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Government Assistance
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Government Assistance [Abstract]  
Government Assistance
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Government Assistance

On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ("CARES Act") which provides tax relief and incentives to help in the recovery of businesses that partially or fully suspended operations during the coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic in 2020. The CARES Act contains numerous benefits, one of which is the Employee Retention Credit for Employers Subject to Closure Due to COVID-19 (the “COVID-19 Employee Retention Credit” or “ERC”). The ERC was further enhanced with the passage of the Consolidated Appropriation Act (“CAA”) in December 2020.

The Company qualified for a $5.3 million credit in 2021 by continuing to pay employees at locations that were fully or partially suspended as a result of a COVID-19 related government order. In 2021, qualified wages paid by employers with an average of 500 or less full time employees is defined as all wages paid during any quarter in which the employer is eligible for the ERC. In 2021, the credit was 70% of qualified wages up to a maximum credit of $7,000 per employee per quarter.

The Company received $5.5 million during the year ended December 31, 2022. Of this amount, $5.3 million was recorded as a reduction to compensation cost, which is a component of corporate and other operating expenses, and $0.2 million was recorded as interest income on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations during the year ended December 31, 2022. The Company did not receive any amounts during the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020.