This course provides an overview of the COVID-19 employee retention credit as created by the CARES Act and as expanded by the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020. A case study will walk through the application of the employee retention credit to one employer through the tax year 2020-2021 period.

Learning Objective

  • Explain the employee retention credit mechanism in the CARES Act.
  • Describe the changes to the employee retention credit due to the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020.
  • Apply the employee retention credit rules to a case study situation.

Education Information

IRS Program Number: NMVBP-T-00176-21-S

Length: 50 minutes plus optional question-and-answer session (no CE)

Prerequisite: None

Advanced Preparation: None

Program Level: Basic

Delivery Method: Self-Study

Field of Study: Federal Tax (IRS);

Credit hours: 1 IRS

Instructor: Thomas Gorczynski, EA, CTP, USTCP Click here to learn more about the instructor

All continuing education credit is provided through Gregory & Associates, Inc. which is doing business as Compass Tax Educators. Click here for more information regarding our education policies.

Help clients with determining eligibility for the generous employee retention credit!

Includes excel file too!

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