IRS audits of businesses claiming the Employee Retention Credit (ERC) are in full swing. The IRS is looking at companies who may be unfairly claiming it, and also at firms promoting assistance to them who the IRS thinks may be bending the rules. Congress provided vast pandemic tax relief in various forms. One of the most popular and enduring ones that is still drawing fire is the ERC.
The ERC is a refundable tax credit designed for businesses who continued paying employees while shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic or who had significant declines in gross receipts from March 13, 2020, to Dec. 31, 2021. Eligible taxpayers can claim the ERC on an original or amended employment tax return for a period within those dates. To be eligible, employers must have:
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