SBA PPP Loan Forgiveness

As of February 1, Enterprise has resumed accepting and processing PPP loan forgiveness applications for the first round of funding obtained in 2020.

Each PPP borrower has received an email from us with information regarding the process for their forgiveness application. Upon receipt of a completed application, Enterprise has 60 days to review your application (and supporting documentation) and make a loan forgiveness recommendation to the SBA. We will contact you if we need additional information. We will notify you when we submit your loan forgiveness application to the SBA. The SBA will process your application within 90 days of our recommendation and notify Enterprise of its decision.

The SBA has the right to review any loan at any time. We will notify you within 5 days if the SBA reviews your loan and requests additional information. Otherwise, we will notify you when we receive the SBA's final determination of forgiveness.

To help you prepare to submit forgiveness, follow these pre-application steps:

• Step 1 - Determine which forgiveness applications you will submit. There are three forgiveness applications: Form 3508S, Form 3508EZ and Form 3508. 
• Step 2 - Gather and prepare your supporting documents. Supporting documents will be uploaded to our forgiveness platform. The platform will accept the following file types: PDF, JPG, JPEG, Word (doc or docx), Excel (xls or xlsx) and CSV.
• Step 3 - Determine who will sign the forgiveness application. The forgiveness application will be electronically signed and certified. An authorized signer of the company per the organizational documents must sign the forgiveness application. The individual who signs the forgiveness application can be different than the preparer.

You should gather the following documents verifying eligible expenses if you are completing Form 3508EZ or Form 3508, including the number of full-time equivalent employees on your payroll and their pay rates for the time frame used to verify you met the staffing and pay requirements:
 
Payroll Expenses - 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.

Nonpayroll Expenses - Documentation verifying existence of the obligations/services prior to February 15, 2020 and eligible payments from the Covered Period. (Remember: this only applies if you included nonpayroll expenses in the amount for which you are trying to seek forgiveness.)

• 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.

For more information on the loan forgiveness process visit here PPP FAQ page.