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Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Tax Planning

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

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Too Good To Last? IRS Halts Processing of ERC Claims

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While not as well-known as the Paycheck Protection Program, the Employee Retention Credit (“ERC”) program was another form of Covid relief provided by the federal government to businesses in 2020 and 2021. The ERC program...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

North Carolina Businesses Likely Need to File an Amended Tax Return

As tax season is upon us, a quick reminder that North Carolina businesses that spent Small Business Administration (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan proceeds in 2020 will likely need to file an amended North...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Some Estate Planning and Business Transition Issues Not to Overlook Before 2021 Year-End

As we enter the final quarter of 2021, there are many things still to do and plan for before the end of the year. There are also some timing considerations given proposed legislative changes and the lead time needed to...more

Oberheiden P.C.

Eleven of the IRS's Enforcement Priorities During the 2021 Tax Season

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It is tax season once again. While the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has extended this year’s filing deadline to May 17, 2021 for individuals, businesses must still file by April 15, and all U.S. taxpayers must ensure that...more

Burr & Forman

PPP Loan Application Date Extended by Congress

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President Biden has signed the PPP Extension Act of 2021. The new law extends the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) application filing deadline from March 31, 2021 to May 31, 2021.  The new law gives qualifying businesses and...more

Snell & Wilmer

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

McGlinchey Stafford

[Webinar] Updates to the Paycheck Protection Program & Other Issues - March 18th, 2:00 pm ET

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Join us on Thursday, March 18 for the second installment in our 3-Part webinar series on the Paycheck Protection Program and formulate your game-plan before you apply for forgiveness. McGlinchey attorneys Richard Aguilar,...more

Burr & Forman

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

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

[Webinar] New Round of PPP Loans: What Nonprofits Need to Know - February 25th, 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm PT

The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) is a lifeline for nonprofits and other businesses that are struggling to survive during the pandemic. Round 3, now rolling out, includes updated forgiveness and tax rules, and is...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021

Business Tax Provisions - About-Face on Deductibility of PPP Expenses. The CAA overrules the IRS’s previous guidance denying the deductibility of expenses relating to forgiven PPP loans....more

Akerman LLP - SALT Insights

Summary of Tax Provisions in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

On December 27, 2020, President Trump signed the new $900 billion stimulus package – the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the CAA), which, among other things, advances legislation intended to provide additional help for...more

Stinson LLP

IRS Reverses on Deductibility of Expenses Paid with PPP Loans

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On January 6, the IRS issued Revenue Ruling 2021-2, reversing its earlier position and allowing expenses paid with PPP loan proceeds to be deducted....more

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Congress’ Second COVID-19 Relief Bill Updates the Paycheck Protection Program

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Last week, Congress reached a deal on a second pandemic relief package which includes the enactment of the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Business, Nonprofits, and Venues Act (Act), which has now been signed by President...more

Payne & Fears

Paycheck Protection Program Phase 2: What Businesses Need to Know

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Much of the publicity and scrutiny surrounding the recently enacted coronavirus relief bill attached to the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 has been focused on the economic impact payments and supplemental...more

Ruder Ware

Paycheck Protection Program Loan Borrowers Will Find Deductions Under the Tree This Holiday Season

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On the evening of December 21, 2020 the House and Senate passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the “Act”), a 5,593 page bill that funds the federal government for the next fiscal year and provides long anticipated...more

UB Greensfelder LLP

Congress Confirms Tax Deductions for Expenses Paid with PPP Loans, Extends Other Tax Provisions

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Congress gave recipients of loans under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) a holiday present when it confirmed the deductibility of expenses paid with proceeds of a PPP loan that is forgiven. This confirmation is part of...more

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New COVID-19 Relief Bill Allows Deductibility of Expenses Paid with Forgiven PPP Loans

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As I previously reported in an article published earlier this month, the IRS has repeatedly taken the position that businesses cannot deduct otherwise deductible expenses (such as payroll or rent) if the business used...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

Are Eligible PPP Expenses Deductible? IRS vs. Congress?

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The CARES Act was enacted in March 2020 for purposes including providing financial assistance to eligible borrowers under the Paycheck Protection Program, well known as PPP, and more than $500 billion of forgivable loans have...more

Morgan Lewis

IRS Provides Further Guidance on the Deductibility of Expenses Funded by PPP Loans

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The Internal Revenue Service recently released Revenue Ruling 2020-27 and Revenue Procedure 2020-51, which provide guidance on the deductibility of certain expenses paid or incurred in a taxpayer’s business using loan...more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

IRS Issues Ruling on PPP Loan Forgiveness and Non-Deductible Expenses

On November 18, 2020, the IRS issued Revenue Ruling 2020-27 (Ruling), which provided an answer to the question that Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan borrowers have been asking for months: can borrowers who received PPP...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

2020 Year-End Estate Planning Advisory

In 2020, COVID-19, the US presidential election, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the TCJA), and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the CARES ACT) dominated the planning landscape....more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

IRS Clarifies Tax Treatment Of Business Expenses Paid With PPP Loan Proceeds

In May 2020, the IRS announced that business expenses paid with Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan proceeds are not deductible if the PPP loan is subsequently forgiven. For more detail, please click here.  Despite facing...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

New IRS guidance confirms PPP loans not as good or as bad as once thought

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued a Revenue Ruling, a Revenue Procedure and a series of frequently asked questions (FAQs) posted on the IRS website addressing open questions regarding Paycheck Protection...more

Miller Canfield

IRS Updates Guidance on Deductibility of Expenses Paid With PPP Loan Proceeds

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The IRS recently released additional guidance about the tax treatment of expenses paid with proceeds of Paycheck Protection Program loans. The PPP loans are a COVID relief program enacted as part of the CARES Act....more

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