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Redes Sociales Pueden Generar Problemas En Asesoramiento Fiscal

El 4/8/24, el IRS continuó actualizando la lista de la Docena Sucia para 2024, incluyendo cómo el asesoramiento fiscal en redes sociales puede causar problemas a los contribuyentes a medida que circulan información fiscal...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Social Media Tax Advice Can Lead To Trouble

On 4/8/24, the IRS continued updating the Dirty Dozen list for 2024 including how social media tax advice can lead taxpayers to trouble as inaccurate or misleading tax information is circulating. IRS is re-issuing a warning,...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

An Inveterate Golfer At the IRS

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As we approach the deadline for paying federal individual income taxes and, generally, for filing the returns on which such taxes are determined, some of you may be recalling how the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

IRS Updates American Rescue Plan Act Guidance

On July 29, 2021, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) updated its Tax Credits for Paid Leave Under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021 Guidance (the Guidance). As a reminder, private sector employers with fewer than...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Updated Guidance Regarding Tax Credits Under the American Rescue Plan

Under the American Rescue Plan (ARP), certain private-sector and governmental employers may claim refundable tax credits which provide reimbursement for the cost of providing Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA)...more

Laner Muchin, Ltd.

COVID-19 Relief Bill Will Have A Significant Impact On Employers And Employees

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On December 27, 2020, the President signed a bill passed by Congress providing additional COVID-19 related relief and stimulus.  The key provisions impacting employers and current and former employees are summarized below,...more

Brooks Pierce

Mandatory COVID Leave Expires, but Tax Credits for Providing COVID Leave are Extended

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Starting Jan. 1, 2021, employers subject to the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) are no longer required to provide employees with COVID-related paid leave, but they may do so in some situations and still...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Congress Makes Additional Paid Family Leave and Paid Sick Leave Optional

The dust has now settled on the new stimulus bill signed by President Trump on December 27, 2020. The changes to the Family First Coronavirus Recovery Act (“FFCRA”) was buried in over 5000 pages of text and provides a choice...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Year-End Stimulus Bill Permits, but Does Not Mandate, Extension of FFCRA Leave

Late on December 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law an omnibus stimulus bill. The new legislation contained much needed extensions of unemployment benefits that have supported many Americans who have experienced...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Employers’ Back-to-School Obligations under the FFCRA

With Labor Day upon us, many families are facing the start of a school year with remote or hybrid learning. As a result, many employees must figure out how to satisfy their work obligations while making alternate arrangements...more

Jackson Walker

Payroll Tax Relief and Latest Developments in Retirement Plans and Benefits

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Payroll Tax Relief Under CARES Act, FFCRA, and Executive Order - While the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act permitted employers to defer depositing the portion of the FICA taxes the employer pays...more

McGlinchey Stafford

IRS Guidance on Recapturing Excess Employment Tax Credits

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The Internal Revenue Service has issued a temporary regulation and a proposed regulation (pursuant to authority granted in the Families First Act and the CARES Act) to allow the agency to administratively recapture any excess...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Have You Thought About ... The Importance of Documenting and Tracking COVID-19-Related Leave?

In the face of the coronavirus pandemic, the federal government and many states and localities have implemented paid leave requirements....more

Fisher Phillips

An Employer’s Guide To Managing PTO Donation Requests In The COVID-19 Age

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As the pandemic continues to scar wide portions of our society, a number of employees have expressed to their employers an interest in donating their own PTO to help co-workers and community members adversely impacted by...more

Ruder Ware

IRS Issues New Guidance for Complying with Paid Sick and Family Leave Reporting Requirements

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Way back in March, as the pandemic began to set in, Congress quickly passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the Act) as part of a barrage of legislation aimed at providing relief to American workers. The Act...more

Groom Law Group, Chartered

Special 2020 W-2 Reporting Mandated for Qualified Sick and Family Leave Wages

On July 8, 2020, the IRS released Notice 2020-54 (the “Notice”), which mandates 2020 W-2 reporting of qualified sick and family leave wages paid to employees under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the Act). ...more

Groom Law Group, Chartered

Leave Donation Programs for COVID-19

The IRS recently issued Notice 2020-46 that provides for a special leave donation program available for the COVID-19 pandemic. This brings the total to three tax-favored leave programs that are currently available to...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

IRS Issues Guidance Allowing Employer-Sponsored Leave Donation Programs for COVID-19 Relief

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2020-46 providing guidance to employers whose employees forgo sick, vacation, or personal leave to aid victims of COVID-19....more

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COVID-19: Highlights from the IRS FAQs on Emergency Paid Sick and Family Leave Tax Credits for U.S.-based Small and Mid-sized...

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We recently summarized the provisions from the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) that provide for tax credits for small employers to offset costs associated with paid sick leave and emergency FMLA benefits...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Months After Ordering Plans to Disregard Sub-Regulatory Guidance, Trump Administration Learns to Love the Informal FAQs

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On April 11, the IRS, DOL and HHS issued a series of FAQs clarifying the scope of the FFCRA/CARES Act mandates relating to COVID-19 testing for group health plans and health insurance issuers. This post...more

Dechert LLP

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Employment Considerations for Non-Profit Organizations

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President Donald Trump on March 18, 2020, signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the “FFCRA” or “Families First Act”) to provide economic relief to those impacted by COVID-19. This law includes key employment...more

Jackson Walker

Jackson Walker Updates FAQs on Employment Issues Arising Out of COVID-19

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Jackson Walker posted its update to FAQs on employment issues arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic. The JW updates reflect recent Department of Labor (DOL) regulations and guidelines for employer compliance with the...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

FFCRA Leave Documentation: What Is Required and What Is Recommended?

As we have discussed in prior advisories, employers are entitled to a tax credit to cover 100 percent of the expense of providing paid leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). Both the FFCRA...more

Holland & Hart LLP

DOL Finalizes FFCRA Regulations

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After days of uncertainty and looming deadlines created by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), the DOL has finally issued some definitive regulatory guidance, as well as twenty new Q&As to its list of...more

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Planning to Claim the COVID-19-Related Tax Credits

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This article intends to help your payroll or finance departments prepare to take advantage of the employment tax credits provided by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), signed into law on March 18, 2020....more

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