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NONPROFIT WEBINAR SERIES COVID-19LEGISLATIVE IMPACT AND SBA RESOURCES
APRIL 3, 2020
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Debra SeefeldNon-Profit LeaderAudit Partner
Who We Are
Kaylee PrescottTax Senior Manager
Angie ArmstrongTax Director
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• Phase 1 - Tax deadlines originally set for April 15 were pushed back to July 15
• Phase 2 – The “Families First Coronavirus Response Act” (FFCRA) was passed on March 18; provides financial relief for business to provide time off for employees
• Phase 3 – The “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act’’ or ‘‘CARES Act’’, signed March 27, provides tax benefits and potentially loans/grants for businesses and nonprofits
• Program 1 – SBA/ Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)• Program 2 – Emergency Economic Injury Grants &
Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL)• Program 3 – Small Business Debt Relief Program
• Phase 4 – who can imagine?
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Washington’s Response
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• B&V SBA Task Force – formed March 27 for internal & external education on Washington’s response.
• Education / Webinars - First two COVID-19 webinars Tuesday and Wednesday had over 1,000 participants. We know you have questions and we are working to share quickly what we have learned. Wednesday we decided to highlight for nonprofits.
• Support – SBA Task Force ready to assist clients with data recovery and application processes.
• Caution – Information is being released fast and furious. The CARES act is over 600 pages and it was signed just a week ago. Be careful, some mainstream articles are not accurate in the details. New IRS Forms released on Wednesday, Apr 1. The information is changing and our Task Force is staying up to date. There is not a cookie cutter answer, each business and nonprofits needs are different.
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Briggs & Veselka’s Response
page |Source: U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship
Paycheck Protection
Program (PPP)
Small Business Debt Relief Program
Emergency Economic Injury Grants &Economic Injury
Disaster Loans (EIDL)
Which Program Is Right for My Business?
Cash flow assistance through 100% federally guaranteed loans to employers who maintain payroll during the emergency; up to 100% of funds borrowed are forgivable, if certain conditions are met. NOT ALL NPO’s QUALIFY!
Provides immediate relief to small businesses with non-disaster SBA loans; the SBA will cover all loan payments on new or existing SBA loans, including principal, interest, and fees for up to six months
Grants: Emergency grant provides up to $10,000 to businesses harmed by COVID-19 with no repayment required.Loans: EIDLs are low interest, long term loansproviding working capital to sustain small businesses; repayment is required
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SBA Response to COVID-19:
What we know today
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Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)
Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL)
Payroll expenses, employee salaries, mortgage interest, rent
and utilities
What the proceeds be used for?*
Payroll, fix debts, accounts payable and other expenses that cannot be
paid due to disaster impact
2.5 times business's average monthly payroll
Amount covered? Up to $2 million
Annual percentage rate, 1% Interest rate?Annual percentage rate, 2.75% for
NONPROFITS (Business 3.75%)
Payment deferment for 6mo. Repayment 2 years
Loan terms?No payments for 12 mo.
Repayment up to 30 years
Eligible, up to 100%, with documentation & approval (“shall be” not “will be” )
Amount/Loan forgiveness? 0% eligible for forgiveness
Through an SBA-approved bank/lender
Where to apply? Through the SBA
*Business can apply for both programs; however, there can be no duplication in the use of funds
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Quick Comparison Between PPP Loans and Disaster Loans
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Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)
Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL)
Only 501(c)(3) and some 501(c)(19)’s (veteran’s
organizations)
Nonprofits Qualifying?All nonprofits, if fewer than
500 employees
NONonprofits Qualifying for
up to $10,000 Grants? All nonprofits, if fewer than
500 employees
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Quick Comparison Between PPP Loans and Disaster Loans
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The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act allocated $349 billion to help small businesses keep workers employed amid the pandemic and economic downturn
Known as the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), the initiative provides 100% federally guaranteed loans to small businesses who maintain their payroll during this emergency
Importantly, these loans may be forgiven if borrowers maintain their payrolls during the crisis or restore their payrolls afterward
Source: U.S. Chamber of Commerce
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Program #1: Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)
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• Small businesses or nonprofits (only 501(c)(3)’s and some 501(c)(19)’s qualify) with fewer than 500 employees
• Required to be in operation as of February 15, 2020
• An individual who is self-employed (sole proprietorship or as independent contractor) who regularly carries on any trade or business
• A Tribal business concern that meets the SBA size standard
• Ineligible: some nonprofits 501(c)(6)’s (business associations) and 501(c)(7)’s (pleasure/recreation)
Source: U.S. Chamber of Commerce
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PPP: Eligible Applicants
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To be eligible for loan forgiveness, proceeds must be used to cover only specific costs during 8 weeks beginning on date of loan origination:
Payroll must be 75% of loan amount:• Payroll Costs • Healthcare benefits
Limited to 25% of loan amount:• Mortgage interest obligations• Rent obligations• Utility payments • Interest on other debt obligations incurred
previous to February 15, 2020
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PPP: Acceptable Uses of Proceeds
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Maximum: Lesser of $10mil or 2.5 x Payroll Costs
Payroll Costs: average MONTHLY payroll during year before loan
date x 2.5
Includes: salaries, wages, cash tips, vacation, parental, family
medical, sick leave, health care benefits, retirement benefits,
state/local tax assessed on compensation (unemployment)
Does not include independent contractors
Excludes: salary/wage cap $100,000 / person, no federal payroll
taxes, only US residence, FFCRA credit wages
Source: U.S. Chamber of Commerce
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PPP: Maximum Loan Amount
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Cautions:• Not guaranteed forgiveness• The loan forgiveness cannot exceed the principal
borrowed, even if actual expenses exceed expectations in loan application.
