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DOJ Announces Largest Employee Retention Credit Fraud Indictment

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On January 22, 2025, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the indictment of seven individuals in the largest Employee Retention Credit (ERC) fraud scheme to date. According to the indictment, the defendants filed more...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

IRS Updates American Rescue Plan Act Guidance

On July 29, 2021, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) updated its Tax Credits for Paid Leave Under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021 Guidance (the Guidance). As a reminder, private sector employers with fewer than...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Updated Guidance Regarding Tax Credits Under the American Rescue Plan

Under the American Rescue Plan (ARP), certain private-sector and governmental employers may claim refundable tax credits which provide reimbursement for the cost of providing Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA)...more

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COVID-19 Relief Bill Will Have A Significant Impact On Employers And Employees

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On December 27, 2020, the President signed a bill passed by Congress providing additional COVID-19 related relief and stimulus.  The key provisions impacting employers and current and former employees are summarized below,...more

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Mandatory COVID Leave Expires, but Tax Credits for Providing COVID Leave are Extended

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Starting Jan. 1, 2021, employers subject to the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) are no longer required to provide employees with COVID-related paid leave, but they may do so in some situations and still...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Congress Makes Additional Paid Family Leave and Paid Sick Leave Optional

The dust has now settled on the new stimulus bill signed by President Trump on December 27, 2020. The changes to the Family First Coronavirus Recovery Act (“FFCRA”) was buried in over 5000 pages of text and provides a choice...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Year-End Stimulus Bill Permits, but Does Not Mandate, Extension of FFCRA Leave

Late on December 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law an omnibus stimulus bill. The new legislation contained much needed extensions of unemployment benefits that have supported many Americans who have experienced...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Employers’ Back-to-School Obligations under the FFCRA

With Labor Day upon us, many families are facing the start of a school year with remote or hybrid learning. As a result, many employees must figure out how to satisfy their work obligations while making alternate arrangements...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Have You Thought About ... The Importance of Documenting and Tracking COVID-19-Related Leave?

In the face of the coronavirus pandemic, the federal government and many states and localities have implemented paid leave requirements....more

Ruder Ware

IRS Issues New Guidance for Complying with Paid Sick and Family Leave Reporting Requirements

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Way back in March, as the pandemic began to set in, Congress quickly passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the Act) as part of a barrage of legislation aimed at providing relief to American workers. The Act...more

Groom Law Group, Chartered

Leave Donation Programs for COVID-19

The IRS recently issued Notice 2020-46 that provides for a special leave donation program available for the COVID-19 pandemic. This brings the total to three tax-favored leave programs that are currently available to...more

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COVID-19: Highlights from the IRS FAQs on Emergency Paid Sick and Family Leave Tax Credits for U.S.-based Small and Mid-sized...

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We recently summarized the provisions from the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) that provide for tax credits for small employers to offset costs associated with paid sick leave and emergency FMLA benefits...more

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Jackson Walker Updates FAQs on Employment Issues Arising Out of COVID-19

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Jackson Walker posted its update to FAQs on employment issues arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic. The JW updates reflect recent Department of Labor (DOL) regulations and guidelines for employer compliance with the...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

FFCRA Leave Documentation: What Is Required and What Is Recommended?

As we have discussed in prior advisories, employers are entitled to a tax credit to cover 100 percent of the expense of providing paid leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). Both the FFCRA...more

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DOL Finalizes FFCRA Regulations

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After days of uncertainty and looming deadlines created by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), the DOL has finally issued some definitive regulatory guidance, as well as twenty new Q&As to its list of...more

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Highlights of Recent IRS Guidance on Coronavirus-Related Relief

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released 66 questions and answers illuminating important calculations, procedural requirement, and document retention requirements related to the tax credits available under the Families...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

COVID-19: DOL Issues Temporary Final Rule on Expanded Paid Sick and Family Leave Entitlements

U.S. Family First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) paid sick leave provisions became effective April 1, 2020. Final Temporary Rule from Department of Labor (DOL) provides employers with additional interpretive guidance,...more

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Treasury and IRS Release FAQs On Paid Sick and Family Leave Tax Credits for Small and Mid-Size Employers

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service have published more information on refundable tax credits that reimburse small and mid-size employers, on a dollar-for-dollar basis, for the cost of...more

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DOL Issues Guidance On Families First Coronavirus Response Act

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has issued its first set of guidance on the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Act). According to a DOL press release, the department plans to issue guidance on a rolling basis. The...more

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Employer Tax Implications Of The Families First Coronavirus Response Act

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On March 20, 2020, the IRS made an announcement (2020-57) providing some guidance on the implementation of the Paid Sick Leave Credit and Child Care Leave Credit included in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. It...more

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IRS News Release Describes Plan to Implement Families First Coronavirus Response Act

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On Friday, March 20, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a News Release, IR 2020-57 (Release), that describes the new paid leave benefits for certain employees of small and medium-sized businesses under the...more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

Updated - Paid Leave Laws Change in Response to Coronavirus

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On the evening of March 18, 2020, President Trump signed into law the multiple-subject Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). The focus of this alert is to summarize the two portions of the FFCRA which provide...more

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Government Agencies Announce Plan to Implement COVID-19 Leave and Tax Credits

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On March 20, the Treasury Department, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and the Department of Labor (DOL) announced a plan for implementing the new COVID-19 leave requirements and payment of tax credits for small and...more

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Legislative Relief Ror Employers And Their Employees Affected By The Coronavirus Pandemic

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On March 18, the president signed into law H.R. 6201. Division G of the law provides tax credits for businesses that compensate their employees for time off due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The purpose of the law is to help...more

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Swift 100% Reimbursement to Employers for Emergency Paid Sick and Family Leave

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Now that the devastating scope of the COVID-19 pandemic has become clear, the United States government is responding rapidly to address both its health care and economic impacts. Two emergency supplemental appropriations...more

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