ERTC: The Tax Credit That Could Matter Most to Your Business

Gene Marks
2 min readFeb 2, 2023

Think you missed out on the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC)? Think Again.

Listen in as host Gene Marks talks with Erin Lierheimer, Senior Technical Product Manager at Paychex, and Ken Bersani, Manager of Operating Risk at Paychex, about how businesses can still retroactively claim credits for losses occurred during the pandemic. Hear what they had to say about what the ERTC is, the qualifications and eligibility for the ERTC, the ERTC timeline, how Paychex can help with the process, and much more.

Topics

00:15 — Financing trends for 2023

01:01 — What is the ERTC?

03:15 — Guest introduction

03:51 — Meet Erin Lierheimer

05:39 — Meet Ken Bersani

06:14 — Using a professional for ERTC

07:25 — Can you still obtain the ERTC credit?

07:43 — Retroactive amendments to ERTC

08:09 — How long does it take to get refunds?

08:33 — ERTC timeline and leaving yourself time

11:38 — How Paychex helps with the process

12:09 — ERTC with other loans and credits

15:41 — Qualifications and eligibility for ERTC

15:51 — Full or partial shutdown

19:45 — Decline in gross receipts

22:47 — Recovery startup businesses

25:02 — Key dates

26:07 — Auditing by the IRS

30:51 — Wrap up

Listen here.

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Gene Marks

Columnist on smallbiz, economy, public policy, tech for The Guardian, The Hill, Philly Inquirer, Wash Times, Forbes, Entrepreneur. Small Business owner and CPA