Are ERC credits taxable income?

Covid has already become a disaster for the entire world. But Fortunately, ERC credit is a great initiative but is it taxable?

While the ERC is technically not taxable income in and of itself. ERC will affect your payroll deduction. As a business or employer taking employee retention credits, you must reduce your payroll expenses deduction by the amount of ERC claimed.

To understand this better, we need to first unpack the surroundings employment credits generally.

[link moderated] Under the IRC section 280c, Taxpayers are supposed to reduce their deductible expenses by the amount of R&D credits for the tax years that the credits have been taken.