In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government provided several options for tax relief for businesses and tax-exempt groups, one of which was the employee retention tax credit (ERC). Some scammers, unfortunately, have stirred the attention of the IRS by aggressively misleading unsuspecting employers into thinking they are eligible to receive the credit and, as a result, manipulating them into submitting false, ineligible claims. The IRS has emphasized that organizations that improperly submit a claim for the ERC may… Read more ›