For your information. Anthony R. Candela Chair, Division 2 Rehabilitation Specialist/Consultant (510) 912-0969 acandela@juno.com From: National Rehabilitation Association [mailto:info@nationalrehab.org] Sent: Monday, November 20, 2017 9:23 AM To: acandela@juno.com Subject: Preserve the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Image removed by sender. Image removed by sender. Image removed by sender. Below is an alert from Paul Suplizio, President of the WOTC Coalition. As you will see, the WOTC Coalition is working to protect the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC). At this point, the House tax bill would eliminate the WOTC at the end of this year while the Senate tax bill protects it through 2019. The WOTC gives employers tax credits for hiring people with disabilities and for hiring individuals from other targeted groups. Disability advocates are encouraged to call their members of the House and Senate and ask that the WOTC be protected. The WOTC is a Federal tax credit available to employers who hire and retain veterans and individuals from other target groups with significant barriers to employment. Employers claim about $1 billion in tax credits each year under the WOTC program, and there is no limit on the number of individuals an employer can hire to claim the tax credit. The amount of the tax credit depends upon the target group of the individual hired, the wages paid to that individual, and the number of hours the individual worked. Target groups included under the WOTC are · Vocational Rehabilitation Referrals; · Supplemental Security Income Recipients; · Veterans; · TANF Recipients; · SNAP (Food Stamp) Recipients; · Designated Community Residents (living in Empowerment Zones or Rural Renewal Counties); · Summer Youth Employee (living in Empowerment Zones); and · Ex-felons. Here is the alert from the WOTC Coalition: November 16, 2017 Senate Finance Committee approved the modified Chairman's mark tonight without action on any amendment making WOTC permanent. The Chairman's modified mark passed at 10:21 PM. WOTC's situation became clear after defeat of Democratic Senator Ben Cardin's amendment to extend or make permanent several tax extenders: historic rehabilitation credit, new markets tax credit, low-income housing credit, advance refunding bonds. Until this point, Republicans had sharply opposed and defeated every Democrat amendment. The mood changed when Senator Cardin offered his extenders amendment; several Republicans expressed friendly support of these programs, several commenting that "extenders will be dealt with later" and the chairman confirming this. Nevertheless, Republicans defeated the Cardin extenders amendment and Senator Cardin made no effort to propose permanent WOTC in the face of certain defeat. What happened to GOP Senator Rob Portman's amendment to make WOTC permanent? Senator Portman and other Republicans on Finance met with Chairman Hatch Tuesday night and resolved all issues among themselves about the contents of the modification to the mark. Being assured their priorities were in the bill, GOP senators committed to supporting the new mark by defeating Democratic amendments. The fact there were no Republican amendments offered during markup, and all Democratic amendments were defeated, shows the GOP adhered to this strategy. We now know the decision to save all extenders till later was made during the Tuesday night meeting with Senator Hatch. Thus Senator Portman, who had already filed an amendment to make WOTC permanent, was pre-empted from offering it because of his commitment to support the modified mark GOP senators had agreed to rally around. None of this was known until Senator Cardin offered his amendment on extenders around 5 PM this evening. Coalition members lobbied Finance senators hard to produce a bi-partisan majority for permanent WOTC. We believe we have that majority, and the result will be to our advantage in conference and in 2019 when another extenders bill (hopefully, the last!) is inevitable. The Finance Committee bill will now go to the full Senate for passage. Under reconciliation, the bill can be called up by majority vote and without filibuster, but Democrats will make every effort to de-rail it. A Republican, Senator Ron Johnson (WI), has announced opposition to the bill, but according to Senator Thune the bill "has already been whipped," meaning GOP senators have been canvassed and have a majority. The Finance Committee bill leaves WOTC intact through December 31, 2019. Nevertheless we must work hard in conference, which will begin the first week of December, to ensure the Senate prevails over the House position that WOTC be repealed at year-end. Republicans will have a majority of conferees of both House and Senate negotiators, and thanks to your tremendous lobbying we can expect one or more GOP senators who've supported WOTC in the past-Portman, Grassley, Roberts, and Isakson-may be appointed to the conference and be in a position to help. We'll send you lists of conferees when they're appointed. Then we'll have to swing into action bringing all our resources to bear on both House and Senate conferees to ensure the House defers to the Senate and removes its repeal of WOTC. It hasn't been an easy markup for Chairman Hatch. Before the end, he was red-faced and exploded at what he deemed personal attacks on how he managed the conference. For their part, Democrats inveighed they had too short notice of the bill and related documents, too often surprised by new twists, too little time to study and prepare. The Senate will adjourn tonight for Thanksgiving recess, returning on November 27. 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