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COVID-19 resources for accountants and tax professionals
Navigate the road ahead for your clients and business with the most recent and relevant COVID-19 news.
Latest updates
(as of 7/28/21)
IRS readies nearly 4 million refunds for unemployment compensation overpayments. Read more here
How self-employed individuals and household employers repay deferred Social Security taxes. Read more here
Over 2.3 additional Economic Impact Payments disbursed under the American Rescue Plan. IRS will continue to make Economic Impact Payments on a weekly basis. Read more here
Taxpayers may receive a refund for taxes paid on 2020 unemployment compensation. Read more here
5 tools to manage remote employees during COVID-19. Read more here
IRS sending letters to 36+ million families who may qualify for monthly Child Tax Credit (CTC), and providing Non-filer Sign-up tool to help low-income families register for monthly CTC payments.
Get essential insights on the American Rescue Plan for individuals here, and get them for businesses here.
Texas and several other states such as parts of Tennessee get extended filing deadlines. See details including how to handle returns impacted by federally declared disaster zones here.
IRS guidance provides that amounts attributable to carryovers or an extended period for incurring claims on dependent care assistance programs for 2021 and 2022, are not taxable. Read more here
State conformity to federal COVID-19-related tax provisions. Read more here
Unemployment compensation: If you have already filed Form 1040 or 1040-SR for 2020, you may not need to file an amended return (Form 1040-X) to figure the amount of unemployment compensation to exclude. Depending on your clients situation though, filing an amended return may still be a consideration. The IRS stated they will begin recalculating returns starting in May. Read more here
Individual clients:
What they need to know
- What to know about stimulus checks
- See update on excess Advanced Premium Tax Credit (APTC) repayment requirement for 2020
- Emergency aid granted to students due to COVID is not taxable. Learn more here
- Learn about the impact of COVID-19 on the foreign income and housing exclusions
- See 2020 due dates to file federal income tax, state tax deadlines, and make contributions to IRA and health savings accounts
See more
Business clients:
Loans and cashflow
- Discover client business relief options with Intuit Aid Assist
- The Paycheck Protection Program
- Get details about the Restaurant Revitalization Program Fund (RRF) here
- Find out if your client is eligible to delay the employer portion of their Social Security payroll taxes
See more
Business clients:
Taxes, payroll, security
and more
- Tax credits available to small employers to provide paid leave to employees receiving COVID-19 vaccines.
- See guidance issued on tax relief on deductions for food or beverages from restaurants
- Data shows that small businesses are on a path to recovery after the challenges that COVID-19 presented. Get details here
- Advising clients on repaying deferred payroll taxes
- Cassidy Jakovickas, CPA, and Vanessa Vasquez share how to go beyond taxes to help clients
- Employee retention credits
- See if your client can keep employees on payroll with the Employee Retention Credit
- The IRS provides guidance on the Employee Retention Credit for 2021 and 2020
- For businesses with fewer than 500 employees, help your clients get relief with provisions in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
- Working from home may bring companies greater exposure to state tax codes. Learn more here
- Share security tips with clients moving from working in the office to working from home
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Related articles
- AICPA coronavirus resource center
- “Keeping you informed and prepared amid the coronavirus outbreak” via Jounal of Accountancy
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