PPP Covid relief

PPP Covid relief

David Sparks Ph.D.
David Sparks Ph.D.
PPP Covid relief package

In Washington, the just signed Coronavirus aid package includes new and needed Paycheck Protection benefits for American farmers. 

The Paycheck Protection Program was designed by Congress to help small businesses stay open and keep their employees on the payroll. Pat Wolff, of the American Farm Bureau, says the important program worked to keep businesses and farms running during the first wave of COVID-19.

“The way that it did that was to provide loans, and then forgive repayment of the loans were used for three things: wages, mortgages/rent, and utilities,” said Wolff.

Wolff says when Congress passed the PPP, they were very clear that the loan amount would not be taxable. She says the Treasury Department took an unfortunately different position.

“They were going to deny tax deductions for expenses paid with those loans, and so, in effect, they were canceling out Congress’s intent to provide those loans tax-free.

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