---
title: First Look At The CARES Act’s Provisions For Tax Relief
description: By Sidney Kess The CPA Journal April 2020 The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES)…
---

[Publications ](https://kostelanetz.com/publications)

# [First Look At The CARES Act’s Provisions For Tax Relief](https://kostelanetz.com/publications/first-look-at-the-cares-acts-provisions-for-tax-relief)

 Written by [Kostelanetz LLP](https://kostelanetz.com/publications/author/kostelanetz-llp) | Apr 29, 2020

By [Sidney Kess](https://kostelanetz.com/profile/sidney-kess/)  
*The CPA Journal*  
 April 2020

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (H.R. 748), signed into law on March 27, 2020, is a $2.2 trillion package enacted to help individuals and businesses get through the health and economic crisis triggered by the coronavirus pandemic. The act is extensive and affects not only taxes in 2020, but those in prior years as well. Because of the huge scope of the act, this article covers only tax rules.

[…]

Published with permission from *The CPA Journal*.

Click [here](https://www.cpajournal.com/2020/04/29/first-look-at-the-cares-acts-provisions-for-tax-relief/) for the full article.

[View full post](https://kostelanetz.com/publications/first-look-at-the-cares-acts-provisions-for-tax-relief)

```json
{
  "@context" : "http://schema.org",
  "@type" : "BlogPosting",
  "author" : {
    "@type" : "Person",
    "name" : "Kostelanetz LLP"
  },
  "dateModified" : "2026-04-06T15:43:48.322Z",
  "datePublished" : "2020-04-29T12:15:14Z",
  "headline" : "First Look At The CARES Act’s Provisions For Tax Relief",
  "image" : {
    "@type" : "ImageObject",
    "height" : 60,
    "url" : "/hs/hsstatic/content_shared_assets/static-1.4092/img/default-amp-logo.png",
    "width" : 60
  },
  "mainEntityOfPage" : "https://kostelanetz.com/publications/first-look-at-the-cares-acts-provisions-for-tax-relief",
  "publisher" : {
    "@type" : "Organization",
    "logo" : {
      "@type" : "ImageObject",
      "height" : 60,
      "url" : "/hs/hsstatic/content_shared_assets/static-1.4092/img/default-amp-logo.png",
      "width" : 60
    },
    "name" : "Publications"
  }
}
```