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Current Enforcement Efforts in the Battle Against COVID-19 Loan Program Fraud

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The COVID-19 pandemic caused unprecedented impacts around the world including stay-at-home orders, curfews, quarantines, and economic uncertainty. Businesses across the United States were forced to close their doors, limit...more

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

Adams and Reese LLP

More Businesses Now Eligible for Employee Retention Credit (ERC) – Do You Qualify?

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What is the ERC? Congress introduced the Employee Retention Credit (ERC) as part of the CARES Act to encourage businesses to keep employees on their payroll during the pandemic. ...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Paycheck Protection Program Round 2: FAQs For Nonprofits - August 2021

The Paycheck Protection Program closed on May 28, 2021. The SBA is no longer accepting new applications from participating lenders. The following FAQs are for informational purposes only and to assist borrowers who obtained...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Paycheck Protection Program Round 2: FAQs For Nonprofits - June 2021

The Paycheck Protection Program closed on May 28, 2021. The SBA is no longer accepting new applications from participating lenders. The following FAQs are for informational purposes only and to assist borrowers who obtained...more

Perkins Coie

SBA Serves Up Guidance for Restaurant Revitalization Fund Grants

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More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, the first form of federal relief prepared specifically for restaurants is likely to be delivered soon. Many restaurants have benefited from Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans,...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Employee Retention Tax Credits: Another Potential Benefit for Economically Challenged Businesses

After the passage of the CARES Act last year, the clear focus of small businesses was on the Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP”). A slightly less reported feature was the tax credit available for the retention of...more

Gould + Ratner LLP

IRS Issues Guidance for Employers Claiming 2020 Employee Retention Credit

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Earlier this month, the IRS provided guidance for employers claiming the employee retention tax credit for 2020. Changes Under December 2020 Stimulus Plan - As detailed in a previous Gould & Ratner article on the...more

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Credit Where Credit Is Due: IRS Offers Long-Sought Guidance on Employer Retention Credit Program

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As we previously reported, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) provided for an employee retention credit (“ERC”) designed to encourage employers to retain workers during the COVID-19...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

K&L Gates LLP

COVID-19: CARES Act Tax Summary Guide - February 2021 #1

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This guide outlines the tax provisions contained in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act), and certain related notices issued by the...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Employee Retention Tax Credit – Updates and What to Know for Your Business

On Dec. 20, 2020, the House and Senate passed H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (“CAA”), which includes a significant expansion of the Employee Retention Tax Credit (“ERTC”) through June 30. The ERTC...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

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021: Tax Update

On December 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the “Act”). The Act, which includes the COVID-19-related Tax Relief Act of 2020 and the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax...more

Stoel Rives LLP

Year-End Appropriations Act Includes Income and Employment Tax Provisions

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The recently enacted Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Act) contains a wide range of tax, appropriations, and other provisions, including pandemic-specific provisions and extensions of provisions in the Coronavirus Aid,...more

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Congress Enhances Significant Tax Breaks For Businesses In Consolidated Appropriations Act

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The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Act), signed into law on December 27, 2020, amends certain tax provisions of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) and the Families First Coronavirus...more

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Coronavirus: President Trump Signs Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021; Summary of the Tax Provisions

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On December 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the “Act”). The Act enhances and expands certain provisions of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the...more

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Consolidated Appropriations Act Of 2021 Enacted: What Employers Need To Know Now

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On the evening of December 21, 2020, the House and Senate approved a $900 billion stimulus package included as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (the “Act”). The President signed the Act into law on...more

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Congress Provides New Round of COVID-19 Relief

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The Consolidated Appropriations Act, including the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Relief Act 2020 (collectively, the “Act”) was signed into law on December 27, 2020. The Act expands prior COVID-19 relief and includes new...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

Perkins Coie

Summary of Certain Business Tax Provisions in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

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After much political gridlock, Congress passed an omnibus government-spending bill (Appropriations Act), which includes another COVID-19 relief package. The Appropriations Act contains many tax-related provisions. Some of the...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

Congress Passes New and Additional Business, Tax Relief Measures in COVID-19 Stimulus Bill

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On Monday, December 21, Congress enacted a $900 billion stimulus package to support American workers and businesses impacted by COVID-19. This summary provides an overview of the business and tax relief measures contained in...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Congress Briefly Extends Part of the FFCRA

The Families First Coronavirus Relief Act ("FFCRA") was passed by Congress this spring to mandate two weeks of paid sick leave for COVID-19 reasons and to extend the FMLA by creating a new reason for FMLA leave relating to...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Why You May Want to Wait to File for PPP Loan Forgiveness and Other Tips - Update #6

Most Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) borrowers are working toward full forgiveness of their PPP loans and are anxious to get this process started. A borrower generally may submit a loan forgiveness application any time on...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Private Equity Dealmakers Guidebook to Healthcare M&A During the Covid-19 Pandemic

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The COVID-19 pandemic has stressed the M&A market at every stage of the deal-making process – from complicating on-site visits and intensifying the diligence process to introducing valuation gaps (relative to pre-COVID-19...more

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