Employer # ____________
8850
Pre-Screening Notice and Certification Request for
Form
the Work Opportunity Credit
OMB No. 1545-1500
(Rev. January 2013)
Department of the Treasury
Information about Form 8850 and its separate instructions is at
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Internal Revenue Service
Job applicant: Fill in the lines below and check any boxes that apply. Complete only this side.
Your name
Social security number
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Street address where you live
City or town, state, and ZIP code
County
Telephone number
If you are under age 40, enter your date of birth (month, day, year)
Check here if you received a conditional certification from the state workforce agency (SWA) or a participating local agency
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for the work opportunity credit.
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Check here if any of the following statements apply to you.
• I am a member of a family that has received assistance from Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) for any 9
months during the past 18 months.
• I am a veteran and a member of a family that received Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits (food
stamps) for at least a 3-month period during the past 15 months.
• I was referred here by a rehabilitation agency approved by the state, an employment network under the Ticket to Work
program, or the Department of Veterans Affairs.
• I am at least age 18 but not age 40 or older and I am a member of a family that:
a Received SNAP benefits (food stamps) for the past 6 months, or
b
Received SNAP benefits (food stamps) for at least 3 of the past 5 months, but is no longer eligible to receive them.
• During the past year, I was convicted of a felony or released from prison for a felony.
• I received supplemental security income (SSI) benefits for any month ending during the past 60 days.
• I am a veteran and I was unemployed for a period or periods totaling at least 4 weeks but less than 6 months during the
past year.
Check here if you are a veteran and you were unemployed for a period or periods totaling at least 6 months during the past
3
year.
Check here if you are a veteran entitled to compensation for a service-connected disability and you were discharged or
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released from active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces during the past year.
Check here if you are a veteran entitled to compensation for a service-connected disability and you were unemployed for a
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period or periods totaling at least 6 months during the past year.
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Check here if you are a member of a family that:
• Received TANF payments for at least the past 18 months, or
• Received TANF payments for any 18 months beginning after August 5, 1997, and the earliest 18-month period beginning
after August 5, 1997, ended during the past 2 years, or
• Stopped being eligible for TANF payments during the past 2 years because federal or state law limited the maximum time
those payments could be made.
Signature—All Applicants Must Sign
Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I gave the above information to the employer on or before the day I was offered a job, and it is, to the best of my knowledge, true,
correct, and complete.
Date
Job applicant’s signature
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8850
For Privacy Act and Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see page 2.
Form
(Rev. 1-2013)
Cat. No. 22851L
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