last update 5-1-2010

Worker Retention Credit

An employer can claim a credit equal to the lesser of $1,000 or 6.2% of a retained worker's wages for a 52 week consecutive period for each newly hired worker eligile for the payroll tax holiday that is retained for at least 52 consecutive weeks. COMMENT

This means that the credit for any worker paid more than $16,130 per year is $1,000.

Qualified Employees

For purposes of the payroll tax exemption (and retention credit), a qualified employee includes any individual who:

1. Begins employment with the qualified employer after March 18, 2010,

2. Continues in that employment for a period of at least 52 consecutive weeks; and

3. Has earned wages during the last 26 weeks of that period equal to at least 80% of the wages for the first 26 weeks of the period.

COMMENT

It appears that a period of employment that qualified for the payroll tax holiday also counts toward the 52-week period required for the retention credit.

The credit applies for the first tax year in which the retained worker satisfies the 52-week test. It cannot be carried back to any tax year beginning before March 18, 2010.


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