Tax Credits Provided to Small Businesses

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The Family First Coronavirus Response Act requires Small Businesses to provide Emergency Family and Medical Leave, and Paid Sick Leave for employees. It also provides tax credits to small businesses. The FFCRA includes a 100 percent payroll tax credit for qualified sick leave wages paid under the EPSLA and for qualified family leave wages paid…

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Families First Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act

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Help for Employers and Employees Emergency Family and Medical Leave Act Requires companies with fewer than 500 employees to provide paid time off. Employers with fewer than 50 employees may be exempt if it would “jeopardize the viability of the business” Employers with fewer than 500 employees now must allow employees who have been employed…

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SBA EIDL Help for Small Businesses

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Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) from the SBA The Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 Providing help to small businesses through the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) through low-interest federal disaster loans for working capital to small businesses suffering substantial economic injury as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Read an overview of…

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Four tax strategies you can use to reduce your income taxes and increase your 20% Pass-Through Income Section 199A deduction

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Strategy #1: Harvest your capital losses. If capital gains are hurting your Section 199A deduction, you still have time before the end of the year to harvest your capital losses. These losses can then be used to offset those “harmful” gains. Strategy #2: Do good and do well by making charitable contributions. You can use…

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Lower Your Tax Bill for 2018

CPA Department As the end of the year approaches, it is a good time to think of planning moves that may help lower your tax bill for this year and possibly the next. Year-end planning for 2018 takes place against the backdrop of a new tax law—the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act—that make major changes in…

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