The IRS recently released additional guidance about the tax treatment of expenses paid with proceeds of Paycheck Protection Program loans. The PPP loans are a COVID relief program enacted as part of the CARES Act....more
On Friday, Aug. 28, 2020, the Department of the Treasury released Notice 2020-65 (the "Notice") which provides some long-awaited guidance for the payroll tax deferral announced in the Presidential Memorandum issued by...more
On Saturday, Aug. 8, Pres. Donald Trump signed the "Memorandum on Deferring Payroll Tax Obligations in Light of the Ongoing COVID-19 Disaster," providing that the withholding, deposit, and payment of the employee's portion of...more
On April 14, 2020, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) clarified the treatment of companies treated as partnerships for income tax purposes, and partners and sole proprietors/independent contractors for Paycheck...more
The Treasury Department and the IRS have expanded COVID-19 relief in Notice 2020-23 released April 9, 2020.
Taxpayers that have payment obligations and filing deadlines between April 1, 2020, and before July 15, 2020, may...more
On April 14, 2020, the IRS confirmed that, in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the deadline imposed on tax exempt organizations for filing Form 990-series annual information returns (Forms 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF,...more
On April 9, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service issued Notice 2020-23 extending certain deadlines provided by the Internal Revenue Code for taxpayers either engaging in Section 1031 like-kind exchanges or making investments in...more
On March 27, 2020, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Executive Order 2020-26 to temporarily suspend strict compliance with certain tax filing and payment deadlines in Michigan. These new filing and payment deadlines follow in...more
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) includes provisions to provide employment tax credits and relief to businesses and to reduce or eliminate the restrictions on the use of losses or deductions....more
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) includes provisions beneficial to nonprofit organizations.
Paycheck Protection Program Loans -
A significant feature of the CARES Act is the loan...more
Because of the presidential emergency declared regarding the COVID-19 virus pandemic, the IRS published on March 20, 2020, Notice 2020-18, amending a prior notice that limited the amount of a federal income tax payment that...more
On March 18, 2020, the United States Treasury Department issued Notice 2020-17 to provide relief from tax deadlines because of the COVID-19 emergency. A taxpayer with a federal income tax payment due April 15, 2020, may...more