Empowerment Zone Tax Credit Information

Find an Urban or Rural EZ - Determine if your location or project is located within an EZ designated area and eligible for the EZ Tax Credit.

Work Opportunity Tax Credit - The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) is a Federal tax credit incentive that the Congress provides to private-sector businesses for hiring individuals from twelve target groups who have consistently faced significant barriers to employment.

Round I, II and III Rural Empowerment Zones - Tax Incentives for Businesses

HUD’s Benefit’s Matrix to be updated

Tax Credit Publications

Spotlilght on Results: Capturing Successes in Renewal Communities and Empowerment Zones, 2006 (pdf file, 2.7 MB)

Tax Incentives + Business = Jobs: A Marketing Primer on How to Entice Businesses to Renewal Communities, Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities,2003

Tax Incentive Guide for Businesses in the Renewal Communities, Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities FY2003(pdf file, 1.2 MB)

Tax Incentive Guide for Businesses in the Renewal Communities, Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities,2001 (pdf file, 868 K)

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