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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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House Tax Bill Would Greatly Accelerate Employee Retention Credit Filing Deadlines

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The current draft of the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024 includes a proposed provision that would dramatically accelerate the deadline to file claims for the Employee Retention Credit (ERC) to January...more

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IRS Announces Voluntary Disclosure Program for Employee Retention Credit Claims

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The Internal Revenue Service has announced a voluntary disclosure program for employers that may have filed non-qualifying Employee Retention Credit (ERC) claims under the CARES Act for the wages paid during 2020 and 2021....more

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We Can Work It Out: IRS Unveils ERC Voluntary Disclosure Program

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As we discussed in our September 25 alert, Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey: IRS Issues Moratorium on Processing New Employee Retention Credit Claims, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) previously...more

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IRS Launches Voluntary Disclosure Program Allowing Businesses to Avoid Penalties if They Pay Back a Portion of Incorrectly Claimed...

On Dec. 21, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) launched a new Voluntary Disclosure Program that allows businesses to pay back only a portion of funds in satisfaction of the full amount of credit that they received based...more

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Employers Be Forewarned and Forearmed: Recent IRS Announcements Require Action on ERTC Claims

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Promoters and tax advisors have extensively marketed the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC) as a way for employers to reclaim Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) payroll taxes paid during the first two years of the...more

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The Brass Tacks: IRS Creates Process for Withdrawing ERC Claims

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The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) recently granted employers a means to avoid interest and penalties on inappropriately taken Employee Retention Tax Credit (“ERC”) claims. This surely will come as a relief to taxpayers who...more

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Withdrawing Employee Retention Credit Claims

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IRS Updates - Because of promoters aggressively pushing schemes to claim the employee retention credit (ERC) and the resulting confusion surrounding eligibility, the IRS has released guidance for employers wanting to...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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ERC Claim Scrutiny Increases as IRS Provides Opportunities to Limit Exposure for Invalid Claims

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Citing rising concern over a "flood" of improper Employee Retention Credit (ERC) claims filed by businesses, many with the assistance of ERC claim promoters, the IRS announced on Sept. 14, 2023, that it is pausing the...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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Employee Retention Tax Credit Consultants and Eligibility: Traps for the Unwary

Update: Late on September 14, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced an immediate moratorium on the processing of new Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC) claims amid a surge of questionable claims. The moratorium will...more

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Federal Credit Unions Can Claim Employee Retention Tax Credits

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The IRS released new guidance for federal credit unions as to their ability to claim the Employee Retention Credit under Section 2301 of the CARES Act. According to the Office of Chief Counsel for the IRS, federal credit...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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Employers Beware: IRS Cautions Employers Against Engaging Third Party Employee Retention Credit Consultants

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Recently, we have been fielding a fair number of inquiries from clients who have been approached by third parties urging them to claim the Employee Retention Credit (“ERC”)... ...more

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The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 4 - Understanding the Employee Retention Credit

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The Employee Retention Credit is rife with complexities and the potential for unintended fraud by employers. Matthew Adams, Co-Chair of the White-Collar Criminal Defense & Regulatory Compliance Practice Group at Fox...more

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COVID-19 Relief in 2021: What Small Businesses Need to Know

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The recent $900 billion COVID-19 economic relief package is delivering long-overdue help to businesses and individuals. The related legislation, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, provided more than $300 billion in aid for...more

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[Webinar] COVID-19 Relief in 2021: What Small Businesses Need to Know - February 2nd, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm ET

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The recent $900 billion COVID-19 economic relief package is delivering long-overdue help to businesses and individuals. The related legislation, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, provided more than $300 billion in aid for...more

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COVID-19 Stimulus Package Significantly Expands CARES Act Employee Retention Tax Credits

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The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, which became law on December 27, 2020, makes significant changes to the employee retention tax credits available under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the...more

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[Webinar] COVID-19 Employment Law Issues Employers Should Know - Potential Litigation, Wage & Hour, Testing, Time Off Work and...

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To assist employers, corporate counsel, and HR professionals that are still grappling with the myriad of COVID-19 issues, CDF has designed a series of complimentary webinars for the week of December 7-11, 2020 from 9-10 am...more

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Have Your Employees Been Misclassified as Independent Contractors?

Now May Be the Perfect Time to Address Compliance in Order to Maximize the Benefits of the Paycheck Protection Program and the Employee Retention Credit - Whether mandated by the government or as a result of economic...more

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