The Employee Retention Credit: Scams and Successes

Tom Cullinan, a former IRS official now with Chamberlain Hrdlicka, discusses the basics of the employee retention credit, the recent rise in misleading promotions and fraudulent ERC claims, and the IRS’s response.

For additional coverage, read these articles in Tax Notes:Employee Retention Credit a ‘Great Concern’ for IRS, Werfel SaysIRS May Face Constraints in Quest to Curb ERC AbuseW&M; Panel Considers Amnesty for Fraudulent ERC PaymentsWerfel Drops Hint, Seeks Early End to Employee Retention CreditIRS Zeroes In on Erroneous Employee Retention Credit ClaimsIRS Hard Line on ERC Eligibility Earns Kudos From Tax ProsPayroll Companies Likely Contributing to Mistaken ERC Claims

In our “Editors’ Corner” segment, Naomita Yadav, a partner at Withers in San Francisco, chats about her Tax Notes piece, “Sparing No One: Cross-Border Taxation of Globally Mobile Individuals,” the second in a two-part series. 

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Credits

Host: David D. Stewart

Executive Producers: Jasper B. Smith, Paige Jones

Showrunner: Jordan Parrish

Audio Engineers: Jordan Parrish, Peyton Rhodes

Guest Relations: Alexis Hart