The Internal Revenue Service late this week announced a moratorium at least through the end of this year on processing new claims for a pandemic-era relief program so it can protect small business owners from scams.

The employee retention credit, or ERC, was created to support small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. It can be worth thousands of dollars per employee and has sparked a flood of specialist firms falsely promising businesses they qualify for the complicated tax break.

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