President Trump has now signed the new coronavirus stimulus legislation (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021) into law. This bill contains thousands of pages of newly-enacted laws, including many changes to the Internal Revenue Code. This in-depth webinar details and explains these new tax rules so that tax practitioners will be able to advise their clients regarding changes impacting 2020 and 2021. This program will address many of the issues that tax practitioners have dealt with over the past year, including forgiveness of Paycheck Protection Program loans, unemployment assistance, stimulus checks, an extension of a moratorium on evictions, and many other technical changes. Every tax practitioner needs a thorough grounding in these new legislative changes that have the potential to impact many individual and business clients.
DESIGNED FOR
Any tax practitioner advising clients with respect to new legislative developments
BENEFITS
- Be familiar with the new developments associated with the coronavirus stimulus package
HIGHLIGHTS
- Changes to PPP loan relief applications, including a simplified loan forgiveness process for certain loans
- Businesses eligible for forgiveness loans under the new PPP loan program
- Deductibility of eligible business expenses funded with a PPP loan
- Basis increase for tax-exempt income associated with PPP loan forgiveness
- Aid for state and local governments
- New stimulus checks for individuals
- Liability protection for businesses and business owners against lawsuits brought for COVID-19 related damages
- Expansion of federal supplemental unemployment insurance benefits
- Other changes incorporated in the new legislation impacting individuals and businesses
COURSE LEVEL
Update
PREREQUISITES
Basic knowledge of individual income tax rules