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Last update: 3/30/2020

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Business Resources & Updates

The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak is first and foremost a human tragedy. It is also having a significant impact on the global and local economy. The topics below provide Kansas City entrepreneurs and business owners with business resources to navigate their businesses through outbreak.

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Coronavirus Business Resources

Recursos en español

¿Qué debes saber sobre el coronavirus (COVID-19)?
(La mención: University of Missouri Extension)

Asistencia de Desastre de la SBA en Respuesta al Coronavirus
(La mención: SBA)

La Agencia Federal de Pequeños Negocios (SBA, por sus siglas en inglés) les ofrece a ciertos estados y territorios designados préstamos federales de desastre de bajos intereses para usar como capital de trabajo a los pequeños negocios que sufren daños económicos sustanciales como resultado del Coronavirus (también llamado COVID-19).

#ActivoKC
(Source: Hispanic Chamber)

Un espacio en español donde podrás enterarte sobre lo que sucede con el COVID-19 en nuestra comunidad. Únete a la conversación.
Business and Industry Impact

Impact of Coronavirus on Small Business
(Source: America’s SBDC, Thryv, Inc.)
Small business advocates Thryv, Inc. and America's Small Business Development Center (SBDC) conducted a survey to gauge COVID-19 impact among small businesses. The study was conducted on March 20 through March 23 among more than 850 small businesses, with a margin of error +/- 3.3 percent.

Impact of Coronavirus Outbreak on Supply Chain
(Source: Institute for Supply Management)
This page is a centralized resource to gather news, resources and upcoming events centered on information you should know and education and research you can access on mitigating the risks impacting the supply chain today.

KC Chamber COVID19 Presentation (PowerPoint)
(Source: Dr. Archer, KCMO Health Department) Dr. Archer’s presentation provides context, data, local resources and community strategy suggestions around the coronavirus outbreak.

COVID-19 Implications for Business
(Source: McKinsey & Company, March 25, 2020)
These briefing notes from March 25, 2020, provides business leaders with a perspective on the evolving situation and implications for their companies. The outbreak is moving quickly, and some of the perspectives in this article may fall rapidly out of date. This article reflects McKinsey’s perspective as of March 9, 2020 and they plan tol update it regularly as the outbreak evolves. McKinsey and Company is a global management consulting firm.

Coronavirus Impact on Industries & Sectors around the World
(Source: IBISWorld) This link from IBISWorld provides a collection of fast facts about how the spread of COVID-19 is affecting sectors in Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, the UK and the US.
>> For Artists

Arts Integration Grants
(Source: Kansas Department of Commerce)
The Arts Integration Program grants support the role the arts play in all levels of education, community service and workforce development. This program provides funding for educational institutions, arts organizations and community service nonprofits to use the arts to increase student success, foster creative thinking, develop critical job skills and enhance community development.
>> For Main Street Businesses
- Missouri Department of Health
National Restaurant Association – Coronavirus Information and Resources
The National Restaurant Association updates this page regularly with resources specific to restaurants. Have a restaurant? Start there.

COVID-19 Crisis Main Street Checklist
(Source: Main Street America)
As the COVID-19 crisis continues to develop, Main Street America has gathered some quick tips, ideas and inspiration that your Main Street program can implement to keep your community supporting local while social-distancing or isolating.

KCMO Assistance for Bars/Restaurants
(City of Kansas City, Missouri)
Pursuant to City Code 10-340, businesses that have a retail sale by drink license can deliver alcoholic beverages. Pursuant to City Code 10-102, certain licensees can also sell alcoholic beverage in the original package on the licensed premises. For additional information contact Regulated Industries (816) 513-4560.

Kansas HIRE Fund
(Kansas Department of Commerce)
UPDATE: Due to the overwhelming initial response, all initial funds through the HIRE Fund have been allocateD. However, the department is keeping its form open and will continue to collect information from Kansas hospitality businesses on the losses they are facing due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
>> For Manufacturers
NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) centers provide services to small- and medium-sized manufacturers such as connecting businesses that are pivoting their production in response to the coronavirus to new supply chains, connecting firms with state resources, advising companies on new operational issues, and providing workforce support.Connect wtih your MEP center:
- Kansas Manufacturing Solutions
- Missouri Enterprise
WHAT’S NEEDED
- Manufacturers Missouri Manufacturers Needed: Masks and Gowns
- St. Louis Manufacturers Needed: Healthcare and Critical Infrastructure
>> For Nonprofits

Coronavirus: Resources for Kansas City Nonprofits
(Source: Nonprofit Connect)
Nonprofit Connect has provided a list of considerations and resources for local nonprofits to be prepared.
Business Survival Strategies

Coronavirus: How Big Brands Are Responding
(Source: Brandchannel)
Brandchannel has pulled together up-to-date snapshots of how brands are responding to the coronavirus crisis.

