ERC claims and related programs require taxpayers’ careful eye

In its short life, the employee retention credit has gone through multiple iterations. Adding to an already-complex framework of over 50 unique resources and pieces of guidance, promoters sold too-good-to-be-true ERC refunds, leading to intense IRS scrutiny and enforcement.

All of this has created a complicated framework fraught with potential missteps. Taxpayers with pending or refunded ERC claims should evaluate their claims and weigh potential benefits of participating in the IRS’s withdrawal or voluntary programs.

In this article published by Bloomberg Tax, Eversheds Sutherland attorneys Ellen McElroy and Kristen Martin analyze how taxpayers should navigate employee retention credit claims as the deadline for the IRS voluntary disclosure program – on March 22 – approaches. 

Publication: Bloomberg Tax

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