Great news today for small businesses that took advantage of the PPP loan! When applying for the PPP loan, you might recall that you had to certify that you needed the money because the COVID-19 shutdown created economic hardship for…
The House of Representatives has released its bill for a potential CARES Act 4. Here is a link to the actual bill-in-progress. The Democrats have also created a condensed version, so you don’t have to read the entire 1,800 pages…
The Governor of Louisiana has announced that business reopening Phase 1 can commence starting on Friday, May 15th. No matter how you feel about reopening, if we do things the right way and the safe way, we can open businesses…
As a recipient of our own PPP loan, today, our bank sent us an interesting email recommending that we hire a CPA, Tax Attorney, or both to make sure we have the correct documentation for the repayment of the PPP…
The EEOC announced today that they won’t collect the EEO-1 forms for 2020. Our whole HR team jumped for joy! In addition, COBRA deadlines have also been extended (download below). A little depressing news is the attached article showing 3.1…
Big news today, if you do not believe you truly qualify for the PPP loan and want to return the money, no questions, the SBA just pushed back the deadline to return the PPP Loans until May 14th . If…
Happy Cinco de Mayo! Hope everyone is enjoying a margarita right now! One big item for those of you who have not yet received your PPP loan proceeds, the original "use it or lose it" deadline of June 30th or…
Happy Monday! The IRS/Department of Treasury answered a critical question in the FAQ they released yesterday, May 3rd. The big question was: If you ask a previously laid off or furloughed employee to come back to the same job at…
We have attached a few new items worth sharing. One is from Los Angeles which may affect tourism employers in Louisiana. It’s important because some laws and ordinances that start in California frequently get adopted in other areas. This ordinance…
We finally are at the end of the month of April! In my conversations, people either can’t believe that it went so fast or they feel like April was over a year long. Below is a link to the latest…
