On 6/5/20, President Trump signed the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act (PPPFA) of 2020 (H.R. 7010), which modifies provisions related to the forgiveness of loans made to small businesses under the PPP. The PPPFA (1) eliminates a CARES Act provision that prevented certain PPP participants from deferring the payment of payroll taxes; (2) requires borrowers to use at least 60% (rather than the original 75%) of PPP funds on payroll costs; (3) gives borrowers 24 weeks (rather than the original eight weeks) to spend PPP funds; (4) pushes back the original 6/30/20 deadline to rehire workers to 12/31/20; (5) provides additional exceptions if a borrower is unable to rehire the required number of employees; and (6) extends the minimum maturity date of the loan (for proceeds that are not forgiven) to five years.
The full legislative text of the bill is available at www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7010/text.
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