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New Peoples Bank assisted nearly 700 businesses with the Small Business Administration (“SBA“) Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP“) - to provide the resources they need to maintain their payroll, hire back employees, and cover applicable overhead. We hope you are doing well and staying safe during these unusual times. This website is to provide you with information regarding the next steps of the Paycheck Protection Program. NPB encourages you to start taking the initial steps to receive PPP loan forgiveness. We hope that you will find the following information to be helpful to you when preparing your application for submission. As always, NPB encourages you to contact your loan officer for help in guiding you through this process.
Preparing Your Application
Below are three PPP forgiveness applications that your business can choose from. Once you are ready to apply for forgiveness please click on the online forgiveness application link below. (Please note that the link below works best while using a modern internet browser such as Google Chrome)
Online Loan Forgiveness Application
3508S Forgiveness Application
You can apply for forgiveness for your first or second draw PPP Loan using the SBA Form 3508S only if the loan amount you received is $150,000 or less.
3508EZ Forgiveness Application
If your PPP loan is over $150,000 and you qualify under one of the below scenarios then you can use the 3508EZ application to apply for forgiveness. For second draw PPP loans over $150,000, you must submit a loan forgiveness application for your first draw PPP loan before or simultaneously with the loan forgiveness application for your second draw PPP loan.
- The Borrower did not reduce annual salary or hourly wages of any employee by more than 25 percent during the covered period compared to the most recent full quarter before the covered period. (For purposes of this statement, “employees“ means only those employees that did not receive, during any single period during 2019, wages or salary at an annualized rate of pay in an amount more than $100,000.);
AND
- The Borrower did not reduce the number of employees or the average paid hours of employees between January 1, 2020 and the end of the covered period.
- Ignore reductions that arose from an inability to rehire individuals who were employees on February 15, 2020 if the Borrower was unable to hire similarly qualified employees for unfilled positions on or before December 31, 2020 (or, for a PPP loan made after December 27, 2020, the last day of the Covered Period).
- Also ignore reductions in an employee's hours that the Borrower offered to restore and the employee refused. See 85 FR 33004, 33007 (June 1, 2020) for more details.
OR
- The Borrower did not reduce annual salary or hourly wages of any employee by more than 25 percent during the Covered Period compared to the most recent full quarter before the Covered Period. (For purposes of this statement, “employees“ means only those employees that did not receive, during any single period during 2019, wages or salary at an annualized rate of pay in an amount more than $100,000,).
AND
- The Borrower was unable to operate during the Covered Period at the same level of business activity as before February 15, 2020, due to compliance with requirements established or guidance issued between March 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020 (or, for a PPP loan made after December 27, 2020, requirements established or guidance issued between March 1, 2020 and the last day of the Covered Period) by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, related to the maintenance of standards of sanitation, social distancing, or any other work or customer safety requirement related to COVID-19.
3508 Forgiveness Application
If you do not qualify with using the 3508S or the 3508EZ forgiveness application then you must complete the 3508 application.
PPP Loan Covered Period:
The covered period begins on the date the loan was originally disbursed. The covered period ends on a date selected by the Borrower that is at least 8 weeks following the date of loan disbursement and not more than 24 weeks after the date of loan disbursement.
PPP Loan Usage
You will be required to provide documentation of the utilization of PPP loan funds. Only the following uses of loan funds are eligible for forgiveness:
- Payroll: Salary, Wage, Paid Leave (Vacation, Parental, Family, Medical, or Sick), Health Benefits and Retirement
- Business Mortgage Interest: if the mortgage was in existence before February 15, 2020
- Business Rent: if the agreement was in effect before February 15, 2020
- Business Utilities: if the service was in existence before February 15, 2020
- Covered Operations Expenditures: is a payment for any business software or cloud computing service that facilitates business operations, product or service delivery, the processing, payment, or tracking of payroll expenses, human resources, sales and billing functions, or accounting or tracking of supplies, inventory, records and expenses.
- Covered Property Damage Costs: a covered property damage cost is a cost related to property damage and vandalism or looting due to public disturbances that occurred during 2020 that was not covered by insurance or other compensation.
- Covered Supplier Costs: a covered supplier cost means an expenditure made by a borrower to a supplier of goods for the supply of goods that - (A) are essential to the operations of the borrower at the time at which the expenditure is made; and (B) is made pursuant to a contract, order, or purchase order - (i) in effect at any time before the covered period with respect to the applicable covered loan; or (ii) with respect to perishable goods, in effect before or at any time during the covered period with respect to the applicable covered loan.
- Covered Worker Protection Costs: is a operating or a capital expenditure to facilitate the adaptation of the business activities of an entity to comply with requirements established or guidance from federal, state, or local governments to protect worker or customer safety due to COVID-19.
In order to receive
full forgiveness, at least 60% of loan funds must be used for payroll costs. This means that no more than 40% of loan funds can be used for the other eligible expenses.
Required Supporting Documentation
Along with your PPP forgiveness application, the SBA will require your business to submit supporting documentation in order to receive forgiveness if you complete the 3508EZ or the 3508 forgiveness application.
