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The Renewed Paycheck Protection Program (aka PPP2)

Probably the most important fact is that PPP funding is available to businesses that previously received a PPP loan. Business are eligible for a second PPP loan of up to $2 million, provided they have 300 or fewer employees, have used or will use the full amount of their first PPP loan, and can show a 25% gross revenue decline in any 2020 quarter compared with the same quarter in 2019. 

  • For First-Time Borrowers,
    • Businesses with 500 or fewer employees that are eligible for other SBA 7(a) loans.
    • Sole proprietors, independent contractors, and eligible self-employed individuals.
    • Not-for-profits, including churches.
    • Accommodation and food services operations (those with North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes starting with 72) with fewer than 300 employees per physical location.
  • Note – the legislation also allows borrowers that returned all or part of a previous PPP loan to reapply for the maximum amount available to them.
  • Loan Forgiveness. As with PPP1, the costs eligible for loan forgiveness in PPP2 include payroll, rent, covered mortgage interest, and utilities. There is also a simplified forgiveness application process for loans of $150,000 or less. PPP2 also makes the following potentially forgivable:
    • Covered worker protection and facility modification expenditures, including personal protective equipment, to comply with COVID-19 federal health and safety guidelines.
    • Expenditures to suppliers that are essential at the time of purchase to the recipient’s current operations.
    • Covered operating costs such as software and cloud computing services and accounting needs.
  • To be eligible for full loan forgiveness, PPP borrowers will have to spend no less than 60% of the funds on payroll over a covered period of either eight or 24 weeks — the same parameters PPP1 had when it stopped accepting applications in August.

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See https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr133/BILLS-116hr133enr.pdfhttps://home.treasury.gov/system/files/136/PPP-IFR-Paycheck-Protection-Program-as-Amended-by-Economic-Aid-Act.pdfhttps://home.treasury.gov/system/files/136/PPP-IFR-Second-Draw-Loans.pdf, or the SBA  for more details or contact The Burton Law Firm.