Faqs

If you received an IRS letter 1153, Proposed Trust Fund Recovery Penalty Assessment, here is what you should know. This IRS will send a 1153 letter via Certified Mail to your Last Known Address, [...]

What’s a Statutory Notice of Deficiency – Notice 3219? This IRS sends a Notice 3219 via Certified Mail to a taxpayer’s Last Known Address. The purpose of this letter is to inform you [...]

The self-employed individual may fund sick leave and family leave equivalents by taking into account the credit to which the individual is entitled and will claim on Form 1040, U.S. Individual [...]

The refundable credits are claimed on the self-employed individual’s Form 1040, U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, tax return for the 2020 tax year.

Yes, but the qualified sick or family leave equivalent amounts are offset by the qualified sick or family leave wages. That is, if an eligible self-employed individual receives qualified sick [...]

The qualified family leave equivalent amount with respect to an eligible self-employed individual is an amount equal to the number of days (up to 50) during the taxable year that the [...]

Average daily self-employment income is an amount equal to the net earnings from self-employment for the taxable year divided by 260. A taxpayer’s net earnings from self-employment are based on [...]

For an eligible self-employed individual who is unable to work or telework because the individual: Is subject to a Federal, State, or local quarantine or isolation order related to COVID-19; Has [...]

An eligible self-employed individual is defined as an individual who regularly carries on any trade or business within the meaning of section 1402 of the Code, and would be entitled to receive [...]

Yes, but at different times. Qualified sick leave wages are available for up to 80 hours during which an employee cannot work or telework for any of six reasons related to COVID-19, including [...]