Related Individuals and the Employee Retention Credit
As we previously blogged about, the IRS issued Notice 2021-49 on August 4, 2021, which included guidance on claiming the credit after July 1, 2021. The Notice contains a provision concerning related individuals, of which many companies may not be aware. Essentially, if any of the company employees are family members of the majority owner, their wages do not qualify for the ERC like the wages of other non-related company employees.