Author: CASI Payroll Plus

We all know it has become harder and harder to find employees.  For many companies, we turn to casting our recruiting net much wider to attempt to locate remote workers from other states.  This decision can help lessen the workload

As part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA), which was signed into law March 11, 2021, employers who are subject to COBRA or state mini-COBRA law, must pay 100% of their involuntarily terminated employees’ COBRA premiums during

The FFCRA paid sick leave provisions ended December 31, 2020, as a requirement for employers, but was extended through March 31, 2021, for employers who wished to continue the program for their employees and for employer’s payroll tax credits.  However,

The Treasury Department and the IRS have issued guidance on the August 8, 2020, order by President Trump to defer the withholding, deposit, and payment of certain employee payroll tax obligations on wages from September 1, 2020 through December 31,

The Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act (PPPFA) passed nearly unanimously by the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate.  President Trump signed it into law on Friday June 5, 2020.  The PPPFA was intended to ease some of the forgiveness

On May 28, 2020, the House overwhelmingly passed a bill to loosen key rules for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). The plan would: Reduce the percentage of aid money that must be spent on payroll from 75% to 60% Extend

Bucks County has outlined a new grant program to help small businesses that have been negatively impacted by COVID-19. http://buckscounty.org/government/CommunityServices/BacktoWorkGrantProgam To qualify, applicants must be for-profit businesses, founded no later than 2018, that have less than $700,000 gross annual revenue

Yesterday afternoon the SBA extended until May 18, 2020 the PPP loan return-by date related to the PPP loan “necessity” certification. This is the second extension of the return-by date which allows PPP borrowers who determine they cannot meet the

Today the SBA again updated its FAQs related to PPP loans, this time with a welcome safe harbor to the “necessity” certification required by all borrowers. In FAQ46, the SBA announced that “any borrower that, together with its affiliates, received

Yesterday the Small Business Administration (SBA) issued a new FAQ which helps PPP borrowers whose employees elect not to return to work.  As set forth in the CARES Act, the PPP loan amount eligible for forgiveness is to be reduced,