• Forgivable amount is reduced if number of employees is reduced.
• Forgivable amount is reduced if greater than 25% reduction in wages paid to employees.
Weigh Cost/Benefit:• Even with reduced forgiveness, left with 1% operating
loan, payments for two years • No personal guarantees needed, no collateral • No prepayment penalty
Source: U.S. Chamber of Commerce
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PPP Loan Forgiveness
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GRANTS: Applicants can get up to $10,000 in emergency cash grants even if they don’t qualify for additional funds. • The advance does not need to be repaid under any
circumstance, and may be used to keep employees on payroll, to pay for sick leave, meet increased production costs due to supply chain disruptions, or pay business obligations, including debts, rent and mortgage payments.
LOANS: EIDLs are low interest loans of up to $2 million, with principal and interest deferment for 12 months, that are available to pay for expenses that could have been met had the disaster not occurred, including payroll and other operating expenses.
Unlike traditional Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL), CARES now waives the requirement that you be unable to obtain credit elsewhere which allow you to apply even if you have access to a credit line.
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Program #2: Economic Injury Disaster Loans
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Key differences from PPP
Forgiveness• EIDLs are non-forgivable: they are low interest, long term
(up to 30 years) loans with scheduled P&I payments • PPPs may be up to 100% forgivable, if requirements are
documented and approved
Grant• EIDL includes up to $10,000 emergency grant that
never has to be repaid • No automatic grant with PPP
Application• EIDLs obtained by applying directly to SBA -
https://covid19relief.sba.gov/#/• PPPs obtained through SBA lenders
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Economic Injury Disaster Loans
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This program will provide immediate relief to small businesses with non-disaster SBA loans, in particular 7(a), 504, and microloans
Under it, SBA will cover all loan payments on these SBA loans, including principal, interest, and fees, for six months
This relief will also be available to new borrowers who take out loans within six months of the President signing the bill into law
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Program #3: Small Business Debt Relief Program
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Paycheck Protection
Program (PPP)
Small Business Debt Relief Program
Emergency Economic Injury
Grants &Economic Injury Disaster Loans
(EIDL)
Which Program Is Right for My Nonprofit?
Whether an EIDL unrelated to COVID-19 has already been received, or a business receives a COVID-19 related EIDL and/or Emergency
Grant between January 31, 2020 and June 30, 2020, businesses may also apply for a PPP
loan and Small Business Debt Relief Program
If a business ultimately receives a PPP loan or refinances an EIDL into a PPP loan, any
advance amount (grant) received under the Emergency Economic Injury Grant Program
would be subtracted from the amount forgiven in the PPP.
Funds obtained from multiple programs cannot be used to cover the same
expenses
Source: U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship
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Tying it All Together
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Nonprofit will prepare Good Faith Certification that:
• The loan is needed to continue operations during the COVID-19 emergency
• Funds will be used to retain workers and maintain payroll or make mortgage, lease, and utility payments
• The applicant does not have any other application pending under this program for the same purposes
• From February 15, 2020 until December 31, 2020, the applicant has not received duplicative amounts under this program or under the SBA Disaster loan for the same purpose
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Anticipated Application Information
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Application came out Friday, April 3rd. Sample application released earlier this week has changed.
