Tag: Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security Act
House ARPA chairman: ‘Surgical’ approach needed in spending $1.1B
Billions of federal dollars have been bestowed upon Rhode Island through COVID-19 relief funding, but a large portion of the money sits unused as...
Elorza sues Infante-Green over disputed funding for Providence schools
PROVIDENCE – Whether the city has set aside enough money for the Providence Public School District is at the center of a dispute now...
Five Questions With: Michael Garcia
Michael Garcia is a partner in the enterprise solutions group for Kahn, Litwin, Renza & Co. Ltd., a tax and accounting firm based in...
McKee standing firm on taxing PPP loans
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee is standing firm on his commitment to taxing Paycheck Protection Program loans greater than $150,000.
McKee made his position...
Crisis exposes depths of the ‘digital divide’
When Magdalena Andreozzi moved workshops offered by her nonprofit online during the COVID-19 pandemic last summer, she expected some bumps in the transition.
After all,...
Revisions boost interest in special tax credit
A $5,000-per-employee tax credit may sound like a great incentive.
But the Employee Retention Credit rolled out under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security...
R.I. Foundation awards $5M in CARES Act funds to nonprofits
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation announced Monday that it has awarded $5 million in federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act funds...
Tax questions over PPP loans remain unresolved
Accountants who helped shepherd businesses through the process of obtaining federal Paycheck Protection Program loans this year are now cautioning them to not assume...
R.I. receives additional $7.6M in CDBG funds tied to pandemic
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has been allocated an additional $7.6 million in Community Development Block Grants from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security...
EVICTION DILEMMA: Both tenants, small landlords vulnerable as crisis...
Ilanna Ball isn’t exactly a real estate tycoon – she owns two triple-deckers, a few other multifamily houses and manages another 45 rental properties...
