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Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

The IRS is Aggressively Pursuing Employee Retention Credit Claims. Are You at Risk?

Congress enacted the Employee Retention Credit (“ERC”) during the COVID-19 pandemic to help employers retain their workforce and stay current on payroll despite economic difficulties that plagued the world. The legislation...more

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

Employee Retention Credit on the Chopping Block as Congress Mulls Tax and Spending Bills

The Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024 (H.R. 7024) would terminate the employee retention credit (ERC) for claims filed after January 31, 2024. Initially authorized by the CARES Act to incentivize...more

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Too Good To Last? IRS Halts Processing of ERC Claims

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While not as well-known as the Paycheck Protection Program, the Employee Retention Credit (“ERC”) program was another form of Covid relief provided by the federal government to businesses in 2020 and 2021. The ERC program...more

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You Can Still Leverage the Employee Retention Credit

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Even though it’s 2022, there’s still time to take advantage of the limited-time opportunity, Employee Retention Credit.  The Employee Retention Credit is simple in concept. The refundable tax credit provides...more

Wiley Rein LLP

PPP Recipients Beware – Your Loan Forgiveness May Be a Credit Due Back to Government

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One of most significant aspects of the 2020 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) was the “Paycheck Protection Program” (PPP). PPP, administered by the Small Business Administration (SBA), authorized...more

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Eleven of the IRS's Enforcement Priorities During the 2021 Tax Season

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It is tax season once again. While the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has extended this year’s filing deadline to May 17, 2021 for individuals, businesses must still file by April 15, and all U.S. taxpayers must ensure that...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Paycheck Protection Program: FAQs For Microbusinesses -UPDATED April 2021 #1

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

Stoel Rives LLP

COVID Relief Update: This Week at the SBA

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This week has seen three significant developments relating to Small Business Administration (“SBA”) programs designed to help businesses weather the lingering impacts of COVID-19....more

Burr & Forman

PPP Loan Application Date Extended by Congress

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President Biden has signed the PPP Extension Act of 2021. The new law extends the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) application filing deadline from March 31, 2021 to May 31, 2021.  The new law gives qualifying businesses and...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

House Passes PPP Extension Act of 2021

On March 16, the House passed 415-13 H.R. 1799, the PPP Extension Act of 2021. The bill would extend the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan application deadline to May 31 from March 31 and give the Small Business...more

Hogan Lovells

Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines, March 2021 # 12

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In Washington: President Biden on Tuesday began what is expected to be a weeks-long sales pitch to tout the new coronavirus relief package. Biden visited Smith Flooring in Chester, Pennsylvania, a small business that received...more

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Time is Running Out to Apply For a PPP Loan

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The second PPP loan program is due to expire March 31, 2021.  Many eligible businesses have still not applied.  President Biden announced changes to the program on February 22, 2021 making it easier to qualify for a PPP loan...more

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Retroactive 2020 Employee Retention Credit Changes and 2021 Enhancements

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The Employee Retention Credit, as originally enacted on March 27, 2020 by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), is a refundable tax credit against certain employment taxes equal to 50% of the...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

An About-Face on PPP Deductibility

The Consolidation Appropriations Act of 2021 overrules the IRS’s previous guidance (discussed here) holding that expenses giving rise to the forgiveness of Paycheck Protection Program loans were not deductible....more

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Highlights Of The Latest COVID-19 Relief Bill

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The New Year is already proving to be a busy one. A new Congress, new COVID-19 strains and vaccine promises, and a new stimulus package making its way to American citizens and businesses. The Coronavirus Response and Relief...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

COVID-19 in the Workplace - PPP Update, COVID Plans from the Biden Transition Team, Higher Education Relief Package Provision,...

In these sessions, we not only summarize the week’s latest federal and state guidance, we will also offer insights on: - All aspects of employment law compliance - Paycheck Protection Program, tax credits and other economic...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

PPP 2 LOANS —A Second Opportunity for Eligible Businesses to Obtain Forgivable Loans

This advisory summarizes the terms, eligibility and application requirements of the new Payment Protection Program loan (PPP 2 Loans) under the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act, which...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Client Alert: Collaboration in Congress: The Road to Finally Passing an End-of-Year COVID-Relief Bill

Late on Sunday, December 27th, after initially raising concerns about the pandemic relief measure that had overwhelmingly passed Congress days before, President Trump signed the measure into law, ending a long political...more

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New COVID Relief Bill – Paycheck Protection Program (Round 2)

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As a result of recently passed stimulus legislation called the Economic Aid Act, additional funding has been made available under the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) for both first and second-time borrowers. ...more

Cooley LLP

Alert: Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021 Provides Further Pandemic Tax Relief

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On December 27, President Donald Trump signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021. The new legislation includes certain clarifications of and modifications to the tax provisions of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief...more

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New Stimulus Legislation Makes PPP-Funded Expenses Deductible and Provides Other Tax Benefits

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On December 27, 2020, following an unexpected delay, President Donald Trump signed stimulus legislation that legislatively overruled the IRS’s position that expenses funded with forgiven Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”)...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Paycheck Protection Program Update: Additional COVID Relief under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ("CARES...

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On December 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law the $2.3 trillion coronavirus relief and government funding bill. In addition to other provisions, the law specifically adds $284 billion to the already successful...more

Sands Anderson PC

Federal Stimulus and COVID-19 Relief

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On December 21, 2020 Congress passed an annual spending bill containing $900 billion in COVID-19 pandemic relief and stimulus measures.  President Trump signed this bill into law on December 27, 2020.  In addition to...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

President Trump Signs COVID-19 Stimulus Bill, Unlocking New Relief Spending

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On Sunday, December 27, 2020 President Trump signed into law the $900 billion stimulus package enacted by Congress on December 21. His signature ensures that this new relief spending for individuals, families, workers, and...more

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COVID Relief Bill: PPP-Paid Expenses Are Deductible

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This past Monday, December 21, a $900 billion pandemic relief bill came out of the U.S. House and Senate. It is called the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021. If President Trump signs it, it will become law. Weighing in at...more

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