Huge Updates Regarding PPP Loan Forgiveness

By | May 8, 2020

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Unfortunately, the probability of actually receiving a PPP Loan has come to an end. The SBA announced today that as a result of an unprecedented crush of applications (and the rapid depletion of CARES Act funding by Congress) that they have CLOSED their application portal and are drastically limiting the amounts of the remaining loans they have left to offer to nonprofits and small businesses. If your nonprofit is among those fortunate enough to have received a loan or loan advance your next major hurdle will be to ensure the amount you receive is actually forgiven.

Here’s what we can confirm so far:

1. The CARES Act requires that you APPLY TO YOUR ORIGINAL LENDER FOR LOAN FORGIVENESS at the end of the eight-week period following receipt of your loan. Your lender MUST make a decision on your application for forgiveness within 60 days.

2. The IRS has ruled that any forgiven part of a PPP loan is exempt from being taxed as a “discharged debt.” This means you DO NOT have to declare the forgiven part of your loan as income when you file taxes for 2020.

3. Your EIDL loan advance WILL be deducted from the forgivable part of any subsequent PPP loan you receive.

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To receive full forgiveness, you must retain (or rehire by June 30, 2020) all full-time equivalent employees (FTEEs) according to the baseline used to establish your loan, except for any fully documented instances in which an employee refuses the rehire offer.

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The amount forgiven will also be reduced in proportion to any reduction in employee salary or wages during the eight week forgiveness period greater than 25% of the average amount that employee made during the base period.

Here’s the single most important task you have to do TODAY:

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