https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/21/business/stimulus-paycheck-protection-program.html?fbclid=IwAR02iBb9con9lNaREgqqXLFrjLLBpyDP9SsiKsy9LJ_zem6MebscRRG9dfg This article outlines the rules for the second PPP Loan. The new relief bill offers a second cash infusion for those who meet stricter terms: Borrowers with fewer than 300 employees that had a 25% drop in sales from a year earlier in at least one quarter could qualify for an additional loan of […]
Whether expenses paid with PPP funds are deductible or not is an issue that is still undecided. https://www.journalofaccountancy.com/news/2020/dec/expenses-used-for-ppp-loan-forgiveness-deductible-or-not.html?fbclid=IwAR0ER6d43YfrbvhtSvwYr-n8CxvQvGZ25A-T7N5xqSBoIHG_Zh9BKpx5QS0
SBA settles confusion over PPP forgiveness application due date By Jeff Drew October 13, 2020 Fears of a late-October PPP surprise came to the SBA’s attention because the program’s loan forgiveness application forms display an expiration date of “10/31/2020” in the upper-right corner. This prompted the SBA to release a new entry in its loan […]
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), in consultation with Treasury, released guidance Tuesday answering 23 frequently asked questions regarding the forgiveness of Paycheck Protection Program loans.
The extension keeps a source of funding open to struggling small businesses while Congress works on a second, more targeted funding program.
The Small Business Administration is reopening its Economic Injury Disaster Loan and EIDL advance grant portal to a broader array of eligible small businesses and nonprofits affected by the coronavirus pandemic, beginning Monday. The portal had been accepting applications only from agricultural businesses for the last month, as demand was high, and those businesses had not […]
https://www.journalofaccountancy.com/news/2020/may/ppp-loan-forgiveness-guidance-issued-as-congress-mulls-changes.html?utm_source=mnl:cpald&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=25May2020 “Treasury and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) released new Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) guidance Friday night that provided some clarity on several loan forgiveness questions but didn’t address the two parts of PPP that arguably have generated the most concerns among the millions of small businesses and other entities that have received […]
You’re in business, now what? Choosing the type of legal entity that a business will operate under is one of the most important issues that clients face. There are several options in most cases, and no right or wrong answers, though there are advantages and disadvantages to all of the choices. Sole Proprietorship This is […]
Now that the new tax bill has passed both the house and senate, we have a few days left before the end of the year for strategic tax planning.
Small Business Health Insurance Reimbursement Penalty Eliminated Congress recently acted to remove one of the most unreasonable penalties small business owners could possibly face. In the last few years, along with the continued implementation of the Affordable Care Act, the IRS had begun enforcing a penalty against employers who reimbursed their employees for the cost […]
A recent survey by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) regarding financial literacy among 15 year old students reported disheartening results for U.S. teens. Especially worrisome was the high number of students, primarily from disadvantaged backgrounds, who performed far below the baseline score on the survey. In the U.S., unlike some of the other […]
President Obama recently instructed the Department of Labor to draft new rules under which members of same-sex couples who are legally married would be eligible for unpaid time off to care for their spouse, just as members of heterosexual married couples are entitled to. The announcement represents continued progress in determining the ramifications of last […]