Forgiveness is based on the employer maintaining or quickly rehiring employees and maintaining salary levels. If employers did not maintain employee count or salary levels, forgiveness will be reduced. When the Flexibility Act was released on June 5, 2020, the loan forgiveness form and instructions were updated to include several measures to reduce compliance burdens and simplify the process for borrowers, including:

• Options for borrowers to calculate payroll costs using an “alternative payroll covered period” that aligns with borrowers’ regular payroll cycles
• Flexibility to include eligible payroll and non-payroll expenses paid or incurred during the 24-week period after receiving their PPP loan
• Step-by-step instructions on how to perform the calculations required by the CARES Act to confirm eligibility for loan forgiveness
• Borrower-friendly implementation of statutory exemptions from loan forgiveness reduction based on rehiring by June 30
• Addition of a new exemption from the loan forgiveness reduction for borrowers who have made a good-faith, written offer to rehire workers that was declined.

SBA released its new forgiveness application yesterday along with instructions on completing the application and when you are allowed to use the EZ form.

Forms

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