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June 15, 2020
2020-1567

EY's state guide to COVID-19 payroll and employment tax provisions is updated through June 8, 2020

Our EY state guide to COVID-19, originally published on May 7, 2020, has been updated through June 8, 2020. Sections updated are show in asterisks in the Table of Contents.

To contain the outbreak of COVID-19 in the US, numerous states and local governments temporarily closed nonessential businesses and issued "stay-at-home" orders, creating a historic disruption to the US workforce. Most states and localities responded to the emergency by expanding their paid leave mandates; waiving certain reporting requirements; expanding unemployment insurance benefits; providing extensions on the due date of payroll tax returns, tax payments or both; and/or temporarily halting certain garnishment orders.

Our updated "COVID-19: state guide to payroll and employment tax provisions" is attached below as a PDF. Updates will be published periodically in the weeks and months ahead.

Note too that to our comprehensive report, "COVID-19: employer requirements and considerations," provides details on the federal provisions that address the COVID-19 emergency through mandatory paid leave, employment tax credits, the option to defer the employer portion of Social Security tax and more.

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Workforce Tax Services - Employment Tax Advisory Services
   • Kenneth Hausser (kenneth.hausser@ey.com)
   • Debera Salam (debera.salam@ey.com)
   • Kristie Lowery (kristie.lowery@ey.com)
   • Peter Berard (peter.berard@ey.com)

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