IRS clears backlog of ERC claims

IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel recently said that the IRS is shifting its efforts after successfully clearing the backlog of valid Employee Retention Credit (ERC) claims. The agency will now focus its efforts on compliance work and putting in place additional procedures to handle fraudulent ERC claims. The ERC was enacted to help businesses during the […]

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IRS under fire for improper payments

Improper payments made by the IRS for emergency assistance programs are under fire. A report from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) notes that Congress and federal agencies must prevent and reduce payment errors, including fraud. These failures occurred in various disaster programs before COVID-19 hit and contributed to costly errors in the pandemic-related Economic […]

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