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COVID-19 Update: PPP Loans and Employer Retention Credit (ERC)

access_time Posted on: January 12th, 2021

Are you currently a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) borrower considering eligibility for an Employer Retention Credit (ERC)? If so, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 may now provide you with an opportunity to claim this credit. ERCs can now be retroactively claimed by PPP borrowers for the year 2020 and subsequently, in 2021.In Section 206 of the Act, the ERC was expanded to include PPP borrowers as claimants, and the credit can now be backdated to March 12, 2020. Employers are permitted to claim a credit of 50% of qualified wages, in which the qualified wage paid to each employee is … Read more