Back in 2020, while COVID was raging on, Congress passed the Cares Act in order to provide relief for those businesses and individuals suffering from the negative effects that COVID was having on our economy. Within the Cares Act there was a credit called the Employee Retention Credit (ERC). The credit provided for a 50%…
I am sure most of us are happy that 2020 is finally over with and we are moving on to a new year, 2021. However, let’s not celebrate too early. With the new year comes new taxes if you are a business owner located in Eugene or are an employee of a business owner located…
Many of you are asking about the forgiveness application process for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds you received this year. A lot of talk has been going around about when to apply for forgiveness, whether automatic forgiveness is going to happen for PPP loans under $150,000.00, and how your tax returns will be impacted….
Qualified disaster relief payments received by an employee can be excluded from gross income under the Internal Revenue Code Section 139 Once President Trump declared COVID-19 and the Oregon Wildfires a national disaster under the Robert Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, and the IRS’s interpretation of the declaration for other tax purposes, it…
You have probably been hearing about the Payroll Tax Holiday executive order signed by President Trump earlier this month. We finally received a little guidance from Treasury on August 29th, via notice 2020-65 (follow this link to the notice: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/n-20-65.pdf ). However, there are still a lot of unanswered questions, and we are urging all…
If you operate an Oregon small business in the travel and tourism industry, you may be eligible for a Travel Oregon grant of up to $10,000.00. The application process opened May 11, 2020, and will close at 5 p.m. Friday, May 15, 2020. The award decisions will be announced on June 3 through email. Preference…
All information below is based on the current guidance (as 4/24/2020) provided by the Small Business Administration (SBA), CARES Act, and Internal Revenue Service (IRS).. Please remember that additional guidance can be provided at any time by the SBA or IRS and therefore please do not rely solely on this page. Please contact Isler CPA…
The Oregon Department of Revenue has released new guidance which allows sellers in Oregon to exclude certain income from Oregon’s Corporate Activity Tax (CAT). A seller may exclude receipts from a sale to a wholesaler in Oregon if the wholesaler can certify it has the intent to resell the property out of state. To do…
The U.S. Small Business Administration has approved Oregon for loans to assist with costs of the coronavirus situation. These loans apply to businesses of all size, private nonprofits, homeowners and renters. For businesses, the loan can be as much as $2 million for physical damage, or as much as $2 million for economic damage for…
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