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In addition to allocating $284.45 billion in new funding, this package of laws include significant clarifications and modifications to the PPP that are important to borrowers and lenders.
On December 27, 2020, the President signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, which included the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Non-profits, and Venues Act (the Act), the COVID-Related Tax Relief Act of 2020, and the Taxpayer Certainty and Disability Relief Act of 2020. These laws include significant clarifications and modifications to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which terminated on August 8, 2020. The COVID-Related Tax Relief Act of 2020 solidifies the tax-free treatment of forgiven PPP loans. In addition to allocating $284.45 billion to the PPP for 2021, the Act:
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Dependent College Students Won t Get a Second Stimulus Check
For both the first round of payments authorized by the CARES Act in March and the second round of stimulus checks included in the COVID-Related Tax Relief Act, anyone who could be claimed as a dependent on someone else s 2019 tax return (regardless of whether they re
actually claimed as a dependent) isn t eligible for the cash.
Unfortunately, that hits most college students hard. College students who were 23 or younger at the end of 2019 and who didn t pay at least half of their own expenses that year could be claimed as a dependent on their parents 2019 tax return. So, those students are out of luck when it comes to stimulus checks.