Several new laws provide economic relief to individuals and businesses hardest hit by this year’s pandemic. This much-needed financial assistance, however, comes with a few strings attached.Here are three potential surprises you should be prepared for if you use the available economic relief packages: Getting a tax bill for unemployment benefits. While the $1,200 economic impact […]
Lic. Ramón Yglesias Piza, Executive Director of the Chamber of Movie Exhibitors and Distributors of Costa Rica (Cámara de Distribuidores y Exhibidores de Cine de Costa Rica, CADEC) After several months of being closed due to the health emergency generated by the COVID-19, the cinemas are promoting an early authorization for their re-opening at more […]
Lic. Manuel Yglesias Mora, Partner, Mora, Yglesias y Asociados. (This article may contain spoilers for the Netflix series Better Call Saul) Managing office conflicts is difficult, and it can be even more so if your partners and coworkers are also your family. There is so much history, so many non-professional variables involved that you can […]
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the government is sending $1,200 to single taxpayers with income less than $75,000 ($98,000 with phaseouts). $2,400 is being sent to married taxpayers with income less than $150,000 ($198,000 with phaseouts). An additional $500 is being sent for each child under the age of 17. The payments are based […]
COVID-19 has changed everyone’s schedule, including the government’s. As we wrote about last month, there have been a number of tax-related changes made this year in response to the pandemic. There have been so many changes, in fact, that we thought it might be helpful to provide an overview of the key changes that have […]
Over the past several weeks, millions of Americans have lost their job due to the coronavirus. In response to this unprecedented level of unemployment, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which provides individuals and businesses financial relief caused by the pandemic. If you find yourself among the millions of newly […]
To help people facing the challenges of COVID-19 issues, the Internal Revenue Service recently announced a new program to assist taxpayers by providing relief on a variety of issues ranging from easing payment guidelines to postponing compliance actions. This new program, called the “IRS People First Initiative”, is meant to help people facing uncertainty over […]
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act is a new program that offers COVID-19 assistance for both employees and employers. This new law provides businesses with fewer than 500 employees the funds to provide employees with paid leave, either for the employee’s own health needs or to care for family members. The new law provides these […]
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), which was recently signed into law, requires certain employers to provide their employees with paid sick leave or expanded family and medical leave for specified reasons related to COVID-19. The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division administers and enforces the new law’s paid leave requirements. These provisions […]
The April 15 federal income tax filing due date has been moved to July 15, the U.S. Treasury Department and IRS recently announced. Here is what you need to know: The due dates for all tax payments normally due April 15 have been pushed back 90 days to July 15, regardless of the amount owed. […]
The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service announced on March 30 that distribution of economic impact payments will begin in the following three weeks and will be distributed automatically, with no action required for most people. However, some seniors and others who typically do not file returns will need to submit a simple tax […]
Recent college graduates are graduating with record-setting levels of debt from student loans, reaching a total of $1.5 trillion in 2019. Fortunately, there are ways to get some relief from this debt and take advantage of a few tax breaks at the same time. Here are four ways you can reduce the strain of repaying […]