Improve and Enhance the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Act
This bill extends and expands the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC), which helps employers hire from targeted groups like veterans, long-term welfare recipients, and individuals in high-unemployment areas. It extends the program through 2030 (from 2025), increases the credit rate to 50% for certain new hires (up from 40%), adds automatic annual inflation adjustments to key dollar amounts, and expands eligibility to include military spouses and people receiving SNAP benefits without an age limit. Employers hiring from these groups will see higher tax credits for qualifying wages, with new rules specifically for agricultural workers, summer youth employees, and veterans. The changes apply to workers hired after December 2025.
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Introduced Nov 20, 2025
Last action Nov 20, 2025
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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Nov 20, 2025
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1 primary · 12 co-sponsors
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Bill Cassidy
RRepublican
Co
Catherine Cortez Masto
DDemocratic
Co
Elissa Slotkin
DDemocratic
Co
Gary C. Peters
DDemocratic
Co
James C. Justice
RRepublican
Co
Jerry Moran
RRepublican
Co
John Boozman
RRepublican
Co
Margaret Wood Hassan
DDemocratic
Co
Pete Ricketts
RRepublican
Co
Peter Welch
DDemocratic
Co
Roger Marshall
RRepublican
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