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July 2026


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ERC Refund in 2026: One Great Way to Handle It


If you received a $100,000 Employee Retention Credit (ERC) refund in 2026 for wages paid in 2020 and 2021, there is a practical way to handle it and also to protect yourself.

 

The short version is this: report the $100,000 as taxable income on your 2026 tax return, then file a protective refund claim so you can ask for that tax back later if the courts decide the IRS’s position is wrong.1

 

That may sound odd at first.

 

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