PPP Loan Tag

Business owners need to make choices on their 2021 taxes regarding the Paycheck Protection Program and the Employee Retention Credit. Both were enacted to help businesses stay in operation during the lockdowns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The PPP provided forgivable loans to businesses, and the...

18 March, 2022

With wide bipartisan support, Congress has approved the "PPP Extension Act of 2021," which extends the Payroll Protection Program. It had been scheduled to expire on March 31, but the application deadline is now May 31. The act further gives the SBA another month, until...

26 March, 2021

There is a “significant risk” of fraud for Paycheck Protection Program loans, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said June 25, 2020, urging the Small Business Administration to ramp up efforts to respond to such risks. In a report released that day, the government watchdog, which is charged...

22 July, 2020