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PPP for Independent Contractors and Non-Employee Businesses

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Updated 4/29/20

So far, the focus of the discussion about the Paycheck Protection Program loan has been on the typical business that has employees who receive paychecks. There is another group of people who are eligible to apply for a loan. These include

  • Sole Proprietors who do not issue paychecks
  • Independent Contractors
  • Self-Employed Individuals

Many of you have not been following the discussion because you don’t think of yourselves as a business. The SBA and Treasury Department have always always included you in the regulations, however the details have been even more confusing than for the typical business. THAT SHOULD NOT STOP YOU FROM APPLYING (sorry for shouting, but you might miss out on some grant money if you don’t jump on it now).

In this video I review my recommendation for what records you should gather and how to complete the PPP application. And as with the other folks, you must line up a bank ASAP

Update 4/29/20

The SBA finally came out with specific guidelines on how these folks calculate their annual payroll. The key document is the 2019 Schedule C, line 31 which shows the net profit. (Yes, we agree, this is not a fair reflection on your real net profit, but this is what they wrote in the guidelines). If you have not filed your 2019 tax return, then fill out a blank Schedule C with the numbers that you will use on your return.

You will also need your 1099s and your bank statement that shows activity on February 15, 2020.

This report by the US Chamber of Commerce summarizes the guidelines

Tyler Willis, CPA and I discuss some details in the our PPP Loan Part 4 conversation

 USCC PPP Program for Independent Contractors

 

  PPP worksheet for non payroll applicants

  Paycheck Protection Program Application

 

Office Hours 4-9-20

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Here is the recording for Office Hours today. You can find the following wine accounting & QuickBooks topics in this month’s recording:

  1. How