Christine Walizer, Author at The S Corporation Association

The Washington Post is Wrong About PPP

The Washington Post is reporting on yesterday’s court-ordered PPP loan data dump by the Small Business Administration. In a rush to support a breathless income inequality headline, they forgot to report on the real purpose of PPP — covering employee payrolls.

Here’s the key graphic:

The top 1% percent of PPP borrowers got 25% of the loan amounts? Sounds bad. But is it?

The primary goal of the PPP was to keep workers on payroll and off UI. To that end, the PPP funded more than 5 million business loans, the amount …

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admin2020-12-02T21:00:05+00:00December 2, 2020|

S-Corp Protests PPP Loan Forgiveness Form

The Paycheck Protection Program has been one of the Federal government’s most successful responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, but it’s effectiveness has been hamstrung from the outset by the SBA and Treasury Department.

Today, the S Corporation Association joined 75 other trade groups in objecting to the latest misstep by the agencies – an intrusive and legally dubious 9-page “Loan Necessity Questionnaire” (Forms 3509 and 3510) that larger PPP borrowers would need to fill out in order to have their loans forgiven. The forms demand information not previously required from borrowers and raise new challenges to extending and improving …

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admin2020-12-29T17:37:30+00:00November 17, 2020|

The 2020 Elections and their Implications for Private Businesses

Are you a fan of the Progressive Insurance commercials making fun of mismanaged Zoom calls? Then you’ll love the blank Zoom screen for the first 10 minutes of our most recent S-Corp Member call covering the 2020 election results and what they mean for private companies. You can access the full video here. You can access the slide deck here.

We’re biased, obviously, but we think it’s well worth watching, particularly the portion focused on what companies can expect moving forward, as well as the BIG news (covered at the …

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admin2020-11-11T20:55:55+00:00November 11, 2020|

Treasury Blesses SALT Parity Reform

Huge news out of Treasury yesterday – the Department has blessed our SALT Parity reforms. You can read the full Notice here. As Law360 reports:

BREAKING: Treasury To Say Pass-through SALT Workarounds OK

State and local taxes imposed at the entity level on pass-through entities are permitted as a deduction and this “is consistent with the longstanding position” of the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service the agencies said Monday.

This announcement comes on the heels of the election results that have all but eliminated any remaining uncertainty about the value of …

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admin2020-11-13T15:23:55+00:00November 10, 2020|

Stop the Surprise Small-Business Tax Increase

An Op-ed by Christopher Smith, Executive Director of the Parity for Main Street Advisors coalition, ran this morning in the Morning Consult.

The Payroll Protection Program enacted this past spring has helped millions of employers and workers survive an economy that was in freefall from COVID-related closures. Now, with the recovery underway, those same small businesses will face a surprise $100 billion tax hike if Congress fails to act soon.

The PPP program’s design was simple – use local banks to provide loans to smaller employers during the shutdown. If the employers used the money to keep workers employed and on other …

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admin2020-09-29T14:12:21+00:00September 29, 2020|