PPP Simplified

Received your PPP? Congratulations.

Here’s what you need to know:

MAXIMUM LOAN/GRANT AMOUNT:

  • 2.5 times average monthly “payroll costs” over previous 12-month period or from calendar year 2019 (up to $10M).

  • Seasonal businesses can use February 15, 2019 or March 1, 2019 through June 30, 2019 as the time period to calculate average monthly payroll costs

“Payroll Costs” INCLUDES:

  • Salary, wage, commission, or similar compensation

  • Cash tips or the equivalent (based on employer records of past tips or, in the absence of such records, a reasonable, good-faith employer estimate of such tips)

  • Self-employment income of general active partners (and LLCs filing taxes as a partnership) of up to $100k, annualized

  • Vacation, parental, family, medical, or sick leave payments

  • Separation allowance

  • Payment required for the provisions of group health care benefits, including insurance premiums

  • Payment of any retirement benefit

  • State or local tax assessed on employee compensation

  • For sole proprietors or independent contractors, “payroll costs” includes wages, commissions, income, net earnings from self-employment, or similar compensation of $100k

“Payroll Costs” EXCLUDES:

  • Compensation of any employees or partners in excess of $100k annual salary (prorated for the applicable period; exclusive of employer retirement plan contributions, group health care costs, and state and local taxes assessed on employee compensation)

  • Employer’s share of federal payroll taxes

  • Compensation of employees with a principal place of residence outside of the U.S.

  • Payments to an independent contractor or sole proprietor

  • Qualified paid sick leave or paid family leave where a tax credit is allowed

If business started after June 20, 2019, SBA will look at January and February 2020.

Borrower utilizing a PEO to process payroll and report payroll taxes should obtain a statement from the PEO documenting the amount of wages and payroll taxes. In addition, employees of the eligible borrower will not be considered employees of the payroll provider or PEO.

FUNDS MUST BE USED FOR:

  • “Payroll costs”

  • Costs related to the continuation of group health care benefits during periods of paid sick, medical, or family leave, and insurance premiums

  • Employee salaries, commissions, or similar compensations

  • Owner compensation replacement

  • For self-employed individuals (who file Form 1040 Schedule C), allowable uses are limited to those for which the borrower made expenditures in 2019

  • Mortgage interest

  • Rent (including rent under lease agreement)

  • Utilities

  • Interest on any other debt obligation incurred prior to covered period

  • Refinancing an SBA EIDL loan made between January 31, 2020 and April 3, 2020

  • Allowable uses are during a time period ending June 30, 2020

  • No more than 25% of the forgiven amount may be used for non-payroll costs

  • If PPP funds are misused, SBA will direct repayment. Knowingly using funds for unauthorized purposes may be subject to serious penalties including fraud charges, up to thirty (30) years prison, up to $1M fine.

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