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PPP Loan Tax Consequences

RogerRossmeisl

The Small Business Administration (SBA) announced that the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) reopened the week of January 11. If you’re fortunate to get a PPP loan to help during the COVID-19 crisis (or you received one last year), you may wonder about the PPP loan tax consequences.

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COVID Fraud Cases Have Totaled Nearly $9 Billion, IRS Crime Unit Says

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It has now been more than four years since COVID-19 began ravaging the U.S., Over the last four years, the IRS Criminal Investigation unit has investigated 1,644 tax and money laundering cases related to COVID fraud totaling $8.9 conviction rate in prosecuted COVID fraud cases, officials said.

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How Miami Became a Hub of PPP Fraud After Pandemic

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When the coronavirus threatened to turn the nation into a graveyard of failed businesses, Congress rushed through an emergency loan program: about $800 billion — roughly the size of the annual defense budget — was doled out in a matter of months to millions of companies. There were few strings attached: the U.S. Criminals cashed in.

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SBA Releases Interim Final Rules Regarding PPP Second Draw Loans

RogerRossmeisl

The Treasury Department and Small Business Administration (SBA) have released Interim Final Rules (IFR) regarding the permission of “second draw loans” under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) recently authorized by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA 2021).

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Florida Woman Sentenced for Pandemic Loan Fraud, Leased a Bentley with Funds

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Daniela Rendon, a real estate broker, was convicted of swindling COVID-19 loan programs — to lease a Bentley SUV, among other things. It’s their money that goes to the Treasury that makes it possible to have these kinds of programs.” On Thursday, Assistant U.S. By Jay Weaver – Miami Herald (via TNS).

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SBA Releases Guidance on PPP Extension and Expansion

RogerRossmeisl

The Treasury Department and Small Business Administration (SBA) have released Interim Final Rules (IFR) regarding the recent extension and expansion of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) as authorized by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA 2021).

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Maine Man Gets 33 Months in Prison for Misusing PPP Funds

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The second Maine man who admitted defrauding a pandemic business loan program was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. Craig Franck, 40, of Levant admitted in August that he used more than $300,000 from two loan programs authorized by Congress during the COVID-19 pandemic for bail on a theft charge in Florida.

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