The Paycheck Protection Program is reopened with over $284B in funds available for new loans. First-time borrowers must have 500 or fewer employees and meet other eligibility criteria. In addition, second PPP loans are available to businesses that received a PPP loan previously if they have 300 or fewer employees and meet other eligibility criteria.

Year End Checklist 2020…

• Audit, Audit, Audit…. Ask employees to verify name, address and social security number.Ensure recent new hires are correct (2020).  Place address update forms in the lunchroom, on bulletin boards
• Send Self Service flyers to employees who have not registered

The Social Security Administration (SSA) announced on Tuesday, October 13that the 2021 social security wage base will be $142,800, which is an increase of $5,100 from $137,700 in 2020(view the SSA Fact Sheet).

The IRS released a revised 2020 Form 941,Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax Return, and its instructions. The form will be used to report employment taxes beginning with the third quarter of 2020.

401(k), 403(b), 457(b) Pre-Tax Contribution Limit Remains $19,500 for 2021

The IRS has announced the changes to the dollar limits on benefits and contributions under qualified retirement plans, as well as other items, for tax year 2021 [Notice 2020-79, 10-26-20].

Forbes.com The Internal Revenue Service announced new, higher contribution limits for health savings accounts for 2021 today. You’ll be allowed to contribute $3,600 for individual coverage for 2021, up from $3,550 for 2020, or $7,200 for family coverage, up from $7,100 for 2020.

The IRS released a revised Form 941, Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax Return, and its instructions to be used beginning with the second quarter of 2020 (due July 31, 2020). The form has been updated to accommodate reporting of COVID-19-related employment tax credits and other relief.

The IRS released Form 941 instructions and instructions to Schedule B for the second, third and fourth quarters of 2020 in late June. Several issues have now arisen with the deferral of the employer’s 6.2% share of Social Security taxes. Designating Deferrals Although employers can’t defer a deposit of Social Security taxes they’ve already made, employers may be […]

On August 8, 2020, President Trump signed memorandums directing the Secretary of the Treasury “to defer the withholding, deposit, and payment” of the employee share of social security tax on wages paid between September 1 and December 31, 2020.