Paycheck Protection Program 

PPP Loan Forgiveness Application Form 3508EZ Revised January 19, 2021 

OMB Control No.: 3245-0407 

Expiration Date: 9/30/2021 

Business Legal Name (“Borrower”) DBA or Tradename, if applicable 

Business Address NAICS Code Business TIN (EIN, SSN) Business Phone 

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Primary Contact E-mail Address

☐ First Draw PPP Loan ☐ Second Draw PPP Loan (check one)

SBA PPP Loan Number: ________________________ Lender PPP Loan Number: __________________________ 

PPP Loan Amount: _____________________________ PPP Loan Disbursement Date: ________________________ 

Employees at Time of Loan Application: ___________ Employees at Time of Forgiveness Application: __________ 

Covered Period: ________________________ to ________________________ 

If Borrower (Together with Affiliates, if Applicable) Received First Draw PPP Loans of $2 million or More or Second Draw 

PPP Loans of $2 Million or More, check here: ☐

Forgiveness Amount Calculation: 

Payroll and Nonpayroll Costs 

Line 1. Payroll Costs: _____________________ 

Line 2. Business Mortgage Interest Payments: _____________________ 

Line 3. Business Rent or Lease Payments: _____________________ 

Line 4. Business Utility Payments: _____________________ 

Line 5. Covered Operations Expenditures: _____________________ 

Line 6. Covered Property Damage Costs: _____________________ 

Line 7. Covered Supplier Costs: _____________________ 

Line 8. Covered Worker Protection Expenditures: _____________________ 

Potential Forgiveness Amounts 

Line 9. Sum the amounts on lines 1 through 8: _____________________ 

Line 10. PPP Loan Amount: _____________________ 

Line 11. Payroll Cost 60% Requirement (divide Line 1 by 0.60): _____________________ 

Forgiveness Amount 

Line 12. Forgiveness Amount (enter the smallest of Lines 9, 10, and 11): _____________________ 

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PPP Loan Forgiveness Application Form 3508EZ Revised January 19, 2021 

By Signing Below, You Make the Following Representations and Certifications on Behalf of the Borrower: 

The Authorized Representative of the Borrower certifies to all of the below by initialing next to each one. 

_____ The dollar amount for which forgiveness is requested (which does not exceed the principal amount of the PPP loan): 

• was used to pay business costs that are eligible for forgiveness (payroll costs to retain employees; business mortgage

interest payments; business rent or lease payments; business utility payments; covered operations expenditures;

covered property damage costs; covered supplier costs; or covered worker protection expenditures);

• includes payroll costs equal to at least 60% of the forgiveness amount; and

• for any owner-employee (with an ownership stake of 5% or more) or self-employed individual/general partner, does

not exceed 2.5 months’ worth of compensation received during the year used to calculate the PPP loan amount,

capped at $20,833 per individual in total across all businesses.

_____ I understand that if the funds were knowingly used for unauthorized purposes, the federal government may pursue recovery 

of loan amounts and/or civil or criminal fraud charges. 

_____ The Borrower did not reduce salaries or hourly wages of any employee by more than 25 percent for any employee during the 

Covered Period compared to the most recent quarter before the Covered Period. For purposes of this certification, the term 

“employee” includes only those employees that did not receive, during any single period during 2019, wages or salary at an 

annualized rate of pay in an amount more than $100,000. 

_____ The Borrower has accurately verified the payments for the eligible payroll and nonpayroll costs for which the Borrower is 

requesting forgiveness. 

_____ I have submitted to the Lender the required documentation verifying payroll costs, the existence of obligations and service 

(as applicable) prior to February 15, 2020, and eligible business mortgage interest payments, business rent or lease payments, 

business utility payments, covered operations expenditures, covered property damage costs, covered supplier costs, and 

covered worker protection expenditures. 

______ If this application is being submitted for a Second Draw PPP Loan, the Borrower used all First Draw PPP Loan amounts on 

eligible expenses prior to disbursement of the Second Draw PPP Loan. 

_____ The information provided in this application and the information provided in all supporting documents and forms is true and 

correct in all material respects. I understand that knowingly making a false statement to obtain forgiveness of an SBAguaranteed loan is punishable under the law, including 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 3571 by imprisonment of not more than five years 

and/or a fine of up to $250,000; under 15 U.S.C. 645 by imprisonment of not more than two years and/or a fine of not more 

than $5,000; and, if submitted to a Federally insured institution, under 18 U.S.C. 1014 by imprisonment of not more than 

thirty years and/or a fine of not more than $1,000,000. 

