More flexibility offered for employee FSA plans
Employees with flexible spending arrangements, or FSA, for health care or dependent care expenses now have a more flexibility to use these benefits. As you know, employers can offer employees FSAs to use throughout a plan year either for medical expenses or for dependent care expenses. Most FSAs contain a “use it or lose it” […]
How does the American Rescue Plan impact individual taxpayers?
The latest Covid-relief bill – the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) – was signed into law by President Biden, and it provides several provisions specifically beneficial to restaurant owners and to small business owners and individuals in general. Much of the ARPA extends and expands on the provisions from earlier Covid-relief […]
How does the American Rescue Plan Act impact employers?
The latest Covid-relief bill – the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) – was signed into law by President Biden, and it provides several provisions specifically beneficial to restaurant owners and to small business owners and individuals in general. Much of the ARPA extends and expands on the provisions from earlier Covid-relief […]
How does the American Rescue Plan help restaurant owners?
The latest Covid-relief bill – the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) – was signed into law by President Biden, and it provides several provisions specifically beneficial to restaurant owners and to small business owners and individuals in general. Much of the ARPA extends and expands on the provisions from earlier Covid-relief […]
Educators can deduct expenses related to Covid-19 prevention
Classrooms have never looked more different than they have this past year. The Covid era has pushed many classrooms online, and those that are still open to students are outfitted with extra hand sanitizer, masks, physical barriers and more. Eligible educators can now deduct unreimbursed expenses for Covid-19 protective items to help stop the spread […]
State laws differ in treatment of PPP loan expenses
Business owners sighed with relief when Congress approved the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 allowing for PPP loan expenses to be deducted on federal taxes. It’s important to remember, though, that states pass their own tax laws – some of which may or may not conform to the federal tax laws. For instance, South Carolina […]
Time to begin process to report Provider Relief Funds
Healthcare providers who received more than $10,000 in federal Provider Relief Funds through the CARES Act will have a little longer to report how those funds were used but should still go ahead and establish a reporting account. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced this month that the February 15, 2021, deadline […]
Educate yourself about the revised tax benefits for higher education
Attending college is one of the biggest investments that parents and students ever make. If you or your child (or grandchild) attends (or plans to attend) an institution of higher learning, you may be eligible for tax breaks to help foot the bill. The recently enacted Consolidated Appropriations Act made some changes to the tax […]
What’s in the Covid relief bill: Recovery rebates, extended unemployment and more
The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 includes a number of provisions beneficial to individuals and business owners, particularly in light of ongoing economic turmoil in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. In addition to the extension of the Paycheck Protection Program, the CAA contains another round of direct payments to individuals, extended unemployment insurance and […]
What’s in the Covid relief bill: PPP Provisions
The latest Covid-19 relief bill, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, provides more funding for new Paycheck Protection Program loans, simplifies the forgiveness application process and allows tax deductibility for business expenses paid with forgiven PPP loans, among other provisions. Included in the $900 billion Covid relief bill is $325 billion in aid for small […]