Taxes

 Shelly Weir Appointed President & CEO of FICPA

March 8, 2021 

Shelly Weir Appointed President & CEO of FICPA

In her role at the American Hotel & Lodging Association, Weir designed and executed programs that delivered career advancement opportunities and competency attainment for professionals in the hotel sector in order to strengthen the lodging industry ...

Coronavirus Checks Payments Stimulus

March 7, 2021 

$1.9 Trillion Covid Stimulus Passes Senate

President Joe Biden’s signature $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill passed the Senate 50-49 on Saturday following a more than 25-hour marathon of amendment votes completed after Democrats settled an intra-party dispute over unemployment aid.

 AICPA Submits Recommendations on Employee Retention Credit

March 4, 2021 

AICPA Submits Recommendations on Employee Retention Credit

Following the submission of AICPA’s recommendations, the IRS released guidance on the ERC. However, the guidance failed to clarify whether wages paid to S corporation owners and their actively employed spouses qualify for the ERC if all other ...

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March 2, 2021 

IRS Interest Rates Stay Same for Q2 2021

The Internal Revenue Service says that interest rates will remain the same for the calendar quarter beginning April 1, 2021. The rates will be: 3% for overpayments [2%t in the case of a corporation]; 0.5%for the portion of a corporate overpayment exceeding $10,000; 3% for underpayments; and 5% for large corporate underpayments. Under the Internal...…

PPP Paycheck Protection Program

March 2, 2021 

AICPA Says PPP Needs to Be Extended

The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) has called upon Congress to extend the Paycheck Protection Program’s (PPP) March 31 loan application deadline. AICPA believes that Congress can still support small businesses and non-profits by ...

 AICPA Urges IRS to Extend 2021 Tax Deadline

March 2, 2021 

AICPA Urges IRS to Extend 2021 Tax Deadline

In a letter sent earlier last month, the AICPA called attention to the hardship that millions of taxpayers and tax practitioners are facing while making good faith efforts to comply with their tax obligations. The AICPA called for relief from ...