Finally, after the tragic year that 2020 was, things were starting to look up again. Businesses were reopening and hiring people and the economy had finally started to show signs of recovery and strength after a year of stagnation and recession. The summer of 2021 was the start of making up for that lost year. … Read more

The CARES Act and Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 allows eligible businesses to claim an Employee Retention Credit (ERC) to encourage businesses to keep employees on their payroll. Subsequent legislation, like the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020, amends and extends the benefits of the ERC (along with the availability of advance payments), … Read more

A persistent barrier to considering veterans for employment is perception. Notably in the movies or the news, a distorted view of veterans exists. This can be very dramatic, but it can stigmatize members of an organization that include over 2 of the most highly trained and adaptable workers possible. This stigmatization has the unfortunate result … Read more

According to a News Release by the Department of Labor dated September 17th, new Unemployment Rates still remain very high with states reporting that 860,000 workers filed New applications for Unemployment claims. This was a reduction from the previous week (893,000), and lower than the rolling 4-week average, but this is still over 4 times … Read more

Trying to understand the connection between the Employer Retention Credit (where an employer would get 50% of the first $10,000 they pay someone to keep them on payroll), the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (up to 40% of the person’s first year wages, depending on the category), and the Payroll Protection Program which provides small business … Read more

WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service today launched the Employee Retention Credit, designed to encourage businesses to keep employees on their payroll. The refundable tax credit is 50% of up to $10,000 in wages paid by an eligible employer whose business has been financially impacted by COVID-19. The credit is available to all … Read more

Ken Brice here.  As someone who’s been involved with companies to help reduce their tax bite for over 20 years, I wanted to bring you up to speed on a couple of tax saving opportunities that are developing now and are important to companies in these tough times. As all companies are dealing with this … Read more

There appear to be a number of challenges ahead of getting WOTC permanently added to the tax code.  The below is from Paul Suplizio, President of the WOTC Coalition. January 28, 2020 Renewing WOTC will be hyper-challenging this election year, not only because we’ll be lobbying candidates face-to-face at every opportunity (congresspersons and senators are … Read more