If An Employer Voluntarily Suspends Operation Of A Trade Or Business Or Voluntarily Reduces Hours Due To Covid-19, But The Suspension Or Reduction In Hours Is Not Due To A Governmental Order, May The Employer Qualify As An Eligible Employer Solely On The Basis Of The Voluntary Suspension Or Reduction In Hours? – #14 ERC IRS Notice 2021-20

Question #14:
If an employer voluntarily suspends operation of a trade or business or voluntarily reduces hours due to COVID-19, but the suspension or reduction in hours is not due to a governmental order, may the employer qualify as an eligible employer solely on the basis of the voluntary suspension or reduction in hours?

Found under the D. Full or Partial Suspension of Trade or Business Operations section of the Employee Retention Credit (ERC) IRS Notice 2021-20 with updated guidance to help business owners follow the current ERC rules. 

The answer to question #14, If an employer voluntarily suspends operation of a trade or business or voluntarily reduces hours due to COVID-19, but the suspension or reduction in hours is not due to a governmental order, may the employer qualify as an eligible employer solely on the basis of the voluntary suspension or reduction in hours?, can be found below.

ERC IRS Notice 2021-20 Question #14:

D. Full or Partial Suspension of Trade or Business Operations

If an employer voluntarily suspends operation of a trade or business or voluntarily reduces hours due to COVID-19, but the suspension or reduction in hours is not due to a governmental order, may the employer qualify as an eligible employer solely on the basis of the voluntary suspension or reduction in hours?

No. An employer that voluntarily suspends operation of a trade or business or voluntarily reduces hours due to COVID-19 is not eligible for the employee retention credit on the basis of a full or partial suspension of its operations.

For more information about the Employee Retention Credit (ERC) IRS Notice 2021-20, visit the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Department of the Treasury, official IRS.gov tax website.

Conclusion and Summary on If an employer voluntarily suspends operation of a trade or business or voluntarily reduces hours due to COVID-19, but the suspension or reduction in hours is not due to a governmental order, may the employer qualify as an eligible employer solely on the basis of the voluntary suspension or reduction in hours? – #14 ERC IRS Notice 2021-20

The answer to Question #14: “If an employer voluntarily suspends operation of a trade or business or voluntarily reduces hours due to COVID-19, but the suspension or reduction in hours is not due to a governmental order, may the employer qualify as an eligible employer solely on the basis of the voluntary suspension or reduction in hours?” was answered in detail above. It was found under section “D. Full or Partial Suspension of Trade or Business Operations” in IRS Notice 2021-20. 

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