Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Taxes: August-December 2020

December 19, 2020

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And 2020 is still the year of COVID-19. In fact, the deadly coronavirus has been so persistent and there have been so many pandemic-related tax matters, that the original special Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Taxes page was overwhelmed and overflowing.

So I renamed it Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Taxes: March-July 2020 and created this page to finish out the year.

Then 2021 arrived and COVID-19 was still here. Actually, it picked up steam after people decided they were going to escape their self-isolation pods and visit family and friends over the December holidays. So now there’s a third special coronavirus tax page named marking COVID/tax posts from for January 2021 until …  who knows? Here’s hoping we don’t need any 2022 versions!

UPDATE, Jan. 1, 2022: This is one time I am not pleased with my prognostication powers. There is indeed a fourth COVID and taxes page, since the coronavirus just will not freakin’ let go! Posts in which taxes and the pandemic are connected in 2022 will be found there, Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Taxes: January-… 2022.

A couple of things stay the same on all three pages. First, the items are listed with the most recent post first.

Secondly, this page, like its COVID counterparts, starts off with COVID-19 posts from Don’t Mess With Taxes because, well, it’s my blog! Then the other sections with coronavirus links from official government websites, professional associations, law and accounting firms, and tax policy think tanks follow.

So enough with the housekeeping. Here’s the second collection of coronavirus tax+ matters.

There also are some posts since the beginning of the pandemic that tangentially reference COVID-19’s effects on taxes, but not enough so to make the official coronavirus cut for inclusion on this page.

If you’re interested in seeing those, you can browse the new Coronavirus COVID-19 category. The posts above (as well as those on the other coronavirus pages) will show up, too, but just keep scrolling to find others that didn’t make this coronavirus tax specific list.

Now to other off-blog resources.

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First, there are the official government sites. The image above recommends Coronavirus.gov, which basically is a landing page (like this), so below are my suggestions.

Internal Revenue Service (IRS): Coronavirus Tax Relief and Economic Impact Payments

Treasury: How the Treasury Department is Taking Action

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Coronavirus (COVID-19) 

Social Security Administration (SSA): Social Security & Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)

Federal Trade Commission (FTC): Coronavirus – What the FTC is Doing

Health and Human Services (HHS): COVID-19 Portal 

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB): A guide to COVID-19 economic stimulus relief

Department of Education (Ed): COVID-19 (“Coronavirus”) Information and Resources for Schools and School Personnel

Food and Drug Administration (FDA): Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Frequently Asked Questions 

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA): Coronavirus (COVID-19) Response (note the rumor control section)

U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS): Coronavirus/COVID-19 Related Scams 

USA.gov: Government Response to Coronavirus, COVID-19 

And, of course, there are other sites following the pandemic’s tax effects.

Many of my fellow tax bloggers are doing great jobs tracking the intricacies of COVID-19 tax changes. So are the members of the great #TaxTwitter community.

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But in order to keep this page from following the excessive pieces of coronavirus legislation when it comes to length, I’ve focused below on web pages posted by professional firms, associations and other taxcentric entities that are providing valuable coronavirus-related tax information and advice.

National Association of Tax Professionals (NATP): ​​​​​​​​​​COVID-19 Tax News & FAQ 

American Institute of CPAs (AICPA): Coronavirus (COVID-19) tax resources (n.b., the state tax roundup)

Thomson Reuters: COVID-19 resource center

Wolters Kluwer: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources for Tax & Accounting Professionals

KPMG: Coronavirus (COVID-19) tax developments

Deloitte: COVID-19 tax policy updates 

EY US: Responding to COVID-19

Grant Thornton: COVID-19 Resource Center 

RubinBrown: Coronavirus Preparedness Resource Center 

EideBailly: The New Coronavirus (COVID-19) Organiational & Individual Impacts

Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP): COVID-19 Tax Policy Resources

The Tax Foundation: Tax Policy And The Coronavirus (note the state-by-state legislative and global country-by-country fiscal measures trackers)

Avalara: COVID-19 Tax Relief Roundup

Employee Benefit News (EBN): Coronavirus Impact

But wait, there are more: Naturally, things will change as the virus itself and our tax reactions to it evolve, so I’m asking for your help.

I know I’ve missed some good sites. Please let me know. I’ll probably see your suggestions sooner if you let me know via Twitter where, in case you don’t know, I’m @taxtweet. You also can drop me an email note.

I’ll update this page as regularly as I can. You’d think that I’d have more time by essentially being on house arrest during Austin’s coronavirus stay-home order, but it seems that the hours in the days also are affected by these bizarre circumstances (and my discovery of new things to stream).

Thanks for your assistance and patience. And, of course, be safe!

Taxes are important, but they are just taxes. The well-being of everyone and your families is everything, the only thing.

Original post began April 4, 2020

 

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