For first draw PPP loans under $150,000 and the 3508S application is completed, then no documentation is required to be submitted with your forgiveness application. However, please note the information you are required to have ready if the SBA reviews your forgiveness application as this information will need to be submitted to the SBA. For second draw forgiveness applications, if you have not already provided documentation on the revenue reduction requirement, you will then need to submit documentation along with your forgiveness application. The revenue reduction documentation requirement is not required for forgiveness on first draw PPP loans.
Payroll: Documentation verifying the eligible cash compensation and non-cash benefit payments from the Covered Period or the Alternative Payroll Covered Period consisting of each of the following:
- Bank account statements or third-party payroll service provider reports documenting the amount of cash compensation paid to employees.
- Tax forms (or equivalent third-party payroll service provider reports) for the periods that overlap with the Covered Period or the Alternative Payroll Covered Period:
- Payroll tax filings reported, or that will be reported, to the IRS (typically, Form 941); and
- State quarterly business and individual employee wage reporting and unemployment insurance tax filings reported, or that will be reported, to the relevant state.
- Payment receipts, cancelled checks, or account statements documenting the amount of any employer contributions to employee health insurance and retirement plans that the Borrower included in the forgiveness amount.
- If you checked only the second box on the checklist on page 1 of the 3508EZ instructions, the average number of full-time equivalent employees on payroll employed by the Borrower on January 1, 2020 and at the end of the Covered Period.
Nonpayroll: Documentation verifying existence of the obligations/services prior to February 15, 2020 and eligible payments from the Covered Period.
- Business mortgage interest payments: Copy of lender amortization schedule and receipts or cancelled checks verifying eligible payments from the Covered Period; or lender account statements from February 2020 and the months of the Covered Period through one month after the end of the Covered Period verifying interest amounts and eligible payments.
- Business rent or lease payments: Copy of current lease agreement and receipts or cancelled checks verifying eligible payments from the Covered Period; or lessor account statements from February 2020 and from the Covered Period through one month after the end of the Covered Period verifying eligible payments.
- Business utility payments: Copy of invoices from February 2020 and those paid during the Covered Period and receipts, cancelled checks, or account statements verifying those eligible payments.
- Covered operations expenditures: Copy of invoices, orders, or purchase orders paid during the Covered Period and receipts, cancelled checks, or account statements verifying those eligible payments.
- Covered property damage costs: Copy of invoices, orders, or purchase orders paid during the Covered Period and receipts, cancelled checks, or account statements verifying those eligible payments, and documentation that the costs were related to property damage and vandalism or looting due to public disturbances that occurred during 2020 and such costs were not covered by insurance or other compensation.
- Covered supplier costs: Copy of contracts, orders, or purchase orders in effect at any time before the Covered Period (except for perishable goods), copy of invoices, orders, or purchase orders paid during the Covered Period and receipts, cancelled checks, or account statements verifying those eligible payments.
- Covered worker protection expenditures: Copy of invoices, orders, or purchase orders paid during the Covered Period and receipts, cancelled checks, or account statements verifying those eligible payments, and documentation that the expenditures were used by the Borrower to comply with applicable COVID-19 guidance during the Covered Period.
If the 3508 forgiveness application is completed then the following must also be submitted:
FTE: Documentation showing (at the election of the Borrower):
- the average number of FTE employees on payroll per week employed by the Borrower between February 15, 2019 and June 30, 2019;
- the average number of FTE employees on payroll per week employed by the Borrower between January 1, 2020 and February 29, 2020; or
- in the case of a seasonal employer, the average number of FTE employees on payroll per week employed by the Borrower between February 15, 2019 and June 30, 2019; between January 1, 2020 and February 29, 2020; or any consecutive 12-week period between May 1, 2019 and September 15, 2019.
The selected time period must be the same time period selected for purposes of completing PPP Schedule A, line 11. Documents may include payroll tax filings reported, or that will be reported, to the IRS (typically, Form 941) and state quarterly business and individual employee wage reporting and unemployment insurance tax filings reported, or that will be reported, to the relevant state. Documents submitted may cover periods longer than the specific time period.
PPP Loan Forgiveness Application Submission:
Upon receipt of your completed PPP Loan Forgiveness Application, our team will review the documentation and communicate to you if additional information is required. Once NPB has reviewed your application and is compliant within SBA requirements, your package will be submitted to the SBA for review. Once notified, NPB will contact you with any communications or decisions from the SBA.
Please keep in mind that it can take the SBA up to 90 days to review your application and determine a decision. It is also important to note that the SBA may also audit any PPP loan, of any size, at its own discretion. These items are outside of the control of New Peoples Bank.
Unforgiven Balance:
Any remaining, unforgiven balance of your PPP loan will continue to accrue interest at 1% for the remainder of the loan term. There is no pre-payment penalty and the outstanding balance may be paid in full at any time without additional fees. Please refer to your PPP loan documentation for additional terms and conditions. Please keep in mind that your business has up to 10-months after your “covered period“ to file for forgiveness. After the 10-month period, principal and interest payments will begin on the full PPP loan amount.
Additional Resources:
Below are some additional links to help guide you through the PPP loan forgiveness process.
SBA's Coronavirus Relief Options: Paycheck Protection Program
SBA Interim Final Rule on Loan Forgiveness
All of us at NPB trust that your PPP loan has helped to assist your small business. Please stay safe as we all navigate these difficult times.