California-based corporations are on the lookout for ways to save money, and one of the best ways that is often not taken advantage of is to see if your company qualifies for federal hiring credits. These include the newly implemented Hire Act credit. As well, your company may also utilize state enterprise zone credits and the WOTC tax credit. Some of these credits are based upon whom you hire, while others require your corporation to make certain types of business-related purchases. When you add them all up, they can save your California company thousands of dollars off your taxes due.

The Hire Act credit is new, and provides your company that makes new hires during a certain time period qualified for these federal tax credits. This credit is available for tax years 2010 and 2011, and it allows your to deduct up to $1,000 in federal hiring credits for each non-family employee that is hired for at least a year and was hired after February 3, 2010. Your company must have hired the employee because you either had to fill a new position, or you needed to replace an employee who quit or was let go under certain conditions.

Other federal hiring credits include the WOTC tax credit. WOTC stands for Work Opportunity Tax Credit, and it allows your company to take deductions when you hire qualified employees. These employees, which will also often allow your company to deduct additional credits for Enterprise Zones, typically would be on various kinds of public assistance, such as food stamps or SSI. The state and federal tax credits may also be claimed if your company hires qualified ex-felons, certain types of youth hires, and veterans. When you do so, your company can earn WOTC tax credit of up to $6,000 annually or forty percent of the employee's wages for the first year, granted that the employee meet a certain number of hours worked. Youth hires that qualify may allow your company to deduct up to $3,000, and when those employees who qualified because they were on long-term family assistance are taken into consideration, your company may earn a credit of up to $10,000 or forty percent of the first year's wages and fifty percent of the second, with certain restrictions. When you see that your employees may qualify your company for multiple state and federal tax credits, you will understand that your savings on taxes can run into the thousands of dollars.

It is always best to seek professional counsel from a certified public accountant in California who has professional experience with federal hiring credits and Enterprise Zone credits, and can tell you specifically for which types of tax credits your company qualifies.