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The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 44 - A Recipe for Litigation: The Simmering Conflict Surrounding ERC Claims

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Is the IRS prepping a legal stew for businesses that filed for Employee Retention Credit (ERC) relief? Host Matt Adams invites Fox Rothschild partner Elizabeth Blickley into the proverbial kitchen for this episode. They...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

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

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

Fox Rothschild LLP

The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 28 - Under the Microscope: Examining the Future of the ERC

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The House Ways and Means Committee recently advanced a bill that gives businesses a proposed deadline of January 31, 2024 to file Employee Retention Credit (ERC) claims. This comes on the heels of recent announcements by the...more

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Immediate Deadlines May Loom For Employee Retention Credit Claims

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In late 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) implemented three important initiatives that will impact employers who have filed, or intend to file, Employee Retention Credit (ERC) refund claims. This alert provides a brief...more

Gray Reed

ERC Voluntary Disclosure: Promoters Targeted and Employers Cautioned

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For some time, the IRS has targeted fraudulent employee retention credit (“ERC”) claims. More recently, on December 21, 2023, the IRS issued guidance on a new voluntary disclosure program (the “ERC-VDP”) that the agency...more

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

Employee Retention Credit on the Chopping Block as Congress Mulls Tax and Spending Bills

The Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024 (H.R. 7024) would terminate the employee retention credit (ERC) for claims filed after January 31, 2024. Initially authorized by the CARES Act to incentivize...more

Roetzel & Andress

Employee Retention Tax Credit: Post COVID Updates for Healthcare Practices

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Joining host Ericka Adler on the #HealthLawHotSpot this week is fellow Roetzel shareholder and leader of the tax practice group, attorney Donna Hartl. Donna provides insight on how and why the Employee Retention Tax Credit...more

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ERC Claims on Hold While IRS Figures Out What it Thinks is Real

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The IRS recently issued a press release regarding its “continuous efforts to combat dubious Employee Retention Credit (ERC) claims” to announce an initial round of over 20,000 notification letters of disallowed ERC claims....more

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Review of Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC) Claim

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During the COVID quarantine, congress enacted the Employee Retention Tax Credit (“ERTC”). The purpose of the credit was to provide funds for employers whose business activity was reduced or shut down because of COVID....more

Burns & Levinson LLP

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

DarrowEverett LLP

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

Burns & Levinson LLP

Client Advisory: Employee Retention Tax Credit and More on the IRS Fraud Alert

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Federal legislation relating to the employee retention tax credit (“ERTC”), passed to alleviate the financial burdens of businesses shut down due to governmental orders during COVID, is discussed in a prior Client Advisory....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

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

IRS Helps Taxpayers Avoid Tax Penalties Caused by Retroactive Termination Of Employee Retention Credit

The Employee Retention Credit (the “ERC”) was created by the CARES Act to encourage businesses to retain employees on their payroll by providing a refundable tax credit equal to 50% of qualified wages. This credit was...more

Stinson LLP

Employee Retention Tax Credit Ended 2021 Q3

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On November 5, 2021, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 3684: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The Act currently awaits signature by President Biden. Prior to the Act, Section 3134 of the Internal Revenue Code...more

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California Expands Business Relief Grants

On May 13, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced an expansion of the state’s COVID-19 Small Business Relief Grant program from $2.5 billion to $4 billion. The expansion makes California’s business relief grants...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

ARP: Tax Provisions

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ARP Tax Changes Include Credit Extensions/Expansions, Tax Relief for EIDL and Grant Recipients, and Changes to Worldwide Interest Allocation Rules - Among many other provisions, the American Rescue Plan (ARP), the $1.9...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

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

COVID-19 in the Workplace - PPP Update, COVID Plans from the Biden Transition Team, Higher Education Relief Package Provision,...

In these sessions, we not only summarize the week’s latest federal and state guidance, we will also offer insights on: - All aspects of employment law compliance - Paycheck Protection Program, tax credits and other economic...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

New Stimulus Legislation Makes PPP-Funded Expenses Deductible and Provides Other Tax Benefits

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On December 27, 2020, following an unexpected delay, President Donald Trump signed stimulus legislation that legislatively overruled the IRS’s position that expenses funded with forgiven Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”)...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Paycheck Protection Program Update: Additional COVID Relief under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ("CARES...

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On December 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law the $2.3 trillion coronavirus relief and government funding bill. In addition to other provisions, the law specifically adds $284 billion to the already successful...more

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Long-Awaited Final and New Proposed Regulations Issued Under Section 163(j)

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On July 28, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued final regulations (the “Final Regulations”) under section 163(j) of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”). These regulations...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Client Alert: The CARES Act and Suspension of Required Minimum Distributions

On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed the “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act” or the CARES Act into law. The new law consists of almost 900 pages. This Client Alert focuses on one provision of the Act...more

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