2nd Stimulus Check may arrive by Debit Card
The Treasury Department and the IRS are issuing millions of second stimulus payments (aka Economic Impact Payments) by prepaid debit card to speed delivery of the payments to as many people as possible. If the Get My Payment tool on IRS.gov... Read More →
When do I get my 2nd stimulus check?
As part of the COVID-related Tax Relief Act of 2020, additional stimulus payments have been approved. The payments are $600 per person plus $600 for eligible dependents under the age of 17. If your 2019 Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) is above... Read More →
Nothing like a few last minute tax changes to make 2020 complete!
Late on 12/27/2020 the President signed the COVID-related tax relief Act of 2020. The tax-related provisions include: Allowing the deduction of expenses paid with forgiven PPP debt; Creating a simplified forgiveness process for PPP loans under $150,000; Repealing the provision... Read More →
Much ado about the Payroll Tax break
On August 8th the White House published an Executive Memorandum that ordered a deferral of social security payroll taxes for employees earning less than $104k per year from September 1 to December 31, 2020. But, employees may never actually see this... Read More →
Now easier to qualify for a penalty-free retirement distribution
The CARES Act provided taxpayers with the option to take penalty-free coronavirus-related withdrawals of retirement funds of up to $100,000 in the aggregate between January 1, 2020, and before December 31, 2020 (meaning the distribution must be taken by 12/30/2020... Read More →
Rule Change for the PPP!
In the tradition of having a major tax law change every few days during 2020, Congress has now passed the PPP Flexibility Act and the President is expected to sign it. The key features of the bill: Extending the loan... Read More →
Stimulus Check by Prepaid Debit Card
The Treasury recently announced that nearly four million people are being sent their Economic Impact Payment by prepaid debit card, instead of paper check. The determination of which taxpayers receive a debit card was made by the Bureau of the... Read More →
California Unemployment – more benefits are coming
Increased Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) benefits The EDD recently announced that as of May 20, the EDD is now able to increase the weekly benefit amounts paid to eligible workers applying for the federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program or already... Read More →
I got PPP money and EIDL money… now what?!
When the pandemic hit, many nervous business owners applied for everything that they could to keep their businesses afloat. Now they are seeing random amounts of money being deposited in their bank account and don’t know what to do. Economic... Read More →
Worksheet for Calculating PPP forgiveness
On May 15, 2020 the SBA released a worksheet for calculating PPP loan forgiveness. Note: this worksheet does not provide any more official guidance or definitions on what is forgivable. So taxpayers and their advisors are still in the dark about... Read More →