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April 30, 2021

IRS Extends Federal Tax Filing and Payment Deadlines for Certain Taxpayers Affected by COVID-19
The IRS has postponed the federal tax filing and payment deadlines, and associated interest, penalties, and additions to tax, for certain taxpayers who have been adversely affected by the Coronavirus ...

Guidance on Temporary Full Deduction for Business Meals
The IRS has provided guidance related to the temporary 100-percent deduction for business meals provided by a restaurant. The Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020 ( P.L. 116-260) te...

Guidance for Claiming Employee Retention Credit for First and Second Quarters in 2021
The IRS has issued guidance for employers claiming the employee retention credit under Act Sec. 2301 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) ( P.L. 116-136), as modified...

Amounts Paid for COVID-19 PPE Are Deductible Medical Expenses
The IRS has issued guidance clarifying that amounts paid for personal protective equipment—such as masks, hand sanitizer and sanitizing wipes—for the primary purpose of preventing the spread of th...

COBRA Premium Assistance Guidance
The U.S. Department of Labor has published a new webpage with guidance implementing the Continuation of Health Coverage premium assistance provisions of the American Rescue Plan (ARP), to provide ful...

Suspension of Excess Advance Premium Tax Credit Repayment
The IRS has announced that, under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP) ( P.L. 117-2), the requirement that taxpayers increase their tax liability by all or a portion of their excess advance pay...

Deposit Penalty Relief Extended for COVID-19 Employer Credits
The IRS has extended the penalty relief provided in Notice 2020-22, I.R.B. 2020-17, 664, for failure to deposit employment taxes, to eligible employers that reduce their required deposits in anticipa...

Individuals Experiencing Homelessness Can Receive EIPs
Continuing an ongoing effort to help those experiencing homelessness during the pandemic, the IRS has reminded people who do not have a permanent address or a bank account that may still qualify for E...

Split-Dollar Insurance Benefits Were Compensation, Not Distribution
Death benefits that an S corporation provided to its sole shareholder under a split-dollar life insurance arrangement were employee compensation rather than a corporate distribution. In reaching this ...

Empowerment Zone Designations Automatically Extended Through 2025
The termination date for an empowerment zone designation under Code Sec. 1391 is generally deemed to extend until December 31, 2025. However, the state or local government that nominated the zone ma...