_____ The tax documents I have submitted to the Lender (if applicable) are consistent with those the Borrower has submitted 

or will submit to the IRS and/or state tax or workforce agency. I also understand, acknowledge, and agree that the 

Lender can share the tax information with SBA’s authorized representatives, including authorized representatives of 

the SBA Office of Inspector General, for the purpose of ensuring compliance with PPP requirements and all SBA 

reviews. 

_____ I understand, acknowledge, and agree that SBA may request additional information for the purposes of evaluating the 

Borrower’s eligibility for the PPP loan and for loan forgiveness, and that the Borrower’s failure to provide information 

requested by SBA may result in a determination that the Borrower was ineligible for the PPP loan or a denial of the 

Borrower’s loan forgiveness application. 

In addition, the Authorized Representative of the Borrower must certify by initialing at least ONE of the following two items: 

_____ The Borrower did not reduce the number of employees or the average paid hours of employees between January 1, 2020 and 

the end of the Covered Period (other than any reductions that arose from an inability to rehire individuals who were 

employees on February 15, 2020, if the Borrower was unable to hire similarly qualified employees for unfilled positions on 

or before December 31, 2020 (or, for a PPP loan made after December 27, 2020, before the last day of the Covered Period), 

and reductions in an employee’s hours that a borrower offered to restore and were refused). 

_____ The Borrower was unable to operate between February 15, 2020, and the end of the Covered Period at the same level of 

business activity as before February 15, 2020 due to compliance with requirements established or guidance issued between 

March 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020 (or, for a PPP loan made after December 27, 2020, requirements established or 

guidance issued before the last day of the Covered Period), by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Director of 

the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, related to the 

maintenance of standards of sanitation, social distancing, or any other work or customer safety requirement related to 

COVID-19. 

The Borrower’s eligibility for loan forgiveness will be evaluated in accordance with the PPP regulations and guidance issued by SBA 

through the date of this application. SBA may direct a lender to disapprove the Borrower’s loan forgiveness application if SBA 

determines that the Borrower was ineligible for the PPP loan. 

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Expiration Date: 9/30/2021 Paycheck Protection Program 

PPP Loan Forgiveness Application Form 3508EZ Revised January 19, 2021 

_____________________________________________________ ____________________________ 

Signature of Authorized Representative of Borrower Date 

_____________________________________________________ ____________________________ 

Print Name Title 

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PPP Loan Forgiveness Application Form 3508EZ Revised January 19, 2021 

PPP Borrower Demographic Information Form (Optional) 

Instructions 

1. Purpose. Veteran/gender/race/ethnicity data is collected for program reporting purposes only.

2. Description. This form requests information about each of the Borrower’s Principals. Add additional sheets if necessary.

3. Definition of Principal. The term “Principal” means:

• For a self-employed individual, independent contractor, or a sole proprietor, the self-employed individual, independent

contractor, or sole proprietor.

• For a partnership, all general partners and all limited partners owning 20% or more of the equity of the Borrower, or any

partner that is involved in the management of the Borrower’s business.

• For a corporation, all owners of 20% or more of the Borrower, and each officer and director.

• For a limited liability company, all members owning 20% or more of the Borrower, and each officer and director.

• Any individual hired by the Borrower to manage the day-to-day operations of the Borrower (“key employee”).

• Any trustor (if the Borrower is owned by a trust).

• For a nonprofit organization, the officers and directors of the Borrower.

4. Principal Name. Insert the full name of the Principal.

5. Position. Identify the Principal’s position; for example, self-employed individual; independent contractor; sole proprietor;

general partner; owner; officer; director; member; or key employee.

Principal Name Position 

Veteran 1=Non-Veteran; 2=Veteran; 3=Service-Disabled Veteran; 4=Spouse of Veteran; X=Not 

Disclosed 

Gender M=Male; F=Female; X=Not Disclosed 

Race (more than 1 

may be selected) 

1=American Indian or Alaska Native; 2=Asian; 3=Black or African-American; 4=Native 

Hawaiian or Pacific Islander; 5=White; X=Not Disclosed 

Ethnicity H=Hispanic or Latino; N=Not Hispanic or Latino; X=Not Disclosed 

Disclosure is voluntary and will have no bearing on the loan forgiveness decision 

Paperwork Reduction Act – You are not required to respond to this collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB Control 

Number. The estimated time for completing this application, including gathering data needed, is 30 minutes. Comments about this time or the 

information requested should be sent to Small Business Administration, Director, Records Management Division, 409 3rd St., SW, Washington DC 

20416, and/or SBA Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington DC 20503. PLEASE DO NOT 

SEND FORMS TO THESE ADDRESSES. 

