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Employee Retention Credit for Startups and How to Use It

Curt Mastio
by Curt Mastio
on March 31, 2020

Section 2301 of the CARES Act outlines the rules of the ‘Employee Retention Credit for Employers Subject to Closure due to Covid-19’ which provides relief for startups and small businesses that were ...

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