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The Employee Retention Credit (ERC) is designed to encourage employers whose businesses have been negatively affected by COVID-19 to keep employees on payroll.
The Employee Retention Credit, established by the CARES Act, is a refundable tax credit of up to $5,000 per employee for 2020; the credit can be up to $7,000 per employee per quarter for 2021. The ERC is available to businesses and other employers, including nonprofit organizations. To qualify, your organization must have been adversely affected in one of two ways:
Under the CARES Act, if you chose to take PPP loan funding, you were not eligible to receive the ERC. This rule was changed retroactively by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021—employers can now take the ERC even if they received a PPP loan. However, the same wages cannot be used for both programs.
Understanding the Criteria for the Employee Retention Tax Credit
Understanding if you qualify for the ERC is just the beginning. There is much to consider about how to take the credit, which employees qualify and more. In addition, the IRS has released additional guidance surrounding the use of the ERC in three separate notices. How do you begin to keep track of it all? That’s why it’s important to have an experienced firm with dedicated resources help you make sense of how the ERC credit applies to you.
Maximize Your Potential with the Help of an ERC Firm
Eide Bailly has a designated team ready to help you maximize the ERC and its benefits for your organization. Specifically, our Employee Retention Credit team can help you: