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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has created significant challenges for small and large businesses alike around the world. However, there are also some positive changes taking place. These new post-pandemic trends and behaviors may end up being better for small business everywhere. In fact, there are a few core trends that are major opportunities. Opportunities just …
Post-Pandemic Trends Shifting the Economy for Small BusinessesRead More
Congress has authorized an employee retention credit. Watch the video below to learn what the Employee Retention Credit means to you. Employers eligible for the Employee Retention Credit are generally those whose trade or business has been affected by COVID. If your business was curtailed as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, you may be …
What the Employee Retention Credit Means to You – A VideoRead More
One of the benefits included in the COVID-19 epidemic stimulus package is the ability for an employer to defer payment of the employer’s share of certain federal payroll taxes. The deferral applies to the employer’s 6.2% share of the Social Security (OASDI) payroll tax. The deferral does not apply to the employer’s 1.45% share of …
In the face of the growing COVID-19 pandemic, Congress has passed the Paycheck Protection Program, a $349 billion effort to support small businesses and facilitate their ability to continue paying their employees through the crisis period. The law authorizes the granting of forgivable loans, all of which will carry the same terms. In order for …
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Information Sheet – For BorrowersRead More
There are two different types of government business loans available to help small businesses stay afloat during the coronavirus emergency that are quite different in nature. The Paycheck Protection Program loans provide funding to continue paying employees during the crisis and the Economic Injury Disaster Loans provide vital economic support to help overcome the temporary …
To help businesses retain employees and keep them employed during the COVID-19 crisis, Congress has provided a refundable employer retention credit available to all qualifying employers regardless of size, including tax-exempt organizations. Do you quality for the credit? To qualify for the credit, employers must fall into one of two categories: Business Operations Curtailed: Eligible employers …
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, signed into law on March 27th by President Trump, includes an unemployment assistance program for individuals who under normal circumstances would not qualify for unemployment benefits, which traditionally have only applied to employees. Under the CARES Act, unemployment benefits are now available for self-employed individuals, independent …
Self-Employed and Independent Contractors Now Qualify for Unemployment BenefitsRead More
Among the hardest hit during the coronavirus epidemic are the small businesses that have lost their revenue sources and do not have the financial resources to weather the storm. In this case, the federal government’s SBA (Small Business Administration) Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) can help a business make it through these trying times with …
Taxpayers frequently ask what benefit is derived from a tax deduction. Unfortunately, there is no straightforward answer. The reason the benefit cannot be determined simply is because some deductions are above-the-line, others must be itemized, some must exceed a threshold amount before being deductible, and certain ones are not deductible for alternative minimum tax purposes, …
