Employee retention credits represent a nearly secret subsidy the Federal government provides to businesses and non-profits in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Like the better known Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), employer retention credits provide huge financial support to employers struggling to work their way through the pandemic: $5,000 per employee in 2020 and up to $28,000 per employee in 2021. In Maximizing Employee Retention Credits, CPA and small business expert Stephen L. Nelson, explains how the employee retention credit works, how employers calculate and claim their refunds, and how employers can collect larger refunds by carefully following the rules and responding to Congress's incentives. The book explains, for example, how to qualify for the credits soon as possible--perhaps for the next payroll processed. The book explains how most small businesses--even those that don't currently qualify--can start a new trade or business and receive up to $100,000 from the Federal government. (This opportunity needs to be acted on quickly. That $100,000 incentive drops to $50,000 after September 30,2021 and goes to zero on January 1, 2022. Finally, the book also explains how to coordinate PPP forgiveness with employee retention credits to get full PPP forgiveness but in a way that doesn't cost a business owner or manager retention credit refunds.