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The COVID-19 pandemic caused unprecedented impacts around the world including stay-at-home orders, curfews, quarantines, and economic uncertainty. Businesses across the United States were forced to close their doors, limit...more
The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent overturning of the Chevron Deference Doctrine calls into question several Chevron-based federal court rulings allowing the Small Business Administration (SBA) to exclude many categories of...more
In March 2020 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was signed into law establishing, among other things, the Payment Protection Program (PPP) administered...more
It seems that every few years, we experience an unprecedented event that significantly affects the world. From a once-in-a-generation recession to a once-in-a-century pandemic, trade creditors and inventory lenders constantly...more
Holland & Knight has learned through customary deal due diligence that some borrowers – especially those who received a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan through the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) – may have...more
On December 27, the President signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021. The Act includes a roughly $900 billion COVID-19 relief package, known as the “Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits and...more
What is the Economic Aid Act? The Economic Aid Act, among other things, reauthorizes lending under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) through March 31, 2021, modifies provisions related to making PPP loans and...more
On December 27, 2020, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (“the Act”), was signed into law. The new law both funded the U.S. government for the remainder of FY 2021 and made available a wide range of COVID-19 relief...more
On December 27, 2020, President Trump signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the Act), which updates several previously enacted tax benefits and credits passed in response to COVID-19. In a much-anticipated change,...more
On December 21, the United States Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, to fund annual appropriations and, through its “Additional Coronavirus Response and Relief” provisions, to supply a second round of...more
On December 27, 2020, President Trump approved a $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill. In it, Congress appropriates funds to help small businesses, nonprofits, and venues that continue to be hit hard by the impact of COVID-19...more
The Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act (the “PPP2 Act”) is contained in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (“2021 Appropriations Act”), a $900 billion, nearly 5,600-page bill passed...more
The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, on December 21, 2020, approved H.R. 133, referred to as the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021.” This advances to the president legislation to provide appropriations for 2021...more
Most Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) borrowers are working toward full forgiveness of their PPP loans and are anxious to get this process started. A borrower generally may submit a loan forgiveness application any time on...more
The SBA recently released draft questionnaires for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) borrowers with loans above $2 million. The draft questionnaire addresses the economic necessity certification that has caused heartburn for...more
With the goal of providing financial relief to companies impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) amended the Small Business Act to allow the Small Business...more
In a series of FAQs issued last spring, the Small Business Administration (SBA) made clear that it would review the certification made by Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) borrowers of $2 million or more that “[c]urrent...more
The U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) recently released additional details relevant to those participating in the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”). In particular, on October 26, 2020, the SBA posted a notice...more
The SBA and the United States Treasury have now released a list of over 600,000 PPP loan borrowers who received PPP loans of $150,000 or more. This list includes the name of the borrowers, the general loan range of the PPP...more
On June 16, 2020, the SBA released a revised form of Loan Forgiveness Application, which incorporates the changes provided in the PPP Flexibility Act that we previously discussed, as well as a new “EZ” form intended to...more
The following information has been adapted from the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program Borrower Information Fact Sheet to provide information tailored for nonprofits. This document is for...more
On June 8, 2020, the SBA Administrator and the Secretary of the Treasury issued a joint statement regarding changes effected by the recently-enacted Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act (PPPFA). In that statement, they...more
Certain provisions of the coronavirus economic stimulus legislation are subject to the ongoing issuance of government regulations and other government action; thus, certain details regarding the legislation may be clarified,...more