Veterans

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First of all, thank you for your service to our country. I'm a veteran of the Vietnam conflict.

As a recently released Veteran or a Veteran who's been on financial assistance, you have hiring qualifications that are not available to everyone in the work place.

The employer who hires you is entitled to a federal income tax credit and, as such, will consider you ahead of another person with similar skills and background. The trick is...most employers don't know about the credit.

Unemployed Veteran:

A veteran hired after 2008 and before 2011 who:

Has been discharged or released from active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces at any time during the 5-year period ending on the hiring date, and
Received unemployment compensation under state or federal law for at least 4 weeks during the 1-year period ending on the hiring date.
To be considered a veteran, the applicant must have served on active duty (not including training) in the Armed Forces of the United States for more than 180 days or have been discharged or released from active duty for a service-connected disability.

Qualified Veteran:

A veteran who is any of the following.

A member of a family receiving assistance under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) (food stamps) for at least 3-month period during the 15-month period ending on the hiring date.
Entitled to compensation for a service-connected disability and is hired not more than 1 year after being discharged or released from active duty in the U.S. Armed forces.
Entitled to compensation for a service-connected disability and was unemployed for a period or periods totaling at least 6 months (whether or not consecutive) in the 1- year period ending on the hiring date.

To be considered a veteran, the applicant must:

Have served on active duty (not including training) in the Armed Forces of the United States for more than 180 days or have been discharged or released from active duty for a service-connected disability, and
Not have a period of active duty (not including training) of more than 90 days that ended during the 60-day period ending on the hiring date.
To be considered a veteran, the applicant must have served on active duty (not including training) in the Armed Forces of the United States for more than 180 days or have been discharged or released from active duty for a service-connected disability.

If you fit either of the descriptions above, you're part of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) program which was originally created during the Clinton Administration and recently re-vitalized by President Obama. He added the "unemployed veteran" category (above) to his stimulus package of 2009.

For your information, in order for the employer to claim you as a tax credit, they need to have you sign the 8850 ON OR BEFORE YOUR HIRE DATE. They then have to have you fill out another form. The employer then signs the back of the 8850 and submits it to the state agency handling these credit.

CFO Resources, Inc. handles all that for over 300 companies nationwide. Its our hope that the company hiring you will call us to do the work - we charge a small % of the credit they get.

We've also included a list of links for companies/organizations that work with veterans and some tips on helping you find a job. Click here .

Please feel free to call us at 888-236-7339, ext 2 if you have any questions or have trouble with these forms - we'll be happy to send them to you.