Does Your Business Qualify for the Employee Retention Credit (ERC)?

The Employee Retention Credit (“ERC”) was originally enacted as part of the first wave of pandemic relief in March of 2020. Since then, it has been modified and expanded to make many small businesses eligible. Read More


Sue Schloemer

Sep 28, 2022

The Evolution of the Employee Retention Credit

The pandemic has adversely affected many sectors of the U.S. economy, causing widespread job losses. At the start of the national emergency, Congress created a novel tax break — the Employee Retention Credit (ERC) — Read More


Kirsch CPA Group

Mar 31, 2021

CAA Offers Tax Breaks for Manufacturers

The Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) — the massive spending package passed in December 2020 — includes many tax breaks designed to help businesses that have been struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, the new law Read More


Kirsch CPA Group

Feb 04, 2021

Nonprofits Need to Educate Donors About New Tax Benefits

The Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) enacted in December 2020 extends and modifies several key tax provisions originally included in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The CARES Act provided several forms of Read More


Kirsch CPA Group

Feb 04, 2021

Three New Payroll Tax Provisions For Eligible Employers

Signed into law in the waning days of 2020, the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) provides some new tax breaks for employers — including three payroll-related items. These are the employee retention tax credit, family and Read More


Kirsch CPA Group

Feb 04, 2021

PPP Loan Changes Included in the New Appropriations Act

The Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) extends, liberalizes and expands the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Originally established by the CARES Act, the PPP expired on August 8, 2020. Now the CAA resurrects it. Here are the Read More


Kirsch CPA Group

Jan 21, 2021

Appropriations Law Adds Some Business Tax Breaks and Extends Others

President Trump signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) into law on December 27, 2020. The legislation adds a few new tax breaks for businesses and extends a bevy of other business breaks that were set Read More


Kirsch CPA Group

Jan 07, 2021

Energy-Related Tax Breaks Are Extended in the New Law

The massive economic stimulus and government spending law, which was signed on December 27, 2020, extends several energy-related tax breaks. Before the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) was signed, these federal income tax breaks (often called Read More


Kirsch CPA Group

Jan 07, 2021

Just in Time for the Holidays: Pandemic Relief for Individuals

On December 21, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (CAA), which provides pandemic relief for individuals and businesses, as well as other tax and health-related provisions. White House aides had indicated that President Read More


Kirsch CPA Group

Dec 23, 2020