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? […]

Paycheck Protection Program Updates

PPP is Broker

By MATTHEW LUTTINGER & BRAN NOONAN of Date   May 8, 2020 The CARES Act created the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”), which amended the Small Business Act (“SBA”) to provide short term loans to companies with fewer than 500 employees and other companies (such as those in the restaurant and hospitality industry). Such […]

A Lookback on PPP and What Happened – the First Round

PPP is Broker

The following is based on and extracted from an article in The Motley Fool by Ollen Douglass and a Report from the SBA. As of April 16, the SBA’s statistics are: Summary *Net Approved Dollars do not reflect the amount required for reimbursement to lenders per statute within the CARES Act. […]

New – a not (yet) will known Covid-19 Tax Credit – From the IRS – $10k Tax Credit

IRS CORONAVIRUS

IR-2020-62, March 31, 2020 WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service today launched the Employee Retention Credit, designed to encourage businesses to keep employees on their payroll. The refundable tax credit is 50% of up to $10,000 in wages paid by an eligible employer whose business has been financially […]

Paycheck Protection Program – What is included in “Average Monthly Payroll” & What can I use the money for?

Paycheck Protection Program

This article is an extracted from and article by Fenwick & West LLP. & Treasury Department website. Maximum Amount — The sum of (i) borrower’s average total monthly “payroll costs” during the one-year period leading up to loan origination multiplied by 2.5 (i.e., 2.5 times average monthly payroll costs) plus (ii) […]

The Small Business Owner’s Guide to the CARES Act

Q&A

This is based on a guide sent out from Senator Ben Cardin, Ranking Member – U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship. Other than the SBA COVID-19 ECONOMIC INJURY DISASTER LOAN the CARES act provides for the following funding/loan programs: Capital to cover the cost of retaining employees. Then the […]

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the “Act”)

Sick Leave

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the “Act”), like many other federal employment laws, requires that notice of the Act’s provisions be posted in a conspicuous place on the employer’s premises where notices are customarily posted.  For convenience, I have attached the official poster issued by the Department of Labor. For […]