“Americans who worked through the pandemic are being paid up to $26,000 by qualifying for the Employee Retention Credit.”
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Claim dated 6 Jan 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Congress created the employee retention tax credit to incentivize employers to keep paying staff after business activity dropped due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The credit is paid to eligible employers, not employees.
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 6 January 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 18 January 2023, 12 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://ghostarchive.org/archive/RAb78
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