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McDermott Will & Emery

Weekly IRS Roundup July 29 – August 2, 2024

Check out our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of July 29, 2024 – August 2, 2024. ...more

Cole Schotz

Employee Retention Credit Voluntary Disclosure Program to Be Reopened: What You Need to Know

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On July 26, 2024, the IRS announced that they are in the final stages of reopening the Employee Retention Credit (ERC) Voluntary Disclosure Program. The ERC is a credit that was available to certain eligible employers...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

IRS Identifies Seven ERC Red Flags (and Other ERC Updates)

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The IRS recently issued a news release identifying seven signs that a business’s Employee Retention Tax Credit (the ERC) may be incorrect. The IRS identified these warning signs based on feedback from tax professionals and...more

Baker Donelson

IRS Launches Employee Retention Credit Voluntary Disclosure Program – Is It Time to Hold or Fold?

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As previously indicated, on December 21, 2023, the IRS launched the latest installment in a series of efforts to claw back pandemic-era tax credits erroneously received by ineligible employers. The Employee Retention Credit...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

IRS Helps Taxpayers Avoid Tax Penalties Caused by Retroactive Termination Of Employee Retention Credit

The Employee Retention Credit (the “ERC”) was created by the CARES Act to encourage businesses to retain employees on their payroll by providing a refundable tax credit equal to 50% of qualified wages. This credit was...more

Locke Lord LLP

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Brings an Early End to the Employee Retention Credit

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The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (the “IIJA”), which was signed by President Biden on November 15, 2021, retroactively eliminates an employer’s ability to claim the employee retention credit (“ERC”) for eligible...more

Fisher Phillips

IRS Addresses Lingering Employer Questions Regarding COBRA Premium Assistance and Corresponding Tax Credits under the American...

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The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) provides for 100% premium assistance to certain qualified beneficiaries for continuation coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) for periods of...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Enhanced Opportunities To Benefit From The Employee Retention Credit

The Employee Retention Credit (ERC) was established by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) on March 27, 2020, to encourage businesses to keep employees on their payroll during the pandemic....more

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COBRA Subsidy Update: IRS provides penalty relief and instructions for applying Employment Tax credits

On Tuesday, the IRS published Notice 2021-24, which provides penalty relief for an employer’s failure to timely deposit Employment Taxes related to the American Rescue Plan Act’s (ARPA) COBRA subsidy credits. The Notice...more

Bowditch & Dewey

2020 End of Year Tax Planning for Businesses

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As the 2020 year draws to a close, businesses should review the tax-related provisions adopted in the CARES Act and related IRS guidance with their tax advisers: EMPLOYER REFUNDABLE CREDIT AND PAYROLL TAX DEFERRAL: -...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Weekly IRS Roundup August 3, 2020 – August 7, 2020

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Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of August 3, 2020 – August 7, 2020... August 3, 2020: The IRS published a news release announcing...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

IRS Issues Guidance on FFCRA Paid Leave Tax Credits – Updated as of April 24, 2020

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The IRS issued guidance on the FFCRA Paid Leave Tax Credits under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) on March 31, 2020. The FFCRA Paid Leave Tax Credits are fully refundable tax credits giving covered...more

Burr & Forman

Section 4980H Employer Shared Responsibility Payments (ESRP): The New “IRS Employment Tax Penalty”?

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Many employers began to receive notices from the IRS in 2018 proposing the assessment of a payment against the employer for the tax years 2015 and 2016 under Section 4980H of the Internal Revenue Code. The issuance of these...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Deadline Approaching for California’s New Employment Credit

Beginning January 1, 2014, California has replaced the Enterprise Zone Hiring Credit with the New Employment Credit and the California Competes Credit, each of which may be used to offset the Personal Income Tax and...more

K&L Gates LLP

Treasury Releases “Green Book” of Obama Administration FY 2014 Tax Priorities

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On April 10, the Treasury Department released its “General Explanations of the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2014 Revenue Proposals.” Known as the “Green Book,” the document provides an explanation of the Administration’s FY...more

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