Around or after 10:00 pm on the evening of Friday, May 22, 2020, the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) and the Treasury Department issued an Interim Final Rule on PPP Loan Forgiveness (the “Forgiveness IFR”). This Rule confirmed much of the guidance previously issued by the SBA in its forgiveness Application,…
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The latest additions to Trenam Law were featured in Business Observer on May 18, 2020. Fredrick McClure has joined the firm’s commercial litigation group as a shareholder, while Brian Tunis joins the business transactions group and Alexander Zesch practices in the bankruptcy and creditors’ rights group. All three will practice…
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Late on Friday, May 15, 2020, the Treasury Department and Small Business Administration issued the much awaited Form 3245, Loan Forgiveness Application (the “Application”) with instructions. For a copy of the Application and to view the press release, click here. We are continuing to evaluate the Application, and will provide…
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On May 13, 2020, the SBA issued additional guidance on the PPP loan “necessity” certification. This new guidance reverses course from the broadly worded original guidance, which was interpreted by many to mean that all borrowers of PPP loans needed to be worried, to exempt from SBA scrutiny any borrower…
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Originally published in the May 2020 issue of Tampa Bay Business & Wealth Magazine. Whether you work for a Fortune 500 company, or you own a small business, odds are you enter into contracts on a regular basis. In an ideal world, these contracts cover every important detail of the…
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Typically, when a business obtains a loan, the loan proceeds are not includable in the gross income of the borrower for tax purposes at the time of the loan. Generally, the loan proceeds can then be spent for any business purpose (subject to loan covenants). Throughout the life of the…
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Originally published in the May/June 2020 issue of The Florida Bar Journal. Consumers’ lives can be seriously affected by the information included on their credit reports: bad scores can mean higher loan interest rates or denials of mortgage refinancing plans or other loans altogether. The information on consumers’ credit reports…
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Stephanie Lieb spoke with the Tampa Bay Times for its May 2, 2020 story on the economic impact COVID-19 is having on Florida, and she addressed the potential rise in bankruptcies in the coming months. Industries that were already teetering, like retail and restaurants, were hit hard by the shutdown,…
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In the May 2019 issue of Retire Ahead, a monthly newsletter released by Tribune Publishing, Tate Taylor answers key questions regarding the impact the provisions to the CARES Act is having on retirement finances. “These changes may provide important financial relief to individuals facing adverse financial consequences as a result…
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On April 24, 2020, Don Weinbren shared insight with the Tampa Bay Business Journal on the application process for Small Business Administration (SBA) loans after a new bill added billions for the Paycheck Protection Program. After the SBA system was flooded with applications during the first round of funding, the…
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