On March 18, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service released Notice 2020-17, formal guidance describing relief provided to taxpayers for federal income tax payments due April 15, 2020. Notice 2020-17 is available here. Under the guidance, the President’s March 13, 2020, Emergency Declaration instructed the Treasury Secretary to provide relief to taxpayers affected by the novel coronavirus […]
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Employees In Connection With COVID-19 Can Immediately Receive Tax-Free Qualified Disaster Payments From Employers
Employers are scrambling to find ways to help their employees who are impacted by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Help is available. Now that the COVID-19 has been declared a national emergency,[1] Internal Revenue Code Section 139 can be used to allow employers to make tax-free payments or reimbursements to employees as “qualified disaster payments.” Below are […]
Read moreIndividuals Affected By COVID-19 Helped By Federal Aid Package
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (H.R. 6201), became law on March 18, 2020. The Act guarantees free testing for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), establishes emergency paid sick leave, expands family and medical leave, enhances unemployment insurance, expands food security initiatives, and increases federal Medicaid funding. The Act includes up to 80 hours of emergency […]
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