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Relief Measures Internal Revenue Service Employer Liability Issues

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Employee Retention Credit: Moratorium, Withdrawals, and March 22 Deadline for Voluntary Disclosure Program

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The Employee Retention Credit (ERC)—sometimes called the Employee Retention Tax Credit or ERTC—is a refundable tax credit for certain eligible businesses and tax-exempt organizations that had employees and were affected...more

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Worried About Your ERC Refund Claim? IRS Announces Process to Withdraw Pending Claims

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If you listen to the TV or radio, you have probably heard advertisements about Employee Retention Credits (ERCs) and how employers may qualify for cash from the government. If you own a business, you have probably been...more

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The Employee Retention Tax Credit is on Hold

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The IRS has placed it’s popular employee retention tax credit program on hold. Claims filed after September 14, 2023 will be placed on hold until at least the end of the year....more

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Client Advisory: ERTC Moratorium

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Because of the large number of inappropriate claims for the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC), the IRS has stopped receiving applications for those credits beginning on September 14, 2023. The moratorium will continue at...more

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IRS Chief Counsel Issues GLAMon ERC Supply-Chain Disruption Eligibility

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Section 2301 of the CARES Act, as amended, permits employers to claim employee retention credits (“ERCs”) if they meet certain requirements. Under one of those requirements, an employer may claim an ERC if the employer’s...more

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How IRS Is Cracking Down on Employee Retention Tax Credit Fraud

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The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) has recently devoted great attention to detecting, investigating, and prosecuting fraud, particularly as it relates to the Employee Retention Tax Credit (“ERC”) post-COVID. On a webinar...more

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Qualifying for the Employee Retention Credit and Partial Shutdowns

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IRS Warnings - The IRS continues to issue warnings alerting employers to be wary of promoters aggressively pushing schemes to claim the employee retention credit (the ERC). The IRS has also added these promoter claims to its...more

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Happy Holidays from the IRS: The IRS Finalizes the ACA Reporting Relief and Deadline Extensions!

On December 12, 2022, the Department of Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) released final regulations that provide reporting relief for ACA reporting— specifically, Forms 1095-B and 1095-C...more

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Weekly IRS Roundup September 19 – September 23, 2022

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Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of September 19, 2022 – September 23, 2022....more

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The American Rescue Plan: Extension of Tax Credits for Employers

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On March 11, 2021, President Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Plan (Plan) into law.  Among other things, the Plan provides additional stimulus payments to qualifying Americans, extends federal unemployment benefits,...more

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Weekly IRS Roundup January 18 – January 22, 2021

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Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of January 18, 2021 – January 22, 2021... On January 20, President Biden’s chief of staff, Ronald...more

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How to Provide Employees $26,250 in Nontaxable Student Loan Repayment Assistance

The Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act, recently passed as part of the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021,” has significantly extended the tax exclusions for employer-paid student loan repayment assistance...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Retirement Plan Provisions in the New COVID-19 Relief Acts

The recently enacted COVID-19 Related Tax Relief Act of 2020 and the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020, both of which are part of the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021,” includes the following...more

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Mandatory COVID Leave Expires, but Tax Credits for Providing COVID Leave are Extended

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Starting Jan. 1, 2021, employers subject to the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) are no longer required to provide employees with COVID-related paid leave, but they may do so in some situations and still...more

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Congress Makes Additional Paid Family Leave and Paid Sick Leave Optional

The dust has now settled on the new stimulus bill signed by President Trump on December 27, 2020. The changes to the Family First Coronavirus Recovery Act (“FFCRA”) was buried in over 5000 pages of text and provides a choice...more

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New Temporary Special Rules for Flexible Spending Accounts

The president has signed into law the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020, which includes several temporary special rules aimed at minimizing forfeitures and increasing the utility of health and dependent...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Year-End Stimulus Bill Permits, but Does Not Mandate, Extension of FFCRA Leave

Late on December 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law an omnibus stimulus bill. The new legislation contained much needed extensions of unemployment benefits that have supported many Americans who have experienced...more

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The Tax Impact of Recent Federal Actions Relating to COVID-19

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The Federal government has recently taken a series of actions concerning the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). We discuss the tax implications of these decisions...more

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