5 Steps to Increase the Odds Your Business Will Make It Through
(Source: Dr. Jana, University of South Australia)
The bad news, not every business will make it through this, but here are steps you can talk to increase the odds that yours will.
Crisis Leadership

Lead Your Business through the Coronavirus Crisis
(Source: Harvard Business Review)
There’s preparing for coronavirus and preparing to do business during the coronavirus. This article is a great and fast read on how to prepare your team and think through your communication and processes. We especially like no. 7 and no. 10. As a leader, communicating through this uncertainty with clarity and confidence is key.

5 (Practical) Cs for Leading in a Crisis/Downturn
(Source: Verne Harnish of Scaling Up)
Panic is contagious, but so is leadership. This one-pager from Verne Harnish details the 5 Cs of leadership in a crisis/downturn. Tip one: communicate daily, maybe even twice per day.
Customer Communications
Step one: make sure you are. Communicate your office hours and have those may have changed, and let folks know the precautions you’re taking--and that you expect them to take--to protect themselves and your employees.

Update Your “Google My Business”
(Source: Google)
Update: In light of the current COVID situation, Google says that it is sending support staff home. As a result, there will be some limitations and delays in support for Google My Business.

Let your customers/clients know your business hours, make sure your phone number is correct and post a bit about your business and how you’re helping folks navigate the outbreak. And if you aren’t fully repped online, now is the definitely the time.
- If your hours of operation have changed, edit your Business Profile on Google.
- Use Posts to communicate information directly on your Business Profile on Google, like special offers or inventory updates.
- Consider setting an email auto-reply with answers to frequently asked questions.
More Resources from Google
(Source: Google)
Here are more tips and recommendations from Google to help you navigate this for your employees and customers.

Coronavirus Response Toolkit
(Source: U.S. Chamber of Commerce)
Find sharable graphics based on the CDC’s latest guidance for businesses and employees. We encourage you to share these assets on social media, websites, and other channels, and send them to your colleagues and employees.

Communicating through the Coronavirus Crisis
(Harvard Business Review)
HBR has created a step-by-step guide through crisis communications.

Responding To Coronavirus: A Playbook For Marketing And Communications
(Source: Forrester)
What role should marketing and communications leaders play in the development of a response? What are the most critical actions to take now? Here’s the playbook.
>> Templates and Shareables

“What We’re Doing to Keep You Safe” Poster
(Source: CDC and Blue Springs Chamber of Commerce)
Created by Blue Springs Chamber of Commerce, this poster is an example of how you can communicate with your customers. Feel free to adapt it and use it forward.

Customizable Workplace Flyer
(Source: U.S. Chamber of Commerce)
Open this file in the latest version of Chrome or Edge browser, or Adobe software, to customize.

Coronavirus Response Toolkit
(Source: U.S. Chamber of Commerce)
Find shareable graphics based on the CDC’s latest guidance for businesses and employees. We encourage you to share these assets on social media, websites, and other channels, and send them to your colleagues and employees.

Facebook for Business Tips and Resources
(Source: Facebook)
Facebook is taking its own preventative measures to safeguard information around the coronavirus and provides tips on how your business can best stay in touch with your customers, keep them connected and prepare a customer service plan..
Emergency, Disaster and Continuity Plans

Disaster Preparedness and Recovery Financial Forms
(Source: Federal Bank of Kansas City)
Take the first steps in preparing for a disaster by completing your personal or small business financial form.

Ready Rating
(Source: American Red Cross)
Use the American Red Cross’s Read Rating to see where you can improve your safety and disaster readiness.

