Provide a payroll tax cut to businesses that hire workers who have been unemployed for at least 60 days.

offer a tax cut to businesses that hire a worker that has been without work for at least 60 days prior to employment

Schumer backed the Hire Now Tax Cut, which would exempt employers from paying Social Security payroll taxes on eligible hires.

SCHUMER: HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF NEW YO... | Senator Chuck Schumer of New York
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Sen. Charles E. Schumer introduced S.2983, the Hire Now Tax Cut Act of 2010, which would exempt employers from Social Security payroll taxes in 2010 for new hires who had not been employed for more than 40 hours during the prior 60 days.

Schumer formally introduced the payroll-tax hiring incentive during the 111th Congress.

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S.2983 - Hire Now Tax Cut Act of 2010
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The Senate agreed to the H.R. 2847/HIRE Act package by a 70-28 vote on February 24, 2010.

Schumer's hiring-tax-cut proposal advanced through the Senate with strong bipartisan support.

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U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 111th Congress - 2nd Session, Vote 25
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Public Law 111-147 states that the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act includes 'Payroll tax forgiveness for hiring unemployed workers' and became law on March 18, 2010.

The payroll-tax hiring incentive was enacted into law as part of the HIRE Act.

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Public Law 111-147, Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act
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Treasury described the HIRE Act as an exemption from employers' 6.2 percent Social Security payroll tax for newly hired long-term unemployed workers, with eligibility requiring no more than 40 hours worked in the prior 60 consecutive days.

Federal implementation matched the promised payroll-tax cut for hiring long-term unemployed workers.

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U.S. Treasury Department report on HIRE Act tax exemption
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Public Law 111-147 (HIRE Act) adds a special exemption to 26 U.S.C. 3111 providing that, for wages paid by a qualified employer for employment beginning the day after enactment through December 31, 2010, the employer’s share of Social Security tax does not apply to a "qualified individual" who (A) begins employment after February 3, 2010 and before January 1, 2011 and (B) certifies by signed affidavit that they have not been employed for more than 40 hours during the 60-day period ending on the date they begin such employment.

The enacted HIRE Act (Public Law 111-147, signed March 18, 2010) contains a payroll-tax forgiveness provision that exempts employers from the employer share of Social Security tax for 2010 wages paid to newly hired individuals who certify they were not employed more than 40 hours in the prior 60 days — matching the promise to provide a payroll-tax cut for hiring workers unemployed at least 60 days.

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Public Law 111-147, Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act
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S.2983 (Hire Now Tax Cut Act of 2010), introduced in the Senate on February 4, 2010, lists Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D‑NY) as sponsor and would have exempted employers from Social Security taxes in 2010 for new employees hired after February 3, 2010 and before January 1, 2011 who certify they had worked 40 hours or less during the previous 60 days; it also proposed an increased retention credit for keeping such hires for at least one year.

Sen. Schumer formally introduced S.2983 with eligibility mechanics (60-day unemployment / ≤40 hours in prior 60 days and 2010-only hiring window) that track the payroll-tax exemption ultimately enacted in the HIRE Act, showing direct legislative effort by the senator to advance the promised payroll-tax cut.

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S.2983 - Hire Now Tax Cut Act of 2010
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