Employee Retention Credit
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The Employee Retention Credit is a refundable federal tax credit designed to encourage businesses to keep employees on their payroll during the economic disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Employee Retention Credit canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9791280 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Employee Retention Credit Context triple: [CARES Act supplemental COVID-19 relief provisions in Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, modifiesProgram, Employee Retention Credit]
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A.
Working Tax Credit
Working Tax Credit was a UK government benefit that provided financial support to low-income workers before being largely superseded by Universal Credit.
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B.
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme was a UK government furlough program introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic to subsidize employee wages and prevent mass unemployment.
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C.
Earned Income Tax Credit
The Earned Income Tax Credit is a refundable federal tax credit in the United States that supplements the wages of low- to moderate-income workers, particularly those with children, to reduce poverty and encourage employment.
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D.
Additional Child Tax Credit
The Additional Child Tax Credit is a refundable U.S. federal income tax credit that allows eligible low- and moderate-income families to receive a refund based on the Child Tax Credit even if they owe little or no income tax.
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E.
Federal Insurance Contributions Act taxes
Federal Insurance Contributions Act taxes are U.S. payroll taxes imposed on employers and employees to finance Social Security and Medicare programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Employee Retention Credit Target entity description: The Employee Retention Credit is a refundable federal tax credit designed to encourage businesses to keep employees on their payroll during the economic disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A.
Working Tax Credit
Working Tax Credit was a UK government benefit that provided financial support to low-income workers before being largely superseded by Universal Credit.
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B.
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme was a UK government furlough program introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic to subsidize employee wages and prevent mass unemployment.
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C.
Earned Income Tax Credit
The Earned Income Tax Credit is a refundable federal tax credit in the United States that supplements the wages of low- to moderate-income workers, particularly those with children, to reduce poverty and encourage employment.
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D.
Additional Child Tax Credit
The Additional Child Tax Credit is a refundable U.S. federal income tax credit that allows eligible low- and moderate-income families to receive a refund based on the Child Tax Credit even if they owe little or no income tax.
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E.
Federal Insurance Contributions Act taxes
Federal Insurance Contributions Act taxes are U.S. payroll taxes imposed on employers and employees to finance Social Security and Medicare programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
COVID-19 relief measure
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federal tax credit ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Internal Revenue Service NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Employee Retention Tax Credit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
certain mid-sized businesses
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eligible employers ⓘ small businesses ⓘ |
| availableFor |
certain health insurance costs
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wages paid to employees ⓘ |
| basedOn |
qualified health plan expenses
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qualified wages ⓘ |
| beneficiary | employers retaining employees during COVID-19 disruptions ⓘ |
| claimMethod |
adjusted employment tax return Form 941-X
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employment tax return Form 941 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| coveredPeriod2020 | 2020-03-13 to 2020-12-31 ⓘ |
| coveredPeriod2021 | 2021-01-01 to 2021-09-30 ⓘ |
| createdBy | Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economicImpact | reduced payroll tax liabilities for eligible employers ⓘ |
| eligibilityCriterion |
full or partial suspension of operations due to government orders related to COVID-19
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significant decline in gross receipts due to COVID-19 ⓘ |
| endDate | 2021-09-30 ⓘ |
| extendedBy | Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingLaw | Internal Revenue Code NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| initialRule | employers could not claim ERC if they received a PPP loan ⓘ |
| interactionWith | Paycheck Protection Program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedIn | 2020 ⓘ |
| laterRule | employers could claim ERC and PPP but not on the same wages ⓘ |
| legislatedBy | United States Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maximumCredit2020PerEmployee | 5000 USD ⓘ |
| maximumCredit2021PerQuarterPerEmployee | 7000 USD ⓘ |
| modifiedBy |
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
NERFINISHED
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Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notAvailableFor | self-employed individual’s own wages ⓘ |
| offsets | employer share of Social Security tax ⓘ |
| purpose |
encourage employers to keep employees on payroll
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provide financial relief to businesses affected by COVID-19 ⓘ |
| refundable | true ⓘ |
| relatedProgram |
Economic Injury Disaster Loan program
NERFINISHED
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Paycheck Protection Program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo | COVID-19 pandemic ⓘ |
| sector | business taxation ⓘ |
| shortName | ERC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| specialRule | recovery startup businesses could claim ERC through 2021-12-31 ⓘ |
| startDate | 2020-03-13 ⓘ |
| statuteOfLimitations | generally three years from filing of original employment tax return ⓘ |
| taxType | employment tax credit ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Employee Retention Credit Description of subject: The Employee Retention Credit is a refundable federal tax credit designed to encourage businesses to keep employees on their payroll during the economic disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
CARES Act supplemental COVID-19 relief provisions in Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021
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modifiesProgram
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Employee Retention Credit
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