranging from 16 to 25 years old when hired,
and summer youth hires in the enterprise zones. Your employees that were previously recently laid
off or threatened with lay- off may also qualify, as willould employees that are Native Americans
or Pacific Islanders, as well as qualifying ex-felons. When your corporation hires employees
from these identified groups, it may then become eligible for the California WOTC tax credit
more liberalas well as EZ tax credits and in more limited cases, the California WOTC tax credit.
The federal work opportunity tax credit California offers a maximum of $9,0004,800 per employee,
depending upon which specific demographic group the employee belongs, as well as the level of wages
paid to the employee and how long they work. But when the federal work opportunity tax credit
California is combined with the California state EZ credits, which can reach a high of $13,000 per
qualifying employee, California businesses stand to experience a dramatic reduction in taxes owed in
prior years as well this tax seasonas the current tax year.
Blake Christian, who is a nationally recognized expert in California EZ credits, federal work
opportunity tax credit California, and other stateforms of enterprise zone and incentive credits for
corporations as well as other forms of business. Blake, can help you with your long-range tax planning
and preparation. He can show you how your company can secure immediate benefits andmay qualify
to carry over any unusedthe WOTC California credits for five or more years, if necessary. Amended
returns can generate California EZ credit refunds for up to four years and certain federal incentive tax
credits are available for up toso that you can gain the work opportunity tax credit California are also
available for three or more years.
Contact Blake Christian for more information regarding WOTC California, California EZ credits
and other federal and state incentive credits.