The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 20 - Pitfalls and Perils: Employee Retention Credit Enforcement Trends
Telehealth Risk Report: What the Government Found
Podcast: Hot Areas in COVID-19 Enforcement, Testing, and Funding - Diagnosing Health Care
Navigating Potential COVID Relief and Healthcare Fraud Issues
Health Care Practices: Can They Seek Employee Retention Credits Based on Harm Caused By COVID-19?
Credit Eco to Go Podcast - Not a Normal Mortgage Crisis: How the Mortgage Industry Weathered the Pandemic
Stephen Shaver on CARES Act Relief Funds and Healthcare Organizations
Labor & Employment Podcast Series, Biden’s First 100 Days: A Check-In for Employers.
Not a Normal Mortgage Crisis: How the Mortgage Industry Weathered the Pandemic
The Year Ahead: COVID-19's Impact on the Employee Benefits Value Proposition
PPP Loans: Frequently Asked Questions
Paycheck Protection Program – Common Questions and Updated Guidance
COVID-19 Hospice How-To Series: The Latest on Using and Reporting Your Provider Relief Funds
When Is Form 1099-C Required of Lenders? [More with McGlinchey, Ep. 16]
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - New Round of COVID-19 Relief Expands Assistance for Employers
2021: The Year Ahead for Employers
PPP Loan Recipients at Risk: Part One
Slamming the door on 2020 and looking ahead to 2021
Dealing with The CARES Act and the Current Status of Offsets in Pennsylvania Workers Compensation
Nowhere to spend child care FSA funds
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In March 2020 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was signed into law establishing, among other things, the Payment Protection Program (PPP) administered...more
Four years ago this month, lenders began dispersing Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans to small businesses in what would become the largest Small Business Administration (SBA) lending program in history. The SBA approved...more
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On Tuesday, President Biden signed an extension of the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) into law. The law extends the deadline to apply for a PPP Loan to May 31 (from March 31) and extends the date for loan authorization...more
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The Paycheck Protection Program is scheduled to expire March 31, 2021. However, the program still has a large amount of unspent money, and there is still considerable support for the program in Congress....more
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
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