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
In Notice 2020-39, the IRS extended a number of deadlines for the Qualified Opportunity Zone (QOZ) program. For a detailed explanation of the rules applicable to the QOZ program, see our discussion of the final QOZ...more
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The IRS updated the FAQs on its website, providing guidance regarding who is eligible to claim an employer retention credit (ERC) added by the CARES Act, how the ERC is calculated and interact with other provisions, and other...more
The IRS issued Notice 2020-32 explaining that otherwise deductible business expenses paid for with the proceeds of a forgiven PPP loan are not deductible for federal income tax purposes. This means that when a taxpayer pays...more
A recent opinion from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court clarifies the definition of employment under the state’s Unemployment Compensation Law, potentially increasing the amount of Unemployment Compensation Tax (UC Tax) that...more
The IRS issued Rev. Proc. 2020-25 providing much-anticipated guidance for how taxpayers may take advantage of the retroactive change in the tax rules allowing for expensing of Qualified Improvement Property (QIP)....more
Treasury and the IRS released Rev. Proc. 2020-24 (available here), providing guidance related to amendments in the CARES Act (Pub. L. No. 116-136) to the net operating loss (NOL) provisions of the Code to allow for the...more
The Pennsylvania Department of Revenue (the Department) announced that it will further suspend the requirement for businesses that collect and remit Pennsylvania sales tax to make payments of Accelerated Sales Tax (AST)...more
With many employees forced to work from home due to business and office closures, among myriad other concerns, employers may be forced to confront state tax issues, particularly when employees work in states or local...more
This alert summarizes (in alphabetical order by state) several types of state and local tax relief available as of April 16, 2020 in states where our offices are located and in selected other states....more
This alert summarizes (in alphabetical order by state) several types of state and local tax relief available as of April 14, 2020, in states where our offices are located and in selected other states....more
As we noted in our alerts on March 19 and March 20, Treasury extended certain income tax filing and payment dates to July 15, 2020. On April 9, in Notice 2020-23, many more deadlines have been extended. Payment obligations...more
This alert summarizes (in alphabetical order by state) several types of state and local tax relief available as of April 9, 2020, in states where our offices are located and in selected other states. ...more
The IRS issued Rev. Proc. 2020-23 allowing partnerships subject to the BBA partnership audit rules to file amended returns to take advantage of retroactive tax benefits in the CARES Act, including the qualified improvement...more
Use & Occupancy Tax Relief -
On March 31, 2020, the City of Philadelphia Revenue Department announced that businesses that do not have access to their place of business because of the mayor’s March 17, 2020 order closing...more
As we discussed, the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue (DOR) announced that Pennsylvania personal income tax (PIT) deadlines would conform to federal deadlines, and that PIT returns and payments due April 15, 2020 were...more
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (H.R. 748; the CARES Act) includes several tax-related provisions, including tax rebates, modifications to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), hiring and paid leave...more
The IRS released FAQs addressing the Treasury’s decision to move Tax Day (for both filing and payment) from April 15 to July 15, 2020....more
The Minnesota Department of Revenue announced on March 23, 2020 that, in line with the extended federal deadlines, Minnesotans now have until July 15, 2020 to file their Minnesota individual income tax returns and to make tax...more
The Arizona Department of Revenue announced that it will postpone the deadline for filing and paying state income taxes from April 15, 2020 until July 15, 2020, consistent with the extension of federal filing and payment...more
The D.C. Office of Tax and Revenue announced on March 23, 2020 that, in step with the federal deadline extensions announced by the IRS on March 20, 2020, the deadline for taxpayers to file and pay their 2019 individual,...more
Following the U.S. Treasury’s announcements last week extending the April 15 deadline for payment of federal income tax, Maryland announced a similar measure, postponing until July 15, 2020 all tax payments owed by business...more
Pursuant to Utah state statute, the individual income tax return filing deadline will continue to mirror the Federal deadline. According to Utah State Tax Commission (STC) Chair John Valentine, Utah thus automatically...more
Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed an executive order on March 20 extending the April 15, 2020 tax payment deadlines for all individuals and businesses to July 15, 2020....more
The Georgia Department of Revenue (DOR) extended tax filing and payment deadlines for Georgia income taxes due on April 15, 2020, which makes Georgia another state to conform with the federal tax filing and payment...more