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What's Next for the Paycheck Protection Program? by Lindsey Berwick and John Wittenberg
Between wildfires such as the ones in Southern California earlier this year and hurricanes and other major storms experienced by other parts of the country annually, there is no shortage of natural disasters affecting people...more
On December 1, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released two private letter rulings (PLRs) that considered taxpayer requests to file an extension of time to make a regulatory election within the meaning of Treas. Reg....more
A new program offers rulings in 12 weeks, even absent a showing of business need. Revenue Procedure 2023-26, issued July 26, 2023, in replacement of a popular 18-month pilot program under Revenue Procedure 2022-10,...more
When we thought times were bad enough with the COVID-19 pandemic and widespread social unrest in our country, the West Coast, including the Pacific Northwest, was struck with unprecedented wildfires and massive windstorms,...more
The various thematic memos included below summarize the exceptional package enacted by the French State since the beginning of the lockdown (confinement) and aimed at supporting companies particularly affected by the economic...more
IRS Grants Automatic Extension of Federal Tax Returns - Between March 17 and April 9, 2020, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service issued a series of notices automatically extending to July 15...more
NOTICE 2020-23 - On April 9, 2020, the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury issued Notice 2020-23. It greatly expands the tax compliance relief previously granted to taxpayers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic....more
The IRS issued Notice 2020-23 on April 9, 2020 and announced that the deadline for making estimated tax payments for the second quarter 2020, due June 15, 2020, has been extended to July 15, 2020. This notice supplements...more
In response to the developing COVID-19 crisis, on March 21, 2020, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that the federal income tax filing deadline would be automatically extended until July...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The tax credits afforded to certain employers and self-employed individuals by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) are in effect for the period from April 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020. ...more
In accordance with ORS 305.157, the director of the Oregon Department of Revenue (“DOR”) ordered an automatic extension of the 2019 tax year income tax filing and payment due dates. Oregon now joins several other states and...more
Governor Kevin Stitt and State Auditor Cindy Byrd have requested that all county treasurers in the State of Oklahoma extend the ad valorem tax payment deadline until April 30, 2020. Governor Stitt and Auditor Byrd also...more
On Friday, March 20th, consistent with U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin’s announcement that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has moved the deadline for 2019 federal tax returns to July 15, 2020, the Arizona Department...more
On March 17, 2020, the South Carolina Department of Revenue announced, through SC Information Letter #20-3, that all South Carolina tax filing and payment deadlines starting on April 1, 2020 were extended to June 1, 2020. ...more
The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have brought clarity to the 2019 income tax return filing and tax payment due dates. President Trump previewed the planned income tax relief in his March 13, 2020...more
On March 20, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) released Notice 2020-18 which delays the due date for the filing of federal income tax returns and federal income tax payments due April 15, 2020 until July 15, 2020....more
In guidance published March 18, 2020 (Notice 2020-17), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) postponed the payment deadline from April 15, 2020, until July 15, 2020, for federal income tax payments (including payments of tax on...more