More PPP Updates: New Forgiveness Application: A new application to apply for loan forgiveness became available on June 16th. There is also an EZ Loan Forgiveness Application. Payroll Costs % Decrease Only 60% of loan proceeds must be used for payroll costs versus 75% with previously issued rules. Maturity Date Loans issues prior to June […]
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A Few PPP Loan Forgiveness Tactics
You want to make sure that as much of your PPP loan is forgiven as possible. Here are a few ways you may not have thought of: Non-Payroll Costs: You can include interest payments on loans, the cost of telephone services, including your cell phone, faxes, VOIP services, and Internet services, fuel for your vehicles, […]
PPP Loan Forgiveness Application
There is a forgiveness application that was made available from the Paycheck Protection Program and here are the highlights and definitions: Average Full-Time Equivalent “FTE” Calculation: To calculate FTE, you can use a simplified version to determine this by assigning a 1.0 for employees who work 40 hours or more per week and 0.5 for […]
PPP Loan Forgiveness
It sounds like it would be straightforward to have your PPP loan forgiven, but that’s like saying the tax code is straightforward. Here are details and confusion on loan forgiveness: 8 Week Period Qualified expenses have to be paid or incurred during the 8 week period after receiving the loan. Is it incurred or paid? […]
COVID-19 Updates: I Received my PPP Loan, Now What?
If you received your PPP loan, what should you do now? The main purpose of the PPP loan is to keep your employees on payroll and the proceeds should be used for: Payroll costs, including payment of state and local taxes based upon compensation Group healthcare benefits and retirement Interest on mortgage obligations Rent Utilities […]
COVID-19 Tax and Financial Updates 04-17-2020
Tax Updates Some taxpayers have started to receive their Economic Impact Payments The CARES Act also provided retroactive tax law changes, such as allowing improvements to nonresidential buildings to be eligible for bonus depreciation (the ability to be expensed 100% in one year), while reducing the number of years of depreciation from 39 to 15 […]
COVID-19 Tax and Financial Updates 04-10-2020
Here are the latest updates and some reminders: Tax Updates Tax deadlines: both New Jersey and New York have finally extended the tax deadline from April 15th to July 15th. If you have an existing installment agreement with the IRS, payments due between April 1 and July 15, 2020 are suspended. CARES Act economic impact […]
COVID-19 Tax and Financial Updates 04-03-2020
Here are the latest updates and some may have already changed after this was written: Tax Updates Tax deadlines: both New Jersey and New York have finally extended the tax deadline from April 15th to July 15th. CARES Act economic impact payments: payments will begin in the next three weeks and will be distributed automatically. […]
COVID-19 Tax and Financial Updates 03-27-2020
There have been a lot of tax and financial announcements due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are some highlights of updates as of this writing: Tax Updates Tax deadlines: The Treasury Secretary announce that the tax deadline for all businesses and individuals is delayed from April 15th to July 15th. Additionally, they will be able […]
Tax and Financial Updates
There have been a lot of tax and financial announcements due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are some tax, unemployment and loan updates. Tax Filing and Payment Due Dates Extended The Treasury Secretary announce that the tax deadline for all businesses and individuals is delayed from April 15th to July 15th. Additionally, they will be […]