Paycheck Protection Program 

PPP Loan Forgiveness Application Form 3508S 

OMB Control No. 3245-0407

Expiration Date: 12/31/2023

SBA Form 3508S (10/20)

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PPP LOAN FORGIVENESS APPLICATION FORM 3508S INSTRUCTIONS FOR BORROWERS

You (the Borrower) can apply for forgiveness of your Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan using this SBA Form 3508S only 

if the total PPP loan amount you received from your Lender was $50,000 or less. However, a borrower that, together with its 

affiliates (see 85 FR 20817 (April 15, 2020) regarding application of SBA’s affiliation rules and the exemption of otherwise 

qualified faith-based organizations from SBA’s affiliation rules), received PPP loans totaling $2 million or more cannot use this 

form. If you are not eligible to use this form, you must apply for forgiveness of your PPP loan using SBA Form 3508 or 3508EZ 

(or lender’s equivalent form).

SBA Form 3508S requires fewer calculations and less documentation for eligible borrowers. Borrowers that use SBA Form 3508S 

are exempt from reductions in loan forgiveness amounts based on reductions in full-time equivalent (FTE) employees or in salaries 

or wages. SBA Form 3508S also does not require borrowers to show the calculations used to determine their loan forgiveness 

amount. However, SBA may request information and documents to review those calculations as part of its loan review process. 

Complete this SBA Form 3508S in accordance with the instructions below, and submit it to your Lender (or the Lender that is 

servicing your loan). Borrowers may also complete this application electronically through their Lender. 

Instructions for PPP Loan Forgiveness Application Form 3508S 

Business Legal Name (“Borrower”)/DBA or Tradename (if applicable)/Business TIN (EIN, SSN): Enter the same 

information as on your Borrower Application Form (SBA Form 2483 or lender’s equivalent). 

Business Address/Business Phone/Primary Contact/E-mail Address: Enter the same information as on your Borrower 

Application Form, unless there has been a change in address or contact information. 

SBA PPP Loan Number: Enter the loan number assigned by SBA at the time of loan approval. Request this number from the 

Lender if necessary. 

Lender PPP Loan Number: Enter the loan number assigned to the PPP loan by the Lender.

PPP Loan Amount: Enter the disbursed principal amount of the PPP loan (the total loan amount you received from the Lender). 

Employees at Time of Loan Application: Enter the total number of employees at the time of the PPP Loan Application.

Employees at Time of Forgiveness Application: Enter the total number of employees at the time the Borrower is applying for 

loan forgiveness.

PPP Loan Disbursement Date: Enter the date that you received the PPP loan proceeds from the Lender. If loan proceeds were 

received on more than one date, enter the first date on which you received PPP loan proceeds. 

EIDL Advance Amount: If the Borrower received an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) advance, enter the amount.

EIDL Application Number: If the Borrower applied for an EIDL, enter the Borrower’s EIDL Application Number.

Forgiveness Amount: Enter the total amount of your payroll and nonpayroll costs eligible for forgiveness. The amount entered 

cannot exceed the principal amount of the PPP loan. Use the following instructions to determine your forgiveness amount. 

1. Eligible payroll costs. Borrowers are generally eligible for forgiveness for the payroll costs paid and payroll costs incurred

during the 24-week (168-day) or 8-week (56-day) Covered Period or Alternative Payroll Covered Period (“payroll costs”).

Covered Period: The Covered Period is either: (1) the 24-week (168-day) period beginning on the PPP Loan Disbursement

Date, or (2) if the Borrower received its PPP loan before June 5, 2020, the Borrower may elect to use an eight-week (56-

day) Covered Period. For example, if the Borrower is using a 24-week Covered Period and received its PPP loan proceeds

on Monday, April 20, the first day of the Covered Period is April 20 and the last day of the Covered Period is Sunday,

October 4. In no event may the Covered Period extend beyond December 31, 2020.

Alternative Payroll Covered Period: For administrative convenience, Borrowers with a biweekly (or more frequent) payroll

schedule may elect to calculate eligible payroll costs using the 24-week (168-day) period or for loans received before June

5, 2020 at the election of the borrower, the eight-week (56-day) period that begins on the first day of their first pay period

following their PPP Loan Disbursement Date. For example, if the Borrower is using a 24-week Alternative Payroll

Covered Period and received its PPP loan proceeds on Monday, April 20, and the first day of its first pay period following

its PPP loan disbursement is Sunday, April 26, the first day of the Alternative Payroll Covered Period is April 26 and the

last day of the Alternative Payroll Covered Period is Saturday, October 10. Borrowers that elect to use the Alternative

Payroll Covered Period must apply the Alternative Payroll Covered Period wherever there is a reference in this application

to “the Covered Period or the Alternative Payroll Covered Period.” However, Borrowers must apply the Covered Period
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(not the Alternative Payroll Covered Period) wherever there is a reference in this application to “the Covered Period” only. 

In no event may the Alternative Payroll Covered Period extend beyond December 31, 2020.