Emergency Planning Exercises
(Source: FEMA)
Make your plan. As a business, bring your staff together and prepare a plan for what you will do if the incident worsens or improves. It’s also helpful to conduct a tabletop exercise to simulate potential scenarios and how your business management and staff might respond to the hypothetical scenario.

Planning for a Coronavirus Pandemic - City of KCMO
(Source: Public Health, City of Kansas City, Missouri, Health Department)
Though global by definition, pandemics have local impacts. Pandemics can cause absenteeism, alter patterns of business and travel, interrupt supply chains, and affect the daily operations of your business. You can minimize the impact to your organization by creating a plan that clearly outlines roles, responsibilities, and policies

Business Continuity Plan
(Source: Ready.gov)
When business is disrupted, it can cost money. Lost revenues plus extra expenses means reduced profits. Insurance does not cover all costs and cannot replace customers that defect to the competition. A business continuity plan to continue business is essential.

How to Develop a Business Continuity Plan
(Source: KCBJ and Sean Wright of Affinity Technology Partners)
For businesses that want to respond appropriately to protect both employees and customers from risk of infection, a large component of that planning should involve a business continuity plan that empowers workers to utilize technology in a secure manner to remain productive when working away from the office. This article provides a few key items to consider as you establish your business continuity plan.
Employee Communications
Use Google to Communicate with Your Employees
(Source: Google)
These Google links can help you manage your employee communications:
- Store contact information for your employees, vendors and clients online so it’s accessible from any device.
- Make a business continuity plan, and share it with employees via an email address they can access outside of the office.
Employee Paid Leave
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act
The new law contains two main provisions, the emergency paid sick leave act and the emergency family medical leave act. Each apply to any employer with fewer than 500 employees.
Generally, the law provides:
- Up to 12 weeks of job-protected leave, paid at two-thirds their regular rate, if the employee has to take care of a child whose school or daycare is closed.
- If the employee contracts COVID-19 or is experiencing symptoms associated with the disease, she or he will qualify for 80 hours of emergency sick leave paid at 100% of their normal rate.
- After the two weeks, they qualify for another 10 weeks of paid leave at two-thirds their normal rate.
Exemptions from FFCRA Paid Leave Law
(Source: HR Dive)

HR Dive outlines exemptions to the FFCRA Paid Leave Law for employers and small businesses with fewer than 50 employees as well as criteria around DOL’s temporary non-enforcement of the FFCRA (until April 17) for employers who act "reasonably" and "in good faith."

COVID-19 and Family and Medical Leave Act: Q&A
(Source: U.S. Department of Labor)

If you or your employees are out with the flu or are caring for ill family members, check with the Department of Labor (DOL) for information on whether such leave is covered under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Under the FMLA, covered employers must provide employees job-protected, unpaid leave for specified family and medical reasons, which may include the flu where complications arise. Employees on FMLA leave are entitled to the continuation of group health insurance coverage under the same terms as existed before they took FMLA leave.

Paid Leave for Workers and Tax Credits for Small Business
(Source: IRS)

Small and midsize employers can begin taking advantage of two new refundable payroll tax credits, designed to immediately and fully reimburse them, dollar-for-dollar, for the cost of providing Coronavirus-related leave to their employees.
Employee Policies and Workforce Concerns

Interim Guidance for Businesses and Employers
(Source: CDC)
Plan, prepare and respond to coronavirus (COVID-19) with this guide on what is currently known about the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and includes recommended strategies for sick employees, environmental cleaning, travel and general communications. The CDC has indicated that it will update this interim guidance as needed and as additional information becomes available.

Fair Labor Standards Act FAQs
(Source: U.S. Department of Labor)
Have questions around volunteers, wages, employees under government-imposed quarantine, telework (and if you can require it)? Here are Q&As around fair labor standards during a pandemic.

Options for Employers When Employees Cannot Work from Home
(Source: Polsinelli)
Despite many politicians and employers discussing the option for employees to work at home, there are millions of employees who simply cannot do that. This is where a work furlough comes into play.
Employment, Unemployment and Alternatives (for Employers)
Looking for Employees?

