What's Up Media: The Employee Retention Credit

The Employee Retention Credit is claimed by amending a business's quarterly IRS payroll tax returns and is based on the wages the business paid to its employees during 2020 and 2021. A business may be eligible for the credit if a government order limited its operations by forcing the business to close, required capacity restrictions, or otherwise restricted its business functions. A business may also be eligible for the ERC if it had a significant decline in revenue in any quarter, since the beginning of the pandemic through the third quarter of 2021.