IRS orders immediate stop to new Employee Retention Credit processing

To protect taxpayers from scams, the IRS has ordered an immediate stop to new Employee Retention Credit processing amid a surge of questionable claims, concerns from tax professionals, and aggressive marketing to ineligible applicants, posing unacceptable risk to businesses and the tax system.

The IRS has released three helpful resources linked below: 

• ERC Eligibility Checklist
• IR-23-169 ERC Claim Processing
• IR-23-170 ERC Scams Warning Signs