If you’re an industry that needs to ramp up your workforce, consider listing your opportunities with these local hiring sites.
- TeamKC
- Missouri One Start
Employee Transition Team
(Source: Missouri Office of Workforce Development)

Managing staffing reductions and layoffs can be a grueling experience. The Employment Transition Team (ETT) is available at no cost to businesses and affected workers to help:
- Conduct employee assistance meetings
- Provide Trade Act and other training program information
- Present Unemployment Insurance information
- Connect employees with current job openings
- Assist with employer layoff obligations
COVID-19 FAQs for Businesses and Workers
(Source: Missouri Department of Labor)

Unemployment, workers compensation and discrimination—here’s the go-to for workforce issues and concerns during the coronavirus outbreak.

Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification
(Source: Missouri Office of Workforce Development)

This resource provides protection to workers, their families, and communities by requiring employers to provide a 60-calendar day notice in advance of covered plant closings and mass layoffs

Shared Work Programs
Shared Work programs allow employers to divide the available work among a specified group of affected employees instead of laying off workers. These employees receive a portion of their unemployment benefits while working reduced hours.
- Shared Work in Kansas
- Shared Work in Missouri
Unemployment Mass Claim
(Source: Missouri Department of Labor)
- If your company will be forced to lay off employees, the Kansas and Missouri Departments of Labor has a link to information on how companies can file applications for unemployment benefits on behalf of employees whose jobs are affected by COVID-19.Kansas Unemployment Mass Claim
- Missouri Unemployment Mass Claim
Missouri also has instructions on how to file paperwork for the mass layoff of employees and a and spreadsheet template for information about affected employees. If the employer reports a recall date for temporary layoffs, employees can receive a waiver from the requirement to search for work.
Entrepreneur and Corporate Aid
WHAT’S NEEDED
- Manufacturers Missouri Manufacturers Needed: Masks and Gowns
- St. Louis Manufacturers Needed: Healthcare and Critical Infrastructure
WHAT’S HAPPENING

Corporate Aid Tracker
(Source: U.S. Chamber of Commerce)
The business community is mobilizing its expertise, capabilities, and community resources to assist with the relief and containment efforts. View (or submit your information to) the U.S. Chamber’s corporate aid tracker for details on how businesses of all sizes and sectors are stepping up to combat the coronavirus. Corporate donations, both cash and in-kind, to support medical professionals and nonprofits currently exceed $418 million.
Health and Environmental Safety
The best way to prevent illness is to avoid being exposed to it. The CDC always recommends everyday preventive actions to help prevent the spread of respiratory diseases, including:
- Avoid close contact with people who are sick.
- Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth.
- Stay home when you are sick.
- Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue, then throw the tissue in the trash.
- Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces using a regular household cleaning spray or wipe.
- Follow CDC’s recommendations for using a facemask: CDC does not recommend that people who are well wear a facemask to protect themselves from respiratory diseases, including COVID-19.
- Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, especially after going to the bathroom; before eating; and after blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing.
- If soap and water are not readily available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol. Always wash hands with soap and water if hands are visibly dirty.
- It is still flu season; get a flu shot if you haven't already.
Steps to Reduce Workers Risk of Exposure
(OSHA)

This webpage provides information for workers and employers about the evolving coronavirus outbreak. The information includes links to interim guidance and other resources for preventing exposures to, and infection with, the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), including medical information, standards, control and prevention and hazard recognition.

Some quick jumps:
Workplace Tips for Employers
(Source: U.S. Chamber)

At the link, you’ll find general workplace health and safety information from CDC in an easy-to-distribute handout.

Environmental Cleaning and Disinfecting Recommendations
(Source: CDC)

Current evidence suggests that novel coronavirus may remain viable for hours to days on surfaces made from a variety of materials. Cleaning of visibly dirty surfaces followed by disinfection is a best practice measure for prevention of COVID-19 and other viral respiratory illnesses in community settings.

Guidance for Employers to Plan and Respond to Coronavirus (COVID-19)
(Source: U.S. Chamber)

This document shares CDC tips for preventing the spread of the coronavirus at work as well as insights into policies that should be implemented if employees get sick.

List of Disinfectants for Use against Coronavirus (COVID-19)
(Source: EPA)

This list includes products that meet EPA’s criteria for use against SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes the disease COVID-19.
Kansas City Regional Resources
Here are few quick links to the response to COVID-19 in the Kansas City metro area.
Kansas City COVID-10 Community Resources
The Beacon hosts a page that provides community resources beyond business.
Legal Issues
Polsinelli COVID-19 Blog
Bookmark this one. The Kansas City legal firm Polsinelli has launched its COVID Response Team and the new COVID-19: What Your Business Needs to Know blog. Polsinelli’s cross-disciplinary COVID-19 attorney team draws on the expertise of more than 15 practice groups and provides practical guidance and counsel on the full array of industries and legal complexities.

