On Friday, March 27, 2020, the President signed into law the Bipartisan Proposal for Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (also known as the “CARES Act”). The Cares Act is a massive 2.2 trillion dollar package that contains a number of provisions to assist the United States economy combat the impact of COVID-19. This
On March 18, 2020, President Trump signed into law H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”). Among other things, the FFCRA requires employers with less than 500 employees to (i) provide up to 12 weeks of partially-paid leave to parent caregivers of minor children home as a result of COVID-19 related school
In a joint statement issued Friday by three State agencies, including the Department of Revenue Services, the agencies announced the temporary suspension, through May 15, 2020, of the ten-cent fee that became effective during the summer of 2019 on the distribution of each single-use plastic bag in Connecticut. The suspension of the fee
Now that the dust has begun to settle with respect to understanding the retirement plan and IRA changes in the federal law known as Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (the federal “SECURE Act”) that was signed into law in December of last year, tax planning is underway for the changes
Prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) announced on March 21, 2020 that the federal income tax filing due date has been automatically extended from April 15, 2020 to July 15, 2020. The IRS further announced that taxpayers can also defer federal income tax payments due on April
Prompted by COVID-19, the Connecticut Department of Revenue Services (DRS) is granting an automatic extension of Connecticut filing deadlines for some Connecticut tax returns due on or after March 15, 2020, and before June 1, 2020.
The returns subject to automatic extension and the new extended filing dates and payment deadlines are as follows:
On Wednesday, March 11, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in Notice 2020-15 published its first formal guidance addressing the developing public health emergency wrought by the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. The Notice provides that a high deductible health plan (HDHP) that covers testing for and treatment of COVID-19 before satisfaction of the plan’s minimum deductible will
Lou Schatz will be a panelist during the “Emerging State and Local Tax Issues” session of the Practising Law Institute‘s Hot Topics in State and Local Tax 2020.
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On December 20, 2019, President Trump signed into law H.R. 1865, the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (now Pub. L. 116-94) (the “Appropriations Act”), which, among other things, contains the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act (the “Act”). The Act is a significant piece of retirement legislation which seeks to expand access
Background. As part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, the cost of providing certain transportation fringe benefits, including employer-provided parking, to employees of tax-exempt organizations became subject to federal income tax as unrelated business taxable income (“UBTI”). This controversial federal tax, commonly referred to as the “parking tax”, become effective