The Internal Revenue Service has released a new summary of tax credits created by recent legislation that impact small businesses, including the new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) small business health insurance premium tax credit and the federal COBRA subsidies. The new summary Web page consolidates many of the IRS’ tax credit resources in one convenient location.
Most businesses are having problem understanding the tax credit. The fine print is making it difficult for most small business to qualify for the tax credit. A very big exclusion is a small group cannot take the tax credit for family members that are employees. As we learn more and more about the tax credit it becomes less and less.