IRS/DOL FAQs cover COVID-19 documentation

Employees could begin taking paid leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act on April 1. Which means you could begin filing Form 7200 to get an advance on your paid leave tax credits or you could begin reducing your tax deposits to pay for leave. But all of this needs to be backed up with documentation. And as with all things labor-related, and, especially payroll taxes, your documentation must pass muster.