Payroll and financial information to have available:• 2019 payroll summary reports with forms W-3 and all
W-2s; request April 2019 – March 2020 also• Quarterly State Unemployment Insurance (SUTA/TWC)• Start & termination dates that occurred in 2019 or 2020• Health insurance expenses (employee and employer)• Projected payroll costs over 8 week period following the
loan• Rent expense summary with 3 month forecast• Utility expense summary with 3 month projection• Three years historical tax returns • Most current balance sheet with debt schedule• Monthly income statements over last 12 months
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Anticipated Application Information
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TAXES
– yes, even for nonprofits!
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• NONPROFITS: For calendar year entities, Form 990 (990-PF) is still due May 15, 2020. Can be extended until November 15, 2020.
• NONPROFITS: The extension does not apply to payroll tax reports and tax due. NEW: TWC announced April 1 a one-month extension due to large amount of unemployment claims.
• EMPLOYEES: Income tax returns (Form 1040) and 1st Quarter ES tax payments deferred until July 15, 2020. Note 2nd Qtr ES tax payment still due June 15, 2020
• Taxpayers are not required to file anything to qualify for the extension.
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Tax Deferral
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Nonprofits are generally tax-exempt, but lots of changes now relate to payroll taxes
Bad news? Expanded payroll benefits you may be required to pay
Good news? New credits against payroll taxes
Don’t forget to file for refund of 2018 “parking tax”(Form 990-T)
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TAXES – yes, even for nonprofits!
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Tax CreditsEFMLEA: Emergency Family
and Medical Leave Expansion Act
EPSLA: Emergency Paid Sick Leave
Required paid and unpaid public health emergency leave
What?Required paid sick time unable to
work for virus-related reason
Employers < 500 employees Who is covered? Employers < 500 employees
10 days unpaid, up to 10 weeks paid
How long? 10 days paid
10 days unpaid, then not less than 2/3 regular pay not to
exceed $200 / day up to $10,000
How much?
Regular rate up to max of $511/day x 10 days ($5,110) Employee leave
OR 2/3 regular rate up to $200/day x 10 days ($2,000) Family leave
100% refundable credit Credit? 100% refundable credit
Form 7200 (new) month after payroll tax paid or on Form
941, 943, 944 or CT-1
How to apply?Form 7200 (new) month
after payroll tax paid or on Form 941, 943, 944 or CT-1
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• Families First Coronavirus Response Act(the “Act”). (Passed March 18) This bill provides assistance and relief in multiple areas:
• Family and medical leave• Sick leave for employees• Tax credits to employers and self-employed
individuals providing the leave• Impacts on employer-sponsored health plans.
• Per the DOL, effective date is April 1, 2020.• More information is available at:
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/pandemic/ffcra-questions
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FFCRA
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• For purposes of the count of 500 employees, this includes all employees (full and part time, temporary employees, employees on leave all within US) and excludes independent contractors
• Count employees employed at least 30 days
• When employee cannot work (or telework) due to (1) a need for leave to care for a son or daughter under age 18 because a school or place of care has been closed, or (2) a childcare provider is unavailable.
• Can also allocate expense for qualified health plan to qualified sick leave wages or qualified family medical leave wages for purposes of credit.
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FAQ: Family medical leave
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Exception:This means a small business is exempt from mandated paid sick leave or expanded family and medical leave requirements only if the:
• employer employs fewer than 50 employees;
• leave is requested because the child’s school or place of care is closed, or child care provider is unavailable, due to COVID-19 related reasons; and
• an authorized officer of the business has determined that would “jeopardize the viability” of the small business (DOL defines)
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FAQ: Family medical leave
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Jeopardize the viability of the business as a going concern (per DOL)?
1. The provision of paid sick leave or expanded family and medical leave would result in the small business’s expenses and financial obligations exceeding available business revenues and cause the small business to cease operating at a minimal capacity;
2. The absence of the employee or employees requesting paid sick leave or expanded family and medical leave would entail a substantial risk to the financial health or operational capabilities of the small business because of their specialized skills, knowledge of the business, or responsibilities; or
3. There are not sufficient workers who are able, willing, and qualified, and who will be available at the time and place needed, to perform the labor or services provided by the employee or employees requesting paid sick leave or expanded family and medical leave, and these labor or services are needed for the small business to operate at a minimal capacity.
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Family and medical leave
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EMPLOYEE LEAVEThe maximum amounts payable vary based on the reason for absence. Employees who are: • subject to a quarantine or isolation order• advised by a health provider to self-quarantine• experiencing symptoms and seeking diagnosismust be compensated at their regular rate, up to a maximum of $511 per day ($5,110 total).
