Stimulus Bill Update Ppp Expenses
Educator expenses for protective equipment.
Stimulus bill update ppp expenses. Includes set asides to support first and second time ppp borrowers with 10 or fewer employees first time ppp borrowers that have recently been made eligible and for loans made by community lenders. Tax deductibility for ppp expenses. Loan forgiveness is nontaxable and business expenses paid with ppp loan money are tax deductible.
While you still need to use at least 60 of ppp funds on payroll expenses qualifying non payroll expenses are much broader now including payment for. Businesses can use. The bill requires treasury to issue regulations or other guidance providing that the cost of personal protective equipment and other supplies used for the prevention of the spread of covid 19 is treated as an eligible expense for purposes of the sec.
The bill also specifies that business expenses paid with forgiven ppp loans are tax deductible. In addition to this change any business with a decrease in revenue of 25 from 2019 2020 will qualify for a second round of ppp funding which is being called the ppp second draw. Covid stimulus package allows taxpayers to deduct expenses paid with ppp funds december 22 2020 by robert venables updated 12 28 20 to reflect the signing of the bill into law on sunday december 27 2020 president trump signed the consolidated appropriations act 2021 into law.
Second stimulus act revives ppp loans. 2019 income may be used for the earned income tax credit if 2020 earned income is less than 2019 earned income 2019 income can be used when calculating the earned income tax credit. One important aspect of this bill is that ppp expenses will be tax deductible.
Here s when applications open for small business covid 19 relief. Little has been written about whether the new law will allow ppp borrowers to deduct the expenses that they paid to receive forgiveness and many ppp borrowers will not survive if they have a big. 62 a 2 d ii educator expense deduction.
Loan amounts are calculated using a company s payroll expenses. With stimulus 2 0 congress overruled the irs and decreed that expenses incurred using forgiven ppp funds are deductible. More expenses qualify for forgiveness.