To calculate eligible payroll costs incurred or paid during the Covered Period or the Alternative Payroll Covered Period, 

sum Cash Compensation, Employee Benefits, and Owner Compensation, as follows: 

Cash Compensation: The sum of gross salary, gross wages, gross tips, gross commissions, paid leave (vacation, family, 

medical or sick leave, not including leave covered by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act), and allowances for 

dismissal or separation paid or incurred during the Covered Period or the Alternative Payroll Covered Period. For each 

individual employee, the total amount of cash compensation eligible for forgiveness may not exceed an annual salary of 

$100,000, as prorated for the Covered Period. For an 8-week Covered Period, that total is $15,385. For a 24-week Covered 

Period, that total is $46,154 for purposes of this 3508S. You can only include compensation of employees who were 

employed by the Borrower at any point during the Covered Period or Alternative Payroll Covered Period and whose 

principal place of residence is in the United States.

Employee Benefits: The total amount paid by the Borrower for:

1. Employer contributions for employee health insurance, including employer contributions to a self-insured,

employer-sponsored group health plan, but excluding any pre-tax or after-tax contributions by employees. Do not

add employer health insurance contributions made on behalf of a self-employed individual, general partners, or

owner-employees of an S-corporation, because such payments are already included in their compensation.

2. Employer contributions to employee retirement plans, excluding any pre-tax or after-tax contributions by

employees. Do not add employer retirement contributions made on behalf of a self-employed individual or general

partners, because such payments are already included in their compensation, and contributions on behalf of owneremployees are capped at 2.5 months’ worth of the 2019 contribution amount.

3. Employer state and local taxes paid by the borrower and assessed on employee compensation (e.g., state

unemployment insurance tax), excluding any taxes withheld from employee earnings.

Owner Compensation: Include any amounts paid to owners (owner-employees, a self-employed individual, or general 

partners). For a 24-week Covered Period, this amount is capped at $20,833 (the 2.5-month equivalent of $100,000 per year) 

for each individual or the 2.5-month equivalent of their applicable compensation in 2019, whichever is lower. For an 8-

week Covered Period, this amount is capped at 8/52 of 2019 compensation (up to $15,385). 

Payroll costs are considered paid on the day that paychecks are distributed or the Borrower originates an ACH credit 

transaction. Payroll costs are considered incurred on the day that the employee’s pay is earned. Payroll costs incurred but 

not paid during the Borrower’s last pay period of the Covered Period (or Alternative Payroll Covered Period) are eligible

for forgiveness if paid on or before the next regular payroll date. Otherwise, payroll costs must be paid during the Covered 

Period (or Alternative Payroll Covered Period). For each individual employee, the total amount of cash compensation

eligible for forgiveness may not exceed an annual salary of $100,000, as prorated for the Covered Period. Count payroll 

costs that were both paid and incurred only once. For information on what qualifies as payroll costs, see Interim Final Rule 

on Paycheck Protection Program posted on April 2, 2020 (85 FR 20811), as amended by the Revisions to First Interim Final 

Rule, posted on June 11, 2020 (85 FR 36308)). Include only payroll costs for employees whose principal place of residence 

is in the United States.

2. Eligible nonpayroll costs. Nonpayroll costs eligible for forgiveness consist of:

(a) covered mortgage obligations: payments of mortgage interest (not including any prepayment or payment of principal)

on any business mortgage obligation on real or personal property incurred before February 15, 2020 (“business mortgage

interest payments”);

(b) covered rent obligations: business rent or lease payments pursuant to lease agreements for real or personal property in

force before February 15, 2020 (“business rent or lease payments”); and

(c) covered utility payments: business payments for a service for the distribution of electricity, gas, water, telephone,

transportation, or internet access for which service began before February 15, 2020 (“business utility payments”).

An eligible nonpayroll cost must be paid during the Covered Period or incurred during the Covered Period and paid on or 

before the next regular billing date, even if the billing date is after the Covered Period. Eligible nonpayroll costs cannot 

exceed 40% of the total forgiveness amount. Count nonpayroll costs that were both paid and incurred only once.
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Documents that Each Borrower Must Submit with its PPP Loan Forgiveness Application Form 3508S

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Payroll: 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: 

a. Bank account statements or third-party payroll service provider reports documenting the amount of cash compensation paid

to employees.

b. 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:

i. Payroll tax filings reported, or that will be reported, to the IRS (typically, Form 941); and

ii. State quarterly business and individual employee wage reporting and unemployment insurance tax filings reported,

or that will be reported, to the relevant state.

c. 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: Documentation verifying existence of the obligations/services prior to February 15, 2020 and eligible payments from 

the Covered Period.

a. 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.

b. 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.

c. 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.

Documents that Each Borrower Must Maintain but is Not Required to Submit

All records relating to the Borrower’s PPP loan, including documentation submitted with its PPP loan application, documentation 

supporting the Borrower’s certifications as to its eligibility for a PPP loan, documentation necessary to support the Borrower’s loan 

forgiveness application, and documentation demonstrating the Borrower’s material compliance with PPP requirements. The 

Borrower must retain all such documentation in its files for six years after the date the loan is forgiven or repaid in full, and permit 

authorized representatives of SBA, including representatives of its Office of Inspector General, to access such files upon request.