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No special election is required for businesses to defer their deposits and payments, and the IRS is in the process of revising the Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax Return ( Form 941) to reflect these changes. The CARES Act allows employers to defer payment of the employer’s portion of social security taxes that would have been due between March 27, 2020, and December 31, 2020, and instead make those deposits in installments-half by the end of 2021 and half by the end of 2022. Deferred Payment of Payroll Taxes (the CARES Act)

Claiming federal taxes for small business online full#

If it turns out that the payroll taxes you would have paid don’t cover the full cost of the paid leave you provided, you can request an accelerated refund from the IRS. To promptly cover your costs for the paid leave requirements of the FFCRA, you’re allowed to retain the money for the paid leave from payroll taxes you would have deposited with the IRS (including federal income taxes and both your and your employee’s share of Social Security and Medicare taxes). This credit applies to up to 10 weeks of additional leave taken under qualifying circumstances, and it caps at $200 a day or $10,000 if the employee takes leave for the full 10 weeks. If the employee takes leave to care for someone else under similar COVID-19 related circumstances (quarantine, childcare in light of school closures, etc.), the tax credit covers two-thirds of the employee’s regular pay for up to 10 days (capped at $200 a day or $2,000 for the full 10 days).Īn additional credit for child care is also available at two-thirds of the employee’s regular rate of pay (and beyond the two weeks of sick leave mentioned above). The tax credit reimburses this expense in full for up to $511 a day (up to $5,110 if the employee takes the full 10 days).

If the employee is quarantined, has the virus, or shows symptoms of having the virus and is actively seeking a diagnosis, the business pays the employee’s regular wages for up to two weeks (80 hours) of paid sick leave. The Act provides affected businesses with a 100% credit per employee for up to 10 days of paid sick leave related to COVID-19. Small businesses with fewer than 50 employees, however, are eligible for an exemption from the childcare portion of the Act’s requirements (described below) if the expense would pose a demonstrable threat to the business’s ability to stay viable. The FFCRA’s requirements and tax credits apply to most businesses with fewer than 500 employees.

Less well-known, perhaps, is that the Act also includes dollar-for-dollar tax credits available the businesses required to comply. Paid Leave Tax Credits (the FFCRA)Īs most employers already know, the FFCRA requires most small and midsize employers to provide limited paid leave for employees who can’t work due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These changes include a payroll tax deferral, three new business tax credits, and new federal tax filing and payment deadlines-options covered in detail below.

Most of these temporary changes stem from the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) and the Coronavirus, Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), which jointly serve to help employers and employees survive the ongoing COVID-19 economic crisis. The federal government has introduced several forms of tax relief for small businesses in the 2020 calendar year.