SBA Releases Important New Rules Regarding PPP Loan Forgiveness
The Small Business Administration (SBA) just released important new rules regarding forgiveness of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans. The June 22 Revisions to Loan Forgiveness Interim Final Rule and SBA Loan Review Procedures Interim Final Rule offer additional clarification on the rules governing forgiveness of PPP loans, while providing borrowers with additional flexibility. What do employers need to know about these developments?
Attendees will get introduced to rubber callouts (which are often identified on prints for parts that they need to assemble) within the ASTM classification and basic material properties from North Coast Seals Sales Engineer, Chuck Farlow.
Why Manufacturers Prefer Rolled Threads To Cut Threads
Lib Pietrantoni of CJWinter will provide a technical overview of the thread rolling process. Outline and discuss the benefits of thread rolling producing: stronger threads with superior quality, accuracy and lower costs. Review best practice blank design, different tooth form geometries available for thread rolling, and gaging options for use during set up and production – to make sure you are making good part.
The Difference Between Swiss and Chucker Mode in Swiss Screw Machines
Join us for another Technical Tuesday webinar as New England Tool Corp’s Robert Schrader will discuss and review the pros & cons of Swiss Mode, as well as Chucker Mode on a Swiss Screw Machine!
At 7:05 pm Eastern today, June 3, 2020, the U.S. Senate passed without objection the House drafted Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act endorsed by PMPA providing small businesses greater flexibility when using loans under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). The legislation, which passed overwhelmingly in the House on May 28 by a vote of 417-1, makes critical changes supported by the PMPA to the PPP. This is the second in a series of three bills making changes to the PPP the PMPA helped create in the CARES Act President Trump signed into law on March 27.
Following the Senate’s passage, the bill now goes to President Trump’s desk for his signature for a bill that will extend the PPP forgiveness period to 24 weeks, loan terms to five years, and safe harbor date to December 31 from June 30, among other provisions.
PMPA activated immediately to fix many parts of the PPP following surveys of our members – 47 PMPA member companies sent 144 messages to Capitol Hill calling on lawmakers to make these changes, and we succeeded. This proves when you show up, we can make a difference.
PMPA’s lobbying team in Washington, D.C., The Franklin Partnership, is working with the White House, Senate, and U.S. House of Representatives to update the PPP and provide clarity and tools to help our members during COVID-19.
The Franklin Partnership received confirmation from the top Democratic tax writer in the House that he is committed to addressing the deductibility of wages as expenses in the next legislation expected to move in July, reversing the IRS Notice to the contrary. Our PMPA members understand how critical this fix is as the IRS decision to not permit the deduction under PPP increases the tax liability for pass-through businesses, such as S Corporations, by a tax rate increase as high as 37% and for C-Corporations, an increase as much as 21%.
In addition to securing that commitment in this bill about to become law, the PMPA succeeded in its lobbying efforts to:
Extend the PPP loan forgiveness period to include costs incurred over 24 weeks after a loan is issued or through December 31, whichever comes first;
Extend the employer safe harbor to rehire employees to December 31, or earlier, from June 30 for a period in which loans can be forgiven if businesses restore staffing or salary levels that were previously reduced;
Provide an additional safe harbor for employers allowing businesses to maintain forgiveness amounts for companies that were unable to rehire employees or resume business levels as of Feb. 15, or find similarly qualified workers by the end of the year;
Change the limitation on forgiveness- another request of PMPA- requiring businesses seeking loan forgiveness to spend at least 60% of covered funds on payroll expenses rather than the 75% established by the SBA;
Allow businesses with forgiveness loans to defer payroll taxes.
Our fight is not yet done and we continue to make things happen in Washington, due to your engagement and responses. While this is an important victory, we have much work ahead of us on expensing of wages, clarification of forgiveness terms, and other ways to make the PPP work better for our members.
We thank all PMPA members for their calls and emails to Capitol Hill, and to the team at The Franklin Partnership for their “Yeoman efforts” on our behalf.
Billie Henning of Henning Industrial Software will discuss the basic process of tracking and assigning direct and indirect costs to jobs. She’ll share what should be included in direct and indirect costs. A comparison of actual costs verses estimated costs will will be discussed.
