Client Alert - COVID-19: CARES Act: Important Tax Code Changes
March 29, 2020
By: Mitchell W. Goldberg and Bryan S. Appel
The attached is a high-level summary of the proposed tax changes to the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) contained the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act or the “CARES Act” (H.R. 748) (the “Act”) which was passed by the Senate and is currently pending before the House of Representatives and to be signed by the President. Please note that this is being distributed for your convenience and for general informational purposes only. This summary is not (and is not intended to be) complete, omits various details and other pertinent information, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Act. In addition, the Act as finally signed by the President may differ from the summary descriptions herein.
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