FAMILY LEAVE Employees that find themselves:• caring for an individual described in one of the three categories
above• caring for a son or daughter whose school is closed, or • experiencing a "substantially similar condition" (to be
determined)
must receive two-thirds of their regular rate, up to a maximum of $200 per day ($2,000 total).
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FAQ: Emergency sick time
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• Individual Rebate• $1,200 ($2,400 for eligible individuals filing a
joint return), plus • $500 for each qualifying child of the taxpayer
• Phase out: The amount of the credit is reduced (but not below zero) by 5% of the taxpayer's adjusted gross income (AGI) in excess of: • $150,000 for a joint return, • $112,500 for a head of household, and • $75,000 for all other taxpayers
• Fully phased out at $198,000 for married filing joint, $99,000 for single
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Rebate Checks
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• Employers receive a refundable quarterly payroll tax credit equal to 50% of qualified wages paid to an employee. For purposes of the credit, up to $10,000 of qualified wages per employee is taken into account.
• For this credit, “Eligible employers” include employers • whose trade or business is fully or partially suspended during the
calendar quarter due to orders from governmental authority limiting commerce, travel, or group meetings due to COVID-19, or
• who have a 50% decrease in gross receipts for the same calendar quarter in the prior year.
• Applies to wages paid after March 12, 2020, and before January 1, 2021.
• Not available to employers receiving assistance through PPP
• Wages do not include paid family and/or sick leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act for which a credit is taken.
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Employee Retention Credit
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• Employers with fewer than 100 employees: If the
employer had 100 or fewer employees on average in 2019, the
credit is based on wages paid to all employees, regardless of
whether they worked or not. If the employees worked full time
and were paid for full-time work, the employer still receives
the credit.
• Employers with more than 100 employees: If the
employer had more than 100 employees on average in 2019,
then the credit is allowed only for wages paid to employees
who did not work during the calendar quarter.
• Employers can be immediately reimbursed for the credit by
reducing their required deposits of payroll taxes that have
been withheld from employees’ wages by the amount of the
credit.
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FAQ: Employee Retention Credit
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• Employers can defer payment of the employer portion of the Social Security tax (6.2%) paid over the following two years, with half of the amount required to be paid by Dec. 31, 2021 and the other half by Dec. 31, 2022; employers would still be responsible for FICA tax on employee wages
• Deferral is not provided to employers receiving assistance through the Paycheck Protection Program.
• NEW: Tuesday, Mar 31 IRS announced waiving penalties for failure to deposit payroll taxes if delayed due to implementation of new payroll tax credits
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Defer Payment of Employer Payroll Taxes
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• Typically, distributions from a qualified retirement plan are subject to a 10% additional tax (penalty) for withdrawals before age 59 ½ (with handful of exceptions)
• The CARES Act provides that the 10% additional tax does not apply to any coronavirus-related distribution, up to $100,000.
• A coronavirus-related distribution is any distribution (subject to certain dollar limits), made on or after January 1, 2020, and before December 31, 2020, from an eligible retirement made to a “qualified individual”
• Any individual who receives a distribution may, at any time during a 3-year period, may repay the amount back to the plan
• Standard 20 percent federal tax withholding is not required
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Retirement Account Benefits
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• “Qualified Individual” is someone who is :
• diagnosed with the virus SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19
• whose spouse or dependent is diagnosed with such virus or disease
• who experiences adverse financial consequences as a result of being quarantined, being furloughed or laid off or having work hours reduced due to such virus or disease, being unable to work due to lack of child care due to such virus or disease, closing or reducing hours of a business owned or operated by the individual due to such virus or disease, or other factors as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury.
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Retirement Account Benefits
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• The CARES Act provides that the RMD requirements do not apply for calendar year 2020 to:
• a defined contribution plan• a defined contribution plan which is an eligible deferred
compensation plan described in Code Sec. 457(b) but only if such plan is maintained by an employer described in Code
• an individual retirement plan
• The RMD requirements also do not apply to any distribution which is required to be made in calendar year 2020 by reason of: (I) a required beginning date occurring in calendar year 2020, and (II) such distribution not having been made before January 1, 2020.
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Required Minimum Distributions from Retirement Accounts
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WAIT FOR IT……
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Charitable Contribution Changes
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• The CARES Act adds a deduction to the calculation of gross income, in the case of tax years beginning in 2020, for the amount (not to exceed $300) of qualified charitable contributions made by an “eligible individual” (not itemizing) during the tax year.
