Companies impacted by COVID-19 may be eligible for employee retention credits up to $14,000 per employee. Rob Kane, CPA with Wipfli, will discuss the Employee Retention Credit including eligibility, calculations, and benefits, with maximum credits of $5,000 per employee for 2020 and $14,000 per employee for 2021. Rob will also discuss recent changes to the benefit including eligibility enhancements for 2021 and optimization of PPP loan forgiveness and the ERC. Rob Kane is a tax partner in Wipfli’s Madison office. He is an accomplished CPA and business advisor with more than 25 years of experience in providing tax, audit, accounting and business solutions to organizations including privately held, private equity-owned, and ESOP/employee-owned businesses.