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PPP LOAN FORGIVENESS APPLICATION FORM 3508EZ INSTRUCTIONS FOR BORROWERS

Checklist for Using SBA Form 3508EZ

You (the Borrower) can apply for forgiveness of your First or Second Draw Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loan using this

SBA Form 3508EZ if your PPP loan amount is more than $150,000 and you can check at least one of the two boxes below. If 

your loan amount is $150,000 or less, please use SBA Form 3508S. Do not submit this Checklist with your SBA Form 3508EZ. 

Each PPP loan must use a separate loan forgiveness application form. You cannot use one form to apply for forgiveness of both a 

First Draw PPP Loan and a Second Draw PPP loan. For a Second Draw PPP Loan in excess of $150,000, you must submit a loan 

forgiveness application for your First Draw PPP Loan before or simultaneously with the loan forgiveness application for your 

Second Draw PPP Loan, even if the calculated amount of forgiveness on your First Draw PPP Loan is zero. 

☐ The Borrower did not reduce annual salary or hourly wages of any employee by more than 25 percent during the Covered

Period compared to the most recent full quarter before the Covered Period. (For purposes of this statement, “employees”

means only those employees that did not receive, during any single period during 2019, wages or salary at an annualized

rate of pay in an amount more than $100,000.);

AND

The Borrower did not reduce the number of employees or the average paid hours of employees between January 1, 2020 

and the end of the Covered Period. 

• Ignore reductions that arose from an inability to rehire individuals who were employees on February 15,

2020 if the Borrower was unable to hire similarly qualified employees for unfilled positions on or before

December 31, 2020 (or, for a PPP loan made after December 27, 2020, the last day of the Covered

Period).

• Also ignore reductions in an employee’s hours that the Borrower offered to restore and the employee

refused. See 85 FR 33004, 33007 (June 1, 2020) for more details.

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☐ The Borrower did not reduce annual salary or hourly wages of any employee by more than 25 percent during the Covered

Period compared to the most recent full quarter before the Covered Period. (For purposes of this statement, “employees”

means only those employees that did not receive, during any single period during 2019, wages or salary at an annualized

rate of pay in an amount more than $100,000,);

AND

The Borrower was unable to operate during the Covered Period at the same level of business activity as before February 

15, 2020, due to compliance with requirements established or guidance issued between March 1, 2020 and December 31, 

2020 (or, for a PPP loan made after December 27, 2020, requirements established or guidance issued between March 1, 

2020 and the last day of the Covered Period) by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Director of the Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention, or the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, related to the maintenance of 

standards of sanitation, social distancing, or any other work or customer safety requirement related to COVID-19. 

If you can check at least one of the two boxes above, complete this SBA Form 3508EZ 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. If your loan is for more than $150,000 and you are unable to check one of the boxes above, 

you cannot use SBA Form 3508EZ and instead you must apply for forgiveness of your PPP loan using SBA Form 3508. 

If this application is being submitted for a First Draw PPP Loan approved on or before August 8, 2020 and the Borrower is 

required to submit an SBA Form 3508D disclosure of a controlling interest, that disclosure must be submitted to the Lender not 

later than 30 days after submission of this loan forgiveness application. See subsection B.16 of SBA’s interim final rule posted on 

January 6, 2021 (86 FR 3692).

Instructions for PPP Loan Forgiveness Calculation Form 3508EZ

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, SBA Form 2483-SD, or lender’s equivalent). 

Business Address/NAICS Code/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. If NAICS Code was not on the

Borrower Application Form, match the business activity code provided on IRS income tax filings, if applicable.

First Draw PPP Loan or Second Draw PPP Loan: Select the box that describes the PPP loan that this forgiveness application is 

for. If you only have one PPP loan, select First Draw PPP Loan.
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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). 

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. If you received an authorized increase 

on your First Draw PPP Loan after December 27, 2020, you must enter the date on which you received the original disbursement of 

your PPP loan proceeds. 

