gatortaxguy wrote:
I'd also like to know what is so complicated that specialists are getting paid so much.
So instead of telling me I'm missing a lot, I'd appreciate your telling me what I'm missing.
As a practical matter I completely fail to understand the IRS's stance on this. Are they bound by some odd points of law? Did the people who wrote the guidance just not consider what a disaster the process is? Reporting the reduction in wages as the money comes in makes it just so much easier to deal with, and easier to catch businesses that did not report it.
philly wrote:This is the E mail that I sent my congressional representative.
Many small businesses across the country have applied for the Employee Retention Credit by amending payroll tax form 941 for previous years. The purpose of the credit was to help small business during the COVID due to loss of revenue. IRS notice 2021-49 requires a business to go back and amend prior year income tax returns by reducing payroll expenses by the amount of the ERC credit amount. The result is a business received the ERC money in 2022 or they are still waiting for the IRS to process the refund claim in 2023 and they have to go back to 2021 for example and amend the income tax returns, pay the tax with penalties & accrued interest. Amending prior year years will also result in additional professional fees to be paid by a small business.
The purpose of the credit to begin with was to help and not hurt small businesses that suffered during the COVID.
Please contact me concerning this issue.
KoiCPA wrote:The IRS position is that they never had the expense in the first place.
How do I explain to them the IRS position?
I have tried to explain to several clients that we have to go back and amend a prior year return which would be subjected to interest and maybe penalty.
I still don't see the ambiguity. The distinction between similar and the same is the proverbial distinction without a difference.
What authority is there for taking it into income instead?
So I am still wondering why so many are handling it in 2023 instead of 2022.
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