Please see this most important message from the ADA with respect to the following major tax issues that will impact your Dental Practice. Here are the highlights:
Giving additional flexibility for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans by allowing borrowers to:
>> Providing income tax credits to dental practices for the purchase of (PPE) Equipment & supplies
>> Use the Employee Retention Tax Credit (RTC) in conjunction with the PPP Loan Proceeds
>> Allow PPP funds to be used for the purchase PPE Equipment & Supplies.
>> Ability for Dental Practices to have access to additional PPP funds.
>> Deduct expenses paid for with your PPP loan proceeds
>> Allow Provider Relief funding to be non-taxable income
Please take the time to click on the hyperlink below, and reach out to your Congress Representative and have them support the upcoming Covid-19 package.
Dear Dr. Schiff,
We would like to thank you for your continued support and involvement in ADA advocacy efforts. Because of the efforts of you and more than 126,000 of your colleagues, we have been able to make sure Congress included dental concerns in previous legislation on COVID-19 relief.
We are requesting your help again. Congress may take up the next version of a pandemic relief proposal in the coming week. This version will expand on some of the past relief initiatives, as well as other concerns and issues arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. Like we did before, we must ensure dentistry is included in this next legislative package. We are asking Congress to include the following provisions as they move forward with negotiations:
- Providing tax credits to small businesses for the purchase of additional personal protective equipment (PPE) and safety improvements to the office.
- Increasing funding for Medicaid and protecting adult and child Medicaid dental benefits from cuts.
- Providing temporary and targeted liability protection to small businesses that follow applicable public health guidelines during the pandemic.
- Giving additional flexibility for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans by allowing borrowers to:
- Take advantage of the Employee Retention Tax Credit.
- Use PPP funds to purchase PPE.
- Take out additional PPP funds.
- Apply for PPP loans if they are 501(c)(6) organizations.
- Deduct expenses paid for with PPP loans.
- Incentivizing health care practitioners to work in health-disadvantaged communities that have been further undermined by COVID-19 by providing tax credits, federal grants, additional student loan repayment, and other incentives.
- Ensuring that Provider Relief funding is not included as taxable income
- Providing supplemental funding designated for the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to help the Institute re-launch its research priorities to pre-pandemic levels and help advance their COVID-19 research agenda.
- Investing resources in the public health infrastructure including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Indian Health Service (IHS).
Schiff Client Update – Thursday – August 6, 2020 4:45 PMPlease urge your members of Congress to support these provisions in the upcoming COVID-19 package.
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