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United States: Delay in Employer and Self-Employed Payroll Taxes (CARES Act)

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home.kpmg (27.03.2020)

The CARES Act allows employers and self-employed individuals to defer payment of the employer share (6.2%) of the social security tax they otherwise are responsible for paying in 2020, effective for payments due after March 27, 2020.  Fifty percent of the deferred payroll taxes are due on December 31, 2021, and the remaining amounts are due on December 31, 2022.

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United States
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United States: Telehealth services prior to reaching the deductible

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whitehouse.gov (27.03.2020)

New measures allow a high-deductible health plan with a health savings account to cover telehealth services prior to a patient reaching the deductible.

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United States
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Deutschland: Steuerliche Hilfsmaßnahmen für alle von der Corona-Pandemie betroffenen Unternehmen

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bundesfinanzministerium.de (19.03.2020)

Um Unternehmen in der Corona-Pandemie dabei zu unterstützen, ihre Ausstattung mit Liquidität zu verbessern, erhalten sie steuerliche Hilfen. Das Bundesfinanzministerium hat mit den obersten Landesfinanzbehörden ein BMF-Schreiben abgestimmt, mit dem betroffene Steuerpflichtige mit konkreten steuerlichen Erleichterungen unterstützt werden.

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germany
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Spain: Government steps up care for homeless in coronavirus crisis

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lamoncloa.gob.es (16.03.2020)

The government will implement a social services action plan to help the homeless given the health and social emergency caused by COVID-19, which the armed forces will assist in. The social services will make up units that are delivered daily comprising a hygiene kit, and food and drink to the homeless. They will also explain the measures to prevent catching coronavirus, will take their temperature and advise them as necessary.

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spain
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Health
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