The novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic creates unprecedented and significant challenges for businesses of all sizes. In light of the rapidly evolving circumstances, Krieg DeVault has assembled a COVID-19 Resource Center and Checklist to help your business navigate this crisis. One important…
[UPDATED April 17, 2020] The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “Act”) provides significant economic benefits to small businesses. One change will significantly expand the Section 7(a) loan program to include the Payroll Protection Program (“PPP”) administered by the Small…
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “Act”) modifies the Internal Revenue Code to provide significant tax relief to businesses and individuals in response to the COVID pandemic. This alert summarizes the key aspects of these tax changes.
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On Friday, March 20, 2020, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced that the annual federal income tax filing deadline would be moved back 90 days, from April 15th to July 15th, to provide taxpayers with additional time to prepare and file federal returns while dealing with the…
[UPDATED APRIL 22, 2020] - The novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic creates unprecedented and significant challenges for businesses of all sizes. In light of the rapidly evolving circumstances, Krieg DeVault has assembled a checklist to help identify potential legal issues that your business…
So-called force majeure clauses typically are contained in contracts to excuse performance by the parties for acts of God, impossibility of performance, disaster, and other circumstances beyond the control of the parties. This clause may have particular application for those of you who supply parts…
On February 26, 2020, the IRS and Treasury published proposed regulations (“Proposed Regulations”) providing guidance under §274 of the Internal Revenue Code (“Code”) as amended by the Tax Cut and Jobs Act, Pub. L. No. 115-97, §13304, 131 Stat. 2054, 2123 (2017) (the “TCJA”). The Proposed…
On May 7, 2019, the IRS announced the release of Revenue Procedure 2019-22 (“RP 2019-22”), which modifies existing rules that require 501(c)(3) private schools to publish their racial nondiscrimination policy in a newspaper or using broadcast media. This requirement has been in place since 1975.…
While donor advised funds (“DAF” or “DAFs”) have been around since the 1930’s, they were not defined by statute until the Pension Protection Act of 2006 added Section 4966(d)(2) to the Internal Revenue Code. With the passage of President Trump’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in December of 2017 (“TCJA”),…
On March 27, 2019 the IRS announced that taxpayers can no longer request an employer identification number (“EIN”) unless the “responsible party” named on the application has a Social Security number (“SSN”) or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (“ITIN”). This change goes into effect on May…
If your Indiana business has been dissolved, time is running out to get reinstated. Entities created in Indiana or registered to do business in Indiana can become administratively dissolved by failing to file required periodic reporting with the Indiana Secretary of State. Those entities could seek…
