WASHINGTON — Data on the federal government’s $521 billion coronavirus bail-out program for businesses contains numerous inaccuracies, including critical data on job retention, loan values and loans ...

In April, I wrote about the Docklight case in Washington State. That case involved a qui tam action pursuant to the False Claims Act in which Docklight, a cannabis ancillary company, settled with the ...

On March 27, 2020, the CARES Act was signed into law to provide emergency financial assistance to Americans suffering the economic effects caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, including in the form of ...

Small businesses and nonprofits that have received federal Paycheck Protection Program loans will now be able to get help through a new state loan program. The New York Forward Loan Fund was launched ...

Yesterday, the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) released detailed loan-level data regarding the loans made under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP”. This disclosure covers each of the 4.9 ...

The SBA released the list of PPP loan recipients recently and the wealth management industry is scrambling to justify their loans while operating a fee-based business model. What exactly are ...

The government’s small business lending program has benefited millions of companies, with the goal of minimizing the number of layoffs Americans have suffered in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.

The Illinois Appellate Court has ordered the Chicago Housing Authority to reinstate the housing subsidy for a North Side Chicago woman previously accused of defrauding the federal Paycheck Protection ...

Tom Hood, CPA/CITP, CGMA, shares what the pandemic-fueled acceleration of work-from-home practices means for business in the future. Updated guidance issued by the Treasury Department and the U.S. SBA ...

The federal government’s Paycheck Protection Program distributed about 4.9 million loans from April through June to help businesses weather the fallout from the coronavirus. While 86% of participating ...