Current topics include:
- CMS Waivers
- Commercial Contracts
- IRS Guidance for HDHP
- as well as supply chain logistics, FDA-regulated industry, employer guidance and more
Force Majeure and the Coronavirus (COVID-19)
(Source: Stinson)
Generally speaking, entities that enter into contracts are bound to perform them. However, as matters evolve, the impacts of natural and man-made problems arising from the coronavirus (COVID-19) are being felt by customers, their contractors and suppliers. Who bears the costs of such impacts and are there possible defenses or routes to recovery of costs? Force majeure provisions may prove to be a sword and a shield for addressing such impacts.

Coronavirus: Preparing Your Business for Impact
(Source: Lockton)
The experts at Lockton address property or business interruptions, employee rights and benefits and employee health and welfare.

Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19
(Source: OSHA)
This guide walks through how COVI-19 could affect workplaces, how to classify worker exposure and how to protect workers.OSHA wants you to know that these recommendations are advisory in nature, informational in content and are intended to assist employers in providing a safe and healthful workplace.

Workplace Issues and COVID-19
(Source: Husch and Blackwell)
Let’s dig deeper. Husch and Blackwell offers answers you won’t find in OSHA’s guide (above). There are some tough balancing acts between limiting spread of the virus on the one hand and protecting worker privacy and respecting various employment laws on the other.

Coronavirus and the Workplace: Compliance Issues for Employers
(Source: Maria Dennison, SHRM-SCP and Regional Director of Seward County Community College’s Kansas SBDC)
First things first: as an employer you have to provide a safe and healthy work environment and that comes with some legal requirements—and some key questions around wages, leave requirements, ADA and OSHA.
Remote Work and Workplace Policies
Google’s Remote Work Resources
(Source: Google)
- Prepare to effectively work from home with these tools and resources from Grow with Google.
- Collaborate using a shared document, a quick conference call, or by creating an email list or a chat room.
- Access important documents from anywhere by uploading them to the Cloud through a product like Google Drive or downloading to your mobile phone or computer for offline access.
Security Tips for Remote Workers
(Source: National Cyber Security Alliance)
As more employees work from home, basic security measures need to be taken to protect the individual and enterprise from cyber criminals who are taking advantage of lax telework security practices. Check out NCSA’s tips for staying safe online when working remotely.

The Remote Company Checklist: Strategies for Effective Remote Team Management
(Source: bitovi and our network’s own Jennifer Wadella!)
Workers can only be as successful as their environment allows. Use this checklist to set up your business and your processes for remote work.

Remote Work Policy Template
(Source: Overland Park Chamber of Commerce)
Even better than tips? A template. Your employees are likely headed home to work. Use this template to help inform your plan.

The Necessities of Policies, SOPs and Job Descriptions
(Source: Employment Law Handbook)
Operating a business without policies, SOPs, and job descriptions is like attempting to play a new board game without reading the rule book first, leading to confusion, conflict, and blame.

KCBJ Series: Working from Home
(Source: Kansas City Business Journal)
KCBJ has published several articles on how overcome the challenges of working from home for both employers and employees:
- More companies are encouraging (or even requiring) people to work from home. That could cause unexpected problems. Read more here.
- Be mindful of technology, legal and cybersecurity issues when it comes to having your staff work from home. Read more here.
- Both employers and employees have a difficult balancing act ahead: working remotely while also caring for children who are home from school. Read more here.
- Staff engagement and performance measurement can become more challenging at times of increased remote work. Read more here.
- Here's how industries that can't telework are confronting coronavirus. Read more here.
Cheat Sheet for Remote Work
(Source: Sujan Patel)
To help you navigate this new transition, Patel pulled together a few of favorite resources and best tips as part of a “cheat sheet” for remote work.

