What a week and what a time in US history!
To Clients and Friends —
I will cut to the point – Governor Wolf ordered that “all non-life sustaining businesses in Pennsylvania close or face enforcement action.” That enforcement will go into effect 12:01am Saturday March 21, 2020. For this reason, we are not staffing our Allentown office after Friday March 20, 2020. Our staff is working remotely and it’s important that you know we will be serving our clients as earnestly as ever. If you were scheduled to meet in-person with a member of our team, we will be in touch shortly to reschedule that meeting to a phone call.
Parallel to Governor Wolf’s order, Treasury Secretary Mnuchin announced “We are moving Tax Day from April 15 to July 15, all taxpayers and businesses will have this additional time to file and make payments without interest or penalties.”
What this means to our clients – in the middle of the tension and uncertainty, the tax world is back to normal but pushed back 90 days. If we completed your return and you have a balance due to the IRS, that payment is now due 7/15/2020. You do not need a new voucher or any additional forms, simply make payment on 7/15.
If your return is not complete as of this email, there is no further action required on your part. Tax Day is now 7/15/2020 and we will continue working on your returns. As usual, a member of our team will contact you with any questions/information requests.
We will work as diligently as we can under these new circumstances and your patience is appreciated. It is our responsibility to file your return on time and we will do so. This environment is changing by minute – there are new tax credits, stimulus payments, loan forgiveness among a host of other items in discussion and we update our Emergency Tax Updates webpage as information becomes available.
We at Werner & Company CPAs stand with our community to keep everyone safe and end the spread of COVID-19. Stay safe, everyone – and thank you for the trust you have placed in us. We are confident by working together we will overcome this.
Sincerely,
Kristofer DePaolo, CEO
