{"id":30029,"date":"2023-08-21T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/taxprocenter.proconnect.intuit.com\/?p=30029"},"modified":"2023-08-15T10:28:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T15:28:18","slug":"warning-signs-of-erc-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accountants.intuit.com\/taxprocenter\/practice-management\/warning-signs-of-erc-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"Warning signs of ERC scams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Over the last 12 months, the Intuit\u00ae <a href=\"https:\/\/accountants.intuit.com\/taxprocenter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tax Pro Center<\/a> has published several articles on the Employee Retention Credit\u2014and despite a lot of content in the media about ERC scams, there continues to be confusion. Tax pros should make themselves familiar with the ins and outs of the ERC to properly advise their clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Businesses and tax-exempt organizations should watch out for telltale signs of misleading claims involving the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/accountants.intuit.com\/taxprocenter\/practice-management\/managing-the-erc-misinformation-epidemic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Employee Retention Credit<\/a>. Scammers and unscrupulous promoters continue to run aggressive broadcast advertising, direct mail solicitations, and online promotions for the credit. Many of these ads wildly misrepresent and exaggerate who can qualify for the ERC, sometimes also called the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone who improperly claims the ERC will have to pay it back, possibly with penalties and interest. The <a href=\"https:\/\/accountants.intuit.com\/taxprocenter\/tag\/irs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IRS<\/a> doesn\u2019t want that to happen. Employers should know what the credit is, who qualifies for the credit, and be on the lookout for the warning signs of a scam. And they should rely on the advice of a trusted tax professional, not aggressive marketing or unsolicited proposals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-x-large-font-size\"><strong>About the ERC<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ERC is a refundable <a href=\"https:\/\/accountants.intuit.com\/taxprocenter\/tag\/covid-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">COVID<\/a>-era tax credit designed for employers that kept paying employees while shut down because of a COVID-related government order or that had a requisite decline in gross receipts during the eligibility periods. The credit can be claimed only by eligible businesses and tax-exempt organizations that had employees during specific time periods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone considering claiming the ERC should carefully review the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/coronavirus\/employee-retention-credit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">specific eligibility requirements<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-x-large-font-size\"><strong>Warning signs of an ERC scam<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Unsolicited calls or advertisements mentioning an \u201ceasy application process.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Statements that the promoter or company can determine ERC eligibility within minutes or before any discussion of the employer\u2019s tax situation. The ERC is a complex credit that requires careful review before applying.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Large upfront fees to claim the credit.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fees based on a percentage of the refund amount of ERC claimed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Promoters telling businesses to claim the ERC because they have nothing to lose. Those who improperly receive the credit could have to repay it, along with substantial interest and penalties.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Promoters telling businesses to ignore the advice of their trusted tax professional.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>These promoters may lie about eligibility requirements. In addition, anyone using these promoter\u2019s services could be at risk of someone trying to steal their identity or use their information to take a cut of the improperly claimed credit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-x-large-font-size\"><strong>How the promoters lure victims<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The IRS continues to see a variety of ways that promoters can lure businesses, non-profit groups, and others into applying for the credit. Three of these include the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Aggressive marketing<\/strong>. ERC ads are appearing almost everywhere, including radio, television, and online, as well as phone calls and text messages.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Direct mailing<\/strong>. Some ERC promoters are sending letters to taxpayers from non-existent groups, such as the \u201cDepartment of Employee Retention Credit.\u201d Scammers will create these letters to look like official IRS correspondence or an official government mailing with language urging immediate action.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Leaving out key details<\/strong>. Third-party promoters of the ERC often don\u2019t accurately explain eligibility requirements or how to calculate the credit. They may make broad arguments suggesting that all employers are eligible without evaluating an employer\u2019s individual circumstances. In addition, many promoters don\u2019t tell employers that they can\u2019t claim the ERC on wages that they reported as payroll costs if they received Paycheck Protection Program loan forgiveness.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to excessive scams on the Employee Retention Credit, tax pros should make themselves familiar with the ins and outs of the ERC to properly advise their clients.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104275893,"featured_media":30312,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rkv_browse_by_id":0,"rkv_cta_id":0,"rkv_optimize_for_pagespeed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"useModifiedDate":false,"customPublishDate":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[116807],"tags":[646041848],"intuit_collection":[],"intuit_series":[],"coauthors":[509474241],"class_list":["post-30029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-practice-management","tag-tax-advisory"],"header_image":"","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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