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The Coronavirus, Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) allows employers to defer the deposit and payment of the employer's share of Social Security taxes and self-employed individuals to defer payment of certain self-employment taxes. These FAQs address specific issues related to the deferral of deposit and payment of these employment taxes, as well as coordination with the credits for paid leave under sections 7001 and 7003 of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) and the employee retention credit under section 2301 of the CARES Act. These FAQs will continue to be updated to address additional questions as appropriate.

Notice 2017-23 provides interim guidance on the payroll tax credit, a provision of the Protecting Americans From Tax Hikes Act (enacted in December 2015) that was first made available to qualified small businesses filing 2016 federal income tax returns whose business tax year began after December 31, 2015.

This notice informs you that your annual federal employment tax filing requirement has changed.

My organization needs to file a tax return.

This notice reminds you that you may not be following the semi-weekly deposit schedule timeframe of the Wednesday or Friday after your payroll date correctly. Deposit requirements were changed from monthly to semi-weekly (twice per week).

A description of FTDs and why they are important is provided.

A payroll service provider typically prepares employment tax returns for signature by its employers/clients and processes the withholding, deposit and payment of the associated employment taxes for its common law employers/clients.

We issue the CP235 when it appears that you are using the prior year’s deposit schedule when you are required to use a different deposit schedule.

FS-2021-09, April 2021 — The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 allows small and midsize employers, and certain governmental employers, to claim refundable tax credits that reimburse them for the cost of providing paid sick and family leave to their employees due to COVID-19, including leave taken by employees to receive or recover from COVID-19 vaccinations.

A comparison chart about the Paid Sick and Family Leave Credit