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.

Covered Period: The Covered Period begins on the date the loan was originally disbursed. It ends on a date selected by the 

Borrower that is at least 8 weeks following the date of loan disbursement and not more than 24 weeks after the date of loan 

disbursement. For example, if the Borrower received their PPP loan proceeds on Monday, April 20, 2020, the first day of the 

Covered Period is Monday, April 20, 2020 and the final day of the Covered Period is any date selected by the Borrower between 

Sunday, June 14, 2020 and Sunday, October 4, 2020.

If Borrower, Together with Affiliates, if Applicable, Received First Draw PPP Loans of $2 Million or More or Second 

Draw PPP Loans of $2 Million or More: Check the box if the Borrower, together with its affiliates (to the extent required 

under subsection D.3. of SBA’s interim final rule posted on January 6, 2021 (86 FR 3692) and not waived under 15 U.S.C.

636(a)(36)(D)(iv)), received (a) First Draw PPP Loans with an original principal amount of $2 million or more (if this is a 

First Draw PPP Loan forgiveness application), or (b) Second Draw PPP Loans with an original principal amount of $2 

million or more (if this is a Second Draw PPP Loan forgiveness application). 

Forgiveness Amount Calculation (see Summary of Costs Eligible for Forgiveness below): 

Line 1: Enter total eligible payroll costs incurred or paid during the Covered Period. To calculate these costs, add the following:

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. Do not include qualified wages taken into account in 

determining the Employer Retention Credit. 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 example, for an 8-

week Covered Period, the maximum is $15,385, for a 24-week Covered Period, the maximum is $46,154. You can only 

include compensation of employees who were employed by the Borrower at any point during the 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 group health, life, disability, vision, or dental 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 contributions for these benefits 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.

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: Any amounts paid to owners (owner-employees (with an ownership stake of 5% or more), a selfemployed individual, or general partners). For each individual owner in total across all businesses, this amount is capped at 

(a) $20,833 (the 2.5-month equivalent of $100,000 per year), or (b) the 2.5-month equivalent of the individual’s applicable

compensation in the year that was used to calculate the loan amount (2019 or 2020), whichever is lower.

Line 2: Enter the amount of business mortgage interest payments paid or incurred during the Covered Period for any business 
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mortgage obligation on real or personal property in force before February 15, 2020. Do not include prepayments.

Line 3: Enter the amount of business rent or lease payments paid or incurred for real or personal property during the Covered 

Period, pursuant to lease agreements in force before February 15, 2020. 

Line 4: Enter the amount of business utility payments paid or incurred during the Covered Period for business utilities for which 

service began before February 15, 2020. 

Line 5: Enter the amount of covered operations expenditures paid or incurred during the Covered Period. 

Line 6: Enter the amount of covered property damage costs paid or incurred during the Covered Period.

Line 7: Enter the amount of covered supplier costs paid or incurred during the Covered Period pursuant to a contract, order, or 

purchase order in effect prior to the beginning of the Covered Period (for perishable goods, the contract, order, or purchase order 

shall have been in effect before or at any time during the Covered Period). 

Line 8: Enter the amount of covered worker protection expenditures paid or incurred during the Covered Period.

NOTE: For lines 2-8, you are not required to report payments that you do not want to include in the forgiveness amount.

Line 9: Add lines 1 through 8 enter the total. 

Line 10: Enter the PPP Loan Amount. 

Line 11: Divide the amount on line 1 by 0.60, and enter the amount. This determines whether at least 60% of the potential 

forgiveness amount was used for payroll costs. 

Line 12: Enter the smallest of lines 9, 10, or 11. 

Summary of Costs Eligible for Forgiveness: 

Borrowers are eligible for loan forgiveness for the following costs: 

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

during the Covered Period (“payroll costs”). 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 are eligible

for forgiveness if paid on or before the next regular payroll date. Otherwise, payroll costs must be paid during the 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. Include only payroll costs for employees whose principal place of residence is in the United States. For information

on what qualifies as payroll costs, see SBA’s interim final rule posted on January 6, 2021 (86 FR 3692).

