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Pandemic-era ERC started with good intentions, ending with frustration

April 08, 2025

The pandemic-era employee retention credit (ERC) officially ends April 15, but its legacy will live on in delayed payments to the businesses it was designed to help, fraudulent activity related to its claims, and confusion not only for taxpayers and tax professionals but also for the IRS.

  • coronavirus
  • advocacy - federal
  • federal tax

IRS Adds New Answers to Employee Retention Credit FAQs in Response to Practitioner Questions

March 25, 2025

The Employee Retention Credit FAQs have been update and answer a number of questions that practitioners have been asking.

  • business and industry
  • coronavirus
  • practice management
  • federal tax

Businesses with dubious ERC claims have another chance with the IRS

August 15, 2024

The IRS will reopen its voluntary disclosure program (VDP), allowing businesses to correct questionable employee retention credit (ERC) claims at a discount (Announcement 2024-30).

  • coronavirus
  • federal tax