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Note 10 - Employee Retention Credit and Payroll Tax Deferral
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Notes to Financial Statements  
Employee Retention Credit [Text Block]

NOTE 10. EMPLOYEE RETENTION CREDIT AND PAYROLL TAX DEFERRAL

 

On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) was signed into law providing numerous tax provisions and other stimulus measures, including an employee retention credit (“ERC”), which is a refundable tax credit against certain employment taxes. The Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020 and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 extended and expanded the availability of the ERC.

 

We qualified for ERC on qualified wages paid in the first and second quarters of 2021. During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company received the ERC related to the first quarter of 2021 of $2,559. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company received the ERC related to the second quarter of 2021 of $2,650.

 

The CARES Act allowed for the deferral of the employer portion of social security taxes incurred through the end of calendar 2020. As of December 31, 2022, there was $1,158 of social security tax payments deferred. We remitted this amount due during the year ended December 31, 2023 upon receipt of the remining credits under the ERC that exceeded the deferral amount as allowed under IRS Notices 2020-22 and 2021-2024. As of December 31, 2023, we recorded a receivable due from the IRS for $785 of the above $1,158 payment as it is being refunded to us; we have recorded an offsetting liability due to the IRS under the tax ID of our former professional employer organization (“PEO”).