--- title: "February 2021" description: "" url: "https://wimlaw.com/publications/newsletters/february-2021" date: "2026-06-03T05:36:10+00:00" language: "en-US" --- # February 2021 [ ![money bills washington](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/85/8lnbxtxfgzw-85160e65.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1108:refund-file-deadline-employee-retention-tax-credits&catid=209)## [Last Day to File for Refund of Paid Leave and Employee Retention Tax Credits](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1108:refund-file-deadline-employee-retention-tax-credits&catid=209) February 17, 2021 | [February 2021](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=209) The March 2020 CARES Act allows employers to reduce their quarterly federal employment tax deposit obligations in certain situations. One of those is called the Employee Retention Credit, and another is called the Paid Leave Credit. For employers who have claimed, or intend to claim, the employee retention credit or the paid leave credit that were part of t… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1108:refund-file-deadline-employee-retention-tax-credits&catid=209) [ ![dark sand](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/6c/i9ov2w2gxf4-6cdb1434.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1107:pandemic-bill-changes&catid=209)## [Changes from New Pandemic Relief Bill](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1107:pandemic-bill-changes&catid=209) February 17, 2021 | [February 2021](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=209) The $900 billion pandemic relief that passed Congress in December was a compromise measure aimed at improving economic recovery. Some of its most important features are as follows: [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1107:pandemic-bill-changes&catid=209) [ ![biden news article](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/6d/icg0de369-q-6d64d2a7.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1106:biden-admin-first-steps&catid=209)## [First Steps to Be Taken by Biden Administration](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1106:biden-admin-first-steps&catid=209) February 17, 2021 | [February 2021](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=209) Many of the Cabinet nominees made by President Biden are veterans of the Obama Administration. The management community is always interested in who is running the Department of Labor (DOL), and the appointment of Boston Mayor Marty Walls is relatively uncontroversial. Walls is an old friend of the President and, like the President, has a reputation as a pra… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1106:biden-admin-first-steps&catid=209) [ ![city of atlanta horizon](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/7d/4dxxsn4oyy0-7d839d6a.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1105:georgia-elections-future&catid=209)## [Georgia Elections Change Our Future Dramatically](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1105:georgia-elections-future&catid=209) February 08, 2021 | [February 2021](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=209) As a native Georgian, this writer was surprised at the results of the Georgia run-off elections on January 5, 2021, in which both Democrats won narrow victories over two Republican incumbent U.S. Senators. 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