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The U.S. Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) today posted a notice seeking recommendations to be included on the 2020-2021 Priority Guidance Plan. The Priority Guidance Plan identifies guidance projects that the Treasury and the IRS intend to focus on from July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2021.
House Democrats today unveiled a $3 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, their proposal for “Phase 4” of pandemic relief legislation. The Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act would provide nearly $1 trillion to state and local governments to avert layoffs and $200 billion in hazard pay for essential workers.
The Internal Revenue Service issued a notice that clarifies that taxpayers are not allowed a deduction for an expense if payment of the expense results in forgiveness of a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan, and the income associated with the forgiveness is excluded from gross income.
The Internal Revenue Service will publish a revenue procedure May 18 to temporarily allow taxpayers to electronically submit requests for private letter rulings and other guidance. Revenue Procedure 2020-29 modifies an earlier revenue procedure and will allow both paper and electronic requests for advice until Revenue Procedure 2020-29 is modified or superseded.
President Donald Trump today signed the $484 billion COVID-19 relief bill into law, providing $380 billion for small businesses, $75 billion for hospitals and $25 billion for disease testing.
