The New Federal Relief Program Has Been Signed into Law – AKA: the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021”

Stimulus 2 AKA PPP2

The Bill includes roughly $900 billion in new COVID economic relief. The legislation also provides for over $300 billion for support of small businesses, including additional funding for the Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loans advances (grants). What Does the New Stimulus Bill Include with Respect to the PPP? […]

How-To Guide: Business Valuation – Part 2

Value vs Price

We help you live the life you want. By Steve Whitehill In our prior article we discussed different valuation methods. Each of the valuation methods has its strengths and weaknesses. Generally speaking, for main street and lower middle market businesses, we use the valuation based on earnings. While these earnings have […]

SBA Announces Simplified PPP Loan Forgiveness for PPP Loan $50k or Less – 3508S

Loan Forgivness 3508S

by Steve Whitehill In early October 2020, the Small Business Administration issued additional Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) guidance for simplified forgiveness for loans of $50,000 or less in order to ease the process from smaller borrowers. The move simplifies the proceeding of financial relief to small businesses and guarantees that taxpayer […]

Revised PPP Loan Forgiveness Application – In addition to the SBA-3508 we now have a SBA-3508EZ

PPP 3508 - Loan Forgiveness

By Steve Whitehill Thank goodness, there is a new “EZ” short form for borrowers who meet certain criteria. See instructions and form below. https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/136/PPP-Loan-Forgiveness-Application-Form-EZ-Instructions.pdf https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/136/PPP-Forgiveness-Application-3508EZ.pdf   There is also a revised standard application and instructions below. https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/136/PPP-Loan-Forgiveness-Application-Instructions_1.pdf https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/136/3245-0407-SBA-Form-3508-PPP-Forgiveness-Application.pdf Importantly pages 8-10 of this new rule (below) provide that you can pay […]

PPP LOAN FORGIVENESS PROCESS – PART 3 How to Complete the SBA 3508 Loan Forgiveness Application – The final Piece

Loan Forgiveness Part 3

By Steve Whitehill, Anchor Business Brokers To this point we have covered how to determine the “Cash” compensation portion of payroll for the Schedule A worksheet of the loan Forgiveness application (SBA Form 3508). The next topic is the Non-Cash Compensation & Compensation to Owner. Non-Cash Compensation First, we will be […]