New CARES Act Overview
I hope everyone is staying safe during these unprecedented times. Now more than ever I believe it is important for us all to stick together and truly do our best to make the most out of this situation. Maybe it’s something as simple as being able to be home for family dinner’s or the fact that family time is now available during the week and not just on weekends. Even in the worst situations, it is important to look for the bright spot. In a year or two I would like to think we could look back on this time and reflect and realize that we were able to grow together, and we were able to get through this together.
As I am sure you are aware, the new fiscal stimulus package designed to help combat the effects of the coronavirus on the economy has been making its way through congress. Thus far, we have held off on putting any information out on the bill to our clients. However, now that the package has been signed by the President and is going into effect, we wanted to write to you and highlight the policies that we believe are going to have the greatest impact on our clients.
When it comes to the details on the stimulus package, we feel the bill affects the vast majority, if not all our clients in one, if not two direct ways. The first is relief to individuals. The second is relief to small business owners. The bill also provides relief for many different industries such as airlines, banks, and healthcare. If you would like to review how those industries are affected, we have attached a much more in-depth summary of the bill.
Below are the key highlights for relief to individual and small businesses.
For Individuals
For Small Businesses (Defined as business with 500 employees of less)
We expect over the coming days and weeks for more clarity to come out on this phase 3 fiscal stimulus package. It is also expected that over the coming weeks Congress will most likely provide additional fiscal stimulus should the effects of COVID-19 continue in the form of a phase 4 package.
Should you have any questions about how exactly this bill affects you or anything else, please let us know. We have been reviewing this bill all weekend in an effort to educate ourselves and stay on top of any and all information that we feel is pertinent to you. More than anything it is important to us at this time that you feel taken care of and educated. As you know we have been checking in with all clients to make sure that they are doing ok and are healthy. David is also planning to follow up to this past Friday’s Webinar with weekly webinars to help educate clients and do whatever we can to support you during this time. However, in between emails, videos, webinars, and check ins if there is anything you need, do not hesitate to reach out. Our entire team is here for you during this time and look forward to working through this together!
I hope everyone continues to stay safe and healthy!
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