Florida House bill would offer tax incentives to hire veterans

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A recurring problem for military veterans: finding work in the private sector after completing public service.

A Florida House bill filed Friday by Rep. Kim Daniels, a Jacksonville Democrat, seeks to remedy that problem, offering tax incentives to companies that hire veterans or their spouses.

House Bill 561, the “Veterans Preference Incentive Act,” would help small businesses that wanted to hire veterans.

HB 561 would offer a $1,000 corporate income tax credit to companies who hired veterans or their spouses.

That offer is good for the first three veterans hired in any tax year.

This bill would become law on July 1.

A.G. Gancarski

A.G. Gancarski has been the Northeast Florida correspondent for Florida Politics since 2014. He writes for the New York Post and National Review also, with previous work in the American Conservative and Washington Times and a 15+ year run as a columnist in Folio Weekly. He can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter: @AGGancarski



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