Employee retention tax credits for 2022 May be different than earlier in the year and will probably change in 2023 so the best time to get the full tax credits available to you would be in the 2022 accounting year as long as your accounting year ends December 31. Many people struggled with what is either a thriving business or a business that had enough cash reserve to make it through Covid and the government is now in a small way rewarding them for keeping their employees and entering through very difficult times with this employee retention tax credit nowavailable in a small way rewarding them for keeping their employees and entering through very difficult times with this employee retention tax credit nowavailable