{"id":370,"date":"2016-03-03T12:00:43","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T12:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amerilawyer-blog.local\/?p=370"},"modified":"2025-05-27T16:42:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T20:42:28","slug":"heart-act-helps-reservists-meet-their-daily-needs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/blog\/business\/heart-act-helps-reservists-meet-their-daily-needs","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Heart Act&#8221; Helps Reservists Meet Their Daily Needs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The US Senate Finance Committee recently approved a series of tax credit extensions, including a 2-year extension that assists<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong> <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/form_a_corporation\/corporation.htm\">small businesses<\/a><\/strong><\/span>,<strong> military reservists<\/strong>, and <strong>National Guard members<\/strong> called to active duty. Originally enacted as part of the <strong>Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008<\/strong> (The Heart Act), the provision provides a tax credit of 20% to small employers with under 50 employees. The 20% is calculated from the differential amount that an employer would pay while the employee is on active duty. For example, if a reservist gets paid $2,000 per month from their employer, but only $1000 per month while on active duty, an employer would get a tax credit on $1,000 (or $2000) that the employer would pay to maintain the $2,000 per month salary.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-558\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-558 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/amerilawyer-blog.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Military.jpg\" alt=\"Military\" width=\"492\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Military.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Military-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Military-144x72.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The credit incentives small businesses to continue paying their employee&#8217;s salary, therefore ensuring that reservists, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the men and women in the National Guard, and their families, are able to meet their daily needs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>If you are a member of Spiegel &amp; Utrera, P.A.\u2019s <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/general_counsel.htm\"><b>General Counsel Club<\/b><\/a><b> and have questions about Tax Credits, call (800) 734-9900 or\u00a0<\/b><b>clubassist@amerilawyer.com<\/b><b> for assistance. Remember, as a member of the \u00a0General Counsel Club, you receive unlimited legal, business, credit and tax advice all year long.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Spiegel &amp; Utrera, P.A. is a corporate law firm with its main offices located in Miami, Florida with offices throughout the U<\/em><span class=\"text_exposed_show\"><em>nited States. As a law firm, we do more than just help you form your business entity. We stand ready to help with the maintenance of your legal business entity! We\u00a0will assist you with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/form_a_corporation\/corporation.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Incorporation Service<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/trademark\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Trademarks<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/trademark\/tm_copyright.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Copyrights<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/living_trust.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Estate Planning<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/general_counsel.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Legal Counsel<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/assetprotection\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Wills<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/livingtrusts\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Trusts<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/agreements\/\" target=\"_blank\">Agreements &amp; Leases<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Corporate &amp; Company Changes<\/a>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":null,"protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,72,6,49,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-entrepreneur","category-legal-services","category-llc","category-taxes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.8 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Heart Act&quot; 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