On October 30, 2020, the SBA released two additional questionnaires that will need to be submitted by for-profit and non-profit PPP borrowers as part of their loan forgiveness applications. This follows a notice issued by the SBA on October 28 in the Federal Register indicating that the SBA was…
On October 22, 2020, the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) approved the Indiana State Hemp Plan (the “Plan”), allowing hemp growers to grow and process hemp commercially in Indiana without obtaining the previously required university research affiliation. Applications for the 2021…
On July 16, 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Luxembourg issued its long-anticipated decision in the case of Data Protection Commission v. Facebook Ireland, Schrems (Schrems II). The decision concludes two years of litigation of a complaint initiated by Austrian privacy…
On October 2, 2020, a Procedural Notice issued by the SBA (the “Notice”) became effective that provides information and procedures addressing requirements for approval of changes of ownership for an entity that has received funds under the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”). The Notice put in…
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In early September 2019, the IDOR launched the first of four rollouts of a tax modernization project, Project NextDOR, and is launching Phase 2 this month. Project NextDOR’s new technology includes INTIME, a new online e-services portal which will enable Indiana taxpayers to manage their…
In its monthly payroll industry teleconference held on September 3, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) confirmed that the payroll tax deferral of the employee portion of the FICA tax described in IRS Notice 2020-65 is not required. Employers may choose to exercise the deferral option but are…
On August 26, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted amendments (the “Amendments”) to the private placement definition of “accredited investor” in Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”). The SEC’s primary objective of the Amendments is to…
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In his “Memorandum for the Secretary of the Treasury,” dated August 8, 2020 (the “Memorandum”), President Trump directed the Secretary to defer the withholding, deposit, and payment of the employee portion of the FICA tax (i.e., the 6.2% social security tax) paid during the period of…
On August 4, 2020, the SBA issued guidance in the form of new FAQs regarding loan forgiveness applications for the Paycheck Protection Program. The guidance comes out in anticipation of the SBA accepting loan forgiveness applications beginning August 10, 2020. The FAQs mostly reinforce previously…
Small businesses that are interested in applying for a Payroll Protection Program loan (“PPP Loan”) have until this Saturday, August 8th, to submit their loan application. As of August 3rd, over $130 billion in PPP Loan funds are still available, and unless an extension from Congress is approved…
Last night, the United States Senate passed legislation by unanimous consent to extend the deadline for borrowers to apply for funds under the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) from June 30, 2020, until August 8, 2020. The legislation will need to be passed in the House of Representatives and…
The Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017 (“TCJA”) added Section 4960 to the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”), which imposes a new 21% excise tax on compensation paid by certain tax-exempt organizations and related parties (the “Excise Tax”). In December of 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”)…
