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Law Brief: CARES Act Relief for Small Businesses
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If you are involved in a case where your spouse owns an interest in a small business, one of the issues you and your lawyer will grapple with is whether the books and records of that business adequately portray its revenue...more
The IRS has recently made two significant announcements regarding Employee Retention Credit or “ERC” claims. First, on September 14th, 2023, the IRS announced an immediate moratorium on the processing of ERC claims through...more
Third-Party Payroll Providers Cleared - On June 13, 2023, the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) issued new FAQ 72 (“FAQ 72”) to help clarify whether amounts paid by borrowers to third-party payers for the...more
COVID-19 Fraud Update: DOJ Prosecutes More than 150 Defendants, 95 Criminal Cases - Since the inception of the CARES Act, DOJ’s Fraud Section has prosecuted over 150 defendants in over 95 criminal cases. The Fraud Section...more
The Paycheck Protection Program closed on May 28, 2021. The SBA is no longer accepting new applications from participating lenders. The following FAQs are for informational purposes only and to assist borrowers who obtained...more
On December 27, the President signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021. The Act includes a roughly $900 billion COVID-19 relief package, known as the “Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits and...more
On November 23, 2020, we posted about the legal deductibility of expenses paid in 2020 with funds borrowed through PPP (Paycheck Protection Program) loans guaranteed by the government and subject to discharge as debts once it...more
Congress gave recipients of loans under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) a holiday present when it confirmed the deductibility of expenses paid with proceeds of a PPP loan that is forgiven. This confirmation is part of...more
It has been a very long, if not a very good year. We noted in an earlier post that one of the challenges reserved for 2021 would be to see how the IRS would address the dischargeable loans granted to hundreds of thousands of...more
The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) ruled on November 18 that taxpayers that received Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loans and used the proceeds to pay otherwise-deductible expenses may not deduct the payments if the...more
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
A central feature of the CARES Act, the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), provided a lifeline to a multitude of small businesses during the early days of the Coronavirus pandemic. PPP loans were used to cover payroll...more
The Internal Revenue Service has issued Notice 2020-52 to clarify the requirements that apply to a mid-year amendment of a safe harbor 401(k) plan that reduces only contributions made on behalf of highly compensated employees...more
The Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act (the “Act”), which has passed the House and Senate and is expected to be signed shortly by the President, makes several changes to the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”), the...more