Best Tips for Working from Home Effectively
(Source: Tech.co)
The coronavirus outbreak has many businesses urgently considering their work-from-home policies. If you're soon likely to be logging on from your living room, there are some best practices for working from home that will keep your tasks efficient and your business secure.
Risk Management + Business Insurance
Aon offers a wealth of info around risk management on itsCOVID-19 response site around business continuity and supply chain; employee health, benefits and duty care; communications and insurance and alternative risk; reinsurance; and industry-specific impacts. All are super informative. Here’s a sampling of risk management strategies, especially for business owners.
The Coronavirus Economic Impact: Will Business Interruption Insurance Help (& What Are My Other Options)?
(Source: SCORE)
An add-on insurance called business interruption may help—but this is the exception, not the rule.

Stay Safe Online
(Source: National Cyber Security Alliance)
To help individuals and organizations find resources they can use and share, NCSA has launched the COVID-19 Security Resource Library. This library features free and updated information on current scams, cyber threats, remote working, disaster relief, and more.
Shop Local Safely
Shop Local Pages
Shop local online. Support local ecommerce by buying local online. Get a gift certificate from your favorite restaurants, entertainment, shops, etc.,to use later and help local businesses’ cash flow now. And hey, nobody said you can shop for the holidays right now: get a jump start on your holiday gifts. Check out our KC-based ecommerce businesses.

Join a Kansas CIty- Area CSA. The Kansas City area has a large network of CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) networks, which typically offer seasonal subscriptions from a farm, food provider or partnerships composed of several small providers. Here’s a guide to CSAs that operate within a 125-mile radius of Kansas City.

Gift Card Challenge!
(South KC Chamber)
While we can't get out right now and support our businesses in person, we can buy a gift card to provide restaurants or shops with some immediate cash flow to weather crisis. Buy a gift card and then challenge your friends to do the same.

Offer Gift Certificates
(Source: Kabbage)
Kabbage launched an online hub to help boost sales for U.S small businesses impacted by COVID-19, including a system through which businesses can sell gift cards to consumers for use at a later date.

List Your Gift Certificates
(Offered by PopBookings)
PopBookings is putting together a program of COVID-19 gift card assistance for local small businesses. To make the biggest impact, it needs more businesses to be listed! It is 100% free for businesses to list a gift card on the marketplace. Local Businesses can submit their listing info for free here: https://www.popbookings.com/gift-card-listing/

How to support our local food and drink industry through COVID-19
(Source: The PItch KC)

Social Graphics
(Source: Main Street America)
Main Street America has created a set of social graphics highlighting ways your local community can continue to engage and support your Main Street businesses. Please download Instagram - single image or slide show, Facebook, and Twitter graphics and share widely on your social accounts to spread the word on how to continue supporting local! Please use #SupportLocalSafely when posting.
Tax Relief

STATE

Tracking State Legislate Responses to COVID-19
(Source: Tax Foundation)
The Tax Foundation provides information on state legislatures’ schedules, adjustments and status of the state’s budget, and the state’s rainy day fund (RDF) balance as a percentage of the prior year’s general fund budget.

Missouri Extends Tax Filing Deadline to July 15, 2020
(Source: Missouri Department of Revenue)
The filing deadline for tax returns has been extended from April 15 to July 15, 2020. Mirroring the federal guidance issued by the IRS, the Missouri Department of Revenue announced that it will provide special tax filing and payment relief to individuals and corporations in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

FEDERAL

IRS Coronavirus Tax Relief Center
(Source: IRS)
The filing deadline for tax returns has been extended from April 15 to July 15, 2020. The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service are providing special tax filing and payment relief to individuals and businesses in response to the COVID-19 Outbreak.

Filing and Payment Deadline Questions and Answers
(Source: IRS)
These Q&As address the federal filing and payment extension to July 15 due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak. These Q&As currently include information on the additional extension to Oct. 15, first quarter estimated tax payments, IRAs and HSAs.
General FAQ
Because the situation is rapidly evolving and recommendations from the CDC and the U.S. Department of State change daily, members of the University community are encouraged to monitor the CDC and U.S. Department of State websites for the most up to date information.

Survey Results

KCSourceLink and our partners developed a survey to help assess the needs of Kansas City's entrepreneurs and small businesses during the COVID-19 outbreak, in an effort to help decision makers activate the right resources. Please take the survey and let us know what your business is facing. See below for preliminary results.

What do Kansas City entrepreneurs need during COVID-19?