Tag: Employee Retention Credit

As the IRS ramps up efforts to address ineligible claims for COVID-related payroll relief, many small and midsize businesses who applied for funds under erroneous or narrow criteria could face an increased risk of audits Read More

After receiving a deluge of improper Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC) claims, the IRS recently announced an immediate moratorium through at least December 31 on processing new claims for the pandemic relief program. The tax Read More

“IRS cracks down on aggressive ERC marketing promoters and employers filing dubious claims” On July 26, 2023, the IRS Commissioner, Danny Werfel, announced that the agency has made significant progress in processing Employee Retention Credit Read More

The IRS is warning employers to beware of third parties who are advising them to claim the Employee Retention Credit (ERC) when they may not qualify. Some third parties are taking improper positions related to Read More

The Employee Retention Credit (“ERC”) was originally enacted as part of the first wave of pandemic relief in March of 2020.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

Are you maximizing your tax benefits? From employee retention credits to tax credits for innovation, there are many strategies for small and midsized businesses to capitalize on deductions and benefits for the 2021 tax year Read More

Sometimes, Uncle Sam seems to give with one hand and take with the other. Take the employee retention credit (ERC), for example. Congress created this tax break in 2020 to help businesses continue to pay Read More

If your not-for-profit managed to keep staffers employed throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, there could be a tax reward. Under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, employers may be entitled to claim an Read More

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

What is the Employee Retention Credit? Under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, employers negatively impacted by the pandemic can offset the employer portion of payroll taxes through the Employee Retention Credit (ERC).  The ERC can Read More