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S 1785 112th Congress Senate

Back to Work Tax Credit

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide work opportunity tax credits for the hiring of long-term unemployed workers.

Introduced: November 2, 2011 Introduced by: Blumenthal, Richard Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
Taxation Employee hiringEmployment taxesHigher educationIncome tax credits
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Social security and elderly assistanceTax-exempt organizationsU.S. territories and protectoratesUnemploymentWages and earnings
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It never became law before the 112th Congress (2011–2012) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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 Latest action November 2, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Back to Work Tax Credit - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an increased work opportunity tax credit for the hiring of a qualified long-term unemployed individual. Defines "qualified long-term unemployed individual" as any individual who was not a student for at least six months during the one-year period ending on the hiring date and is certified as having aggregate periods of unemployment during the one-year period ending on the hiring date which equal or exceed six months. Allows tax-exempt charitable organizations or public institutions of higher education to claim the lesser of the amount of the work opportunity credit or the amount of payroll taxes paid during the calendar year for hiring qualified long-term unemployed individuals.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1785: Back to Work Tax Credit. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1785/
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"S. 1785: Back to Work Tax Credit." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1785/.
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