The favorite tax tool being used by Congress for helping businesses through the coronavirus crisis is the payroll tax, not the income tax. While individuals are receiving advances on their new income tax credit, businesses are receiving advances on a variety of new payroll tax credits. Sorting through that variety and the choices for advances will present a challenge for 2020, but the result will hopefully mean quicker and broader tax relief than an income tax credit might have afforded.
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