• The traditional AGI limitation of 50% is increased to 100% for calendar year 2020
Does NOT apply to donor advised funds
• The CARES Act also increases the limitation on the corporate charitable contribution deduction from 10% of taxable income to 25% of taxable income.
• In addition, the limitation on contributions of food inventory is increased from 15% to 25%.
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Charitable Contribution Changes
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Quick Planning Steps:
1. Contact your BANK, will they be able to file SBA loan requests for you?
2. Assess whether or not filing for EIDL Emergency Grant $10,000. Act quickly. File on-line YOURSELF.
3. Watch for scams, you do not need to pay anyone to do this. SBA & IRS will not contact you by phone, email, etc. Be careful
4. Work with your BOARD. Resources for assistance in application process, banking relationships, planning/budgeting adjustments.
5. Make decisions with your FINANCE COMMITTEE on applying for loans. Are you qualified? Do you need more than payroll, mortgage interest, rent & utilities (PPP)? Do you need EIDL to cover more than PPP loan will?
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All in this Together
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6. Work closely with HUMAN RESOURCES , evaluate application of
FFCRA, are you paying family and medical leave and sick leave
appropriately? Document and track for payroll tax credits.
7. Contact your PAYROLL SERVICE PROVIDER for annual payroll reports
needed for loan applications.
8. Make appointments with BANK for loan application review process.
9. Remember if you take advantage of the PPP loan program, you are
not qualified for employee retention credit (wouldn’t be qualified
anyway if not a 50% decrease in gross receipts prior year same
quarter or you didn’t cease operations), or payroll tax delayed
payments.
10. Start planning on accounting changes to track loan expenditures. You
will need to substantiate the use of funds. Coordinate with BRIGGS &
VESELKA for assistance.
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All in this Together
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ResourcesSmall Business Administration
EIDL Loan and Grant Application
www.sba.gov/disaster
Lender Matching Toolhttps://www.sba.gov/funding-programs/loans
SBA Houston District Office
List of Houston area SBA lenders
https://www.sba.gov/offices/district/tx/houston
US Department of Labor
Q&A: Families First Coronavirus Response Act
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/pandemic/ffcra-questions
US Department of Treasury
Links for borrowers & lenders
https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/top-priorities/cares-act/assistance-for-small-businesses
Paycheck Protection Program application
https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/136/Paycheck-Protection-Program-Application-3-30-2020-v3.pdf
SBA Interim Final Rulehttps://home.treasury.gov/system/files/136/PPP--IFRN%20FINAL.pdf
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Resources
Internal Revenue Service
FAQs: COVID-19-Related Tax Credits for Required Paid Leave
https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/covid-19-related-tax-credits-for-required-paid-leave-provided-by-small-and-midsize-businesses-faqs
FAQs: Employee Retention Credit under the CARES Act
https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/faqs-employee-retention-credit-under-the-cares-act
Form 7200 Advance Payment of Employer Credits Due to COVID-19
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f7200.pdf
Other general COVID-19announcements
https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus
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ResourcesNational Council of Nonprofits
NPO-specific COVID-19 articles
https://www.councilofnonprofits.org/nonprofits-and-coronavirus-covid-19
Community Foundation Public Awareness Initiative
COVID-19 Response by State
https://www.commfoundations.com/blog/2020/3/11/community-foundations-nationwide-launch-efforts-to-help-communities-affected-by-the-coronavirus
Greater Houston Community Foundation and the United Way of Greater Houston launched the Greater Houston COVID-19 Recovery Fund
https://www.greaterhoustonrecovery.org/
Truist Financial (formerly BB&T)
Email updates-opt inhttps://www.truist.com/coronavirus-response/banking-solutions/business
Forbes NPOs: How to Apply
https://www.forbes.com/sites/staceychildress/2020/03/30/349-billion-in-forgivable-paycheck-protection-loans-for-nonprofits-heres-how-to-apply/#5c6048ccab67
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For ClientsContact your respective B&V team – all of us are standing by ready to help
For EveryoneBriggs & Veselka SBA Assistance Team [email protected]
Briggs & Veselka SBA Home Pagehttps://www.bvccpa.com/services/advisory-services/sba-loans/
Non-Profit specific questionsDebra Seefeld, CPA, CFE, [email protected]
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Resources
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Thank you for all you do for the Community
Connected, we are stronger.