Some ways to expedite the processing of the Employee Retention Credit is by filing a refund lawsuit or utilizing the Taxpayer Advocate Service. Read more about these methods and whether you can use them in our article, “Expediting your ERC Refunds with the IRS”.
Ing to the ERC aggregation rules, the gross receipts for each restaurant would be combined and compared against those of previous years. If the amount declined over 50%, you'd be eligible. You would also aggregate the total employees across the restaurants to determine your total tax credit.
Some businesses that submitted claims for the Employee Retention Tax Credit have reported waiting anywhere from four to twelve months for their ERC refunds. In some cases, the delay in receiving their expected refund has been even longer.
Credit amount The total ERC benefit per employee can be up to $26,000 ($5,000 in 2020 and $7,000 per quarter in 2021).
Calculating credits for 2021 The ERC applies only to the first three financial quarters of 2021, and the eligible wages for each of these quarters are calculated at 70%. As such, the credit per employee per quarter maxes out at $7,000.
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Going forward, the only way to apply for the ERC is to file an amended Form 941X (Quarterly Federal Payroll Tax Return) for the quarters during which the company was an eligible employer.
Because the ERC is considered an income-related grant under IAS 20, an entity may elect to present the income in one of two ways: (1) gross as a grant or other income item, or (2) net as a deduction from the expense category in which the reporting entity reports employment taxes (typically employee compensation).
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