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”);

(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”);

(d) covered operations expenditures: payments for any business software or cloud computing service that facilitates

business operations, product or service delivery, the processing, payment, or tracking of payroll expenses, human

resources, sales and billing functions, or accounting of tracking of supplies, inventory, records, and expenses;

(e) covered property damage costs: costs related to property damage and vandalism or looting due to public disturbances

that occurred during 2020 that were not covered by insurance or other compensation;

(f) covered supplier costs: expenditures made to a supplier of goods for the supply of goods that are essential to the

operations of the Borrower at the time at which the expenditure is made, and made pursuant to a contract, order, or

purchase order in effect prior to the beginning of the Covered Period (for perishable goods, the contract, order, or

purchase order may have been in effect before or at any time during the Covered Period); and

(g) covered worker protection expenditures: operating or capital expenditures that facilitate the adaptation of the business
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activities of an entity to comply with the requirements established or guidance issued by the Department of Health and 

Human Services, the Centers for Disease Control, or the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or any 

equivalent requirements established or guidance issued by a State or local government, during the period starting March 

1, 2020 and ending on the date on which the national emergency declared by the President with respect to the 

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) expires related to maintenance standards for sanitation, social distancing, or any 

other worker or customer safety requirement related to COVID-19, but does not include residential real property or 

intangible property.

Eligible nonpayroll costs cannot exceed 40% of the total forgiveness amount. An eligible nonpayroll cost either 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. Count nonpayroll costs that were both paid and incurred only once.

Documents that Each Borrower Must Submit with its PPP Loan Forgiveness Application Form 3508EZ

PPP Loan Forgiveness Calculation Form 3508EZ

Payroll: Documentation verifying the eligible cash compensation and non-cash benefit payments from the 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:

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 group health, life, disability, vision or dental insurance and retirement plans that the Borrower included in the

forgiveness amount.

d. If you checked only the second box on the checklist on page 1 of these instructions, the average number of full-time

equivalent employees on payroll employed by the Borrower on January 1, 2020 and at the end of the Covered Period.

Nonpayroll: For categories a-c, documentation verifying existence of the obligations/services prior to February 15, 2020 and, for all 

categories, 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.

d. 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.

e. 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.

f. 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.

g. 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.

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

Documentation supporting the certification that annual salaries or hourly wages were not reduced by more than 25 percent during the 

Covered Period relative to the most recent full quarter before the Covered Period. This documentation must include payroll records 

that separately list each employee and show the amounts paid to each employee during the most recent full quarter before the 

Covered Period, and the amounts paid to each employee during the Covered Period. 

Documentation regarding any employee job offers and refusals, refusals to accept restoration of reductions in hours, firings for cause, 
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voluntary resignations, written requests by any employee for reductions in work schedule, and any inability to hire similarly qualified 

employees for unfilled positions on or before December 31, 2020 (or, for a PPP loan made after December 27, 2020, the last day of 

the Covered Period).

Documentation supporting the certification, if applicable, that the Borrower did not reduce the number of employees or the average 

paid hours of employees between January 1, 2020 and the end of the Covered Period, other than any reductions that arose from an 

inability to rehire individuals who were employees on February 15, 2020, if the Borrower was unable to hire similarly qualified 

employees for unfilled positions on or before December 31, 2020 (or, for a PPP loan made after December 27, 2020, the last day of 

the Covered Period). This documentation must include payroll records that separately list each employee and show the amounts paid 

to each employee between January 1, 2020 and the end of the Covered Period. 

Documentation supporting the certification, if applicable, that the Borrower was unable to operate between February 15, 2020 and the 

end of the Covered Period at the same level of business activity as before February 15, 2020 due to compliance with requirements 

established or guidance issued between March 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020 (or, for a PPP loan made after December 27, 2020, 

requirements established or guidance issued between March 1, 2020 the last day of the Covered Period) by the Secretary of Health and 

Human Services, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration, related to the maintenance of standards of sanitation, social distancing, or any other work or customer safety 

requirement related to COVID-19. This documentation must include copies of the applicable requirements for each borrower location 

and relevant borrower financial records. 

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 the necessity of the loan request and its eligibility for a PPP loan (including the 

Borrower’s gross receipt reduction certification for a Second Draw PPP Loan, if applicable), documentation necessary to support the

Borrower’s loan forgiveness application, and documentation demonstrating the Borrower’s material compliance with PPP 

requirements. 

Records Retention Requirement: 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. The Borrower must provide documentation independently to a lender to satisfy relevant Federal, 

State, local or other statutory or regulatory requirements or in connection with an SBA loan review or audit.