Almost nothing went right in the launch of the Payroll Protection Program over the past two business days. The best advice is to keep trying and don’t give up. Don’t forget what’s happening on a state level. The state programs quickly oversubscribed but today but more relief is likely. If you are sweating bullets to […]
Small Business Administration Chief Jovita Carranza tweeted on Friday afternoon that 12,461 crisis response loans were already approved totaling more almost $4 Billion. The problem is, none of the nationwide network of small business accountants I am connected with online knows any small business that has been approved yet. While the aid package was supposed […]
I am not charging fees – and you shouldn’t need to pay for anyone else’s fees either – for preparing small business Payroll Protection Program applications in accordance with federal law and the guidance of both the AICPA and the NJCPA1. Specifically, the CARES Act states: ‘‘FEE LIMITS. — An agent that assists an eligible […]
For those employers planning to apply for the Paycheck Protection Program: there are new developments related to this program since yesterday. It seems likely that we will hear more today. The most important change is that late yesterday we learned that the federal funding is not yet available to the lending banks so the banks […]
Checklist of resources Federal Financial Resources through SBA Payroll Protection Program through your own bank New Jersey State Financial Resources Income Tax Payment Deferral Information Private/ Corporate/ Third-Party Financial Resources State of New Jersey New Jersey Business Action Center (BAC) New Jersey Department of Labor New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) NJ Department of Labor […]
My firm, based on the consensus of our active small business accounting industry groups, recommends that all small businesses submit online applications through the SBA for at least one of the two types of government loans. Some should be submitted by Friday April 3 to stand the best chance of approval. The amount should be […]
The title of this post might imply that I’m spoofing on the popular book series. That’s not my intent. The title of this post refers to the amount of deliberate or just unformed false information spewed out in social media about disaster relief right now. A lot of the misinformation appears to be coming from […]
Self employed business owners want to know – Should I apply for the SBA loan/grant program? Is it really free money? Will I be approved? What will it cost to get my application approved? What’s the maximum benefit I can receive? If I apply, does that disqualify me for other financial assistance? Could it be […]
I might be known around here as the “crisis management guy”. In fact, most of my professional career was spent creating a path forward to help local small businesses climb from economic disaster. Until now, it was mostly a bad joke among peer CPAs. Now it is the most important professional focus that we need […]
Day by day, the real financial impact of the shutdown is sinking in for more Americans. Hardest hit are those who operate a small business. I recognized the early signs of this dramatic impact coming 10 days ago and shifted my tax advisory practice to a small business crisis management practice, drawing on the lessons […]