What is the Coos County Job Creation Tax Credit?
During the 2008 session, the Legislature enacted a Coos County Job Creation Tax Credit against business taxes paid to the State of New Hampshire. 2008 Laws of New Hampshire, (House Bill 1644). The credit is granted to businesses for each new, full time, year-round employee hired in Coos County for which actual wages paid, including the amount paid by the employer for medical and dental benefits, equals or exceeds 150 percent of the current state minimum wage (job established on or after September 1, 2008, $7.25).
