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Show Hiring the handicapped good business, aide says Employing the handicapped makes good sense. It doesn't cost. It pays, according to Bill Long, Utah Division of Family Services, Mental Retardation Coordinator. Speaking on behalf of the Utah Department of Social Services, Utah State Board of Education's Division of Rehabilitation Re-habilitation Services and the Governor's Committee on Employment Em-ployment of the Handicapped, he noted that provisions of a tax reform measure recently enacted by Congress offer businessmen a new incentive to employ qualified handicapped handi-capped workers. "There are approximately 50,000 disabled-handicapped individuals in Utah. A total of 30,000 are over the age of 16 and employable. But unemployment unem-ployment among the handicapped handi-capped is high because they are often overlooked for positions posi-tions they are qualified for," Long explained. He noted the Tax Reduction and Simplification Act con tains a provision which offers employers a 50 percent tax credit for hiring new handicapped handi-capped workers referred by the State Vocational Rehabilitation Rehabili-tation Agency. 'This 50 percent tax credit consists of 40 percent general tax credit for any new employee, em-ployee, plus an additional 10 percent credit if the new employee is physically or mentally handicapped." "No limit is placed on the amount of credit vu be earned by n w hir dis"bl v.duals. A eredfcS; $1.00,000 has been forallnon-handiN1 ers.'hesaid. mt To End out more ,w. t credit, call the ujl DivismnofRehabflWi1 vices, SuteDivi uy Services, or the G 11 Committee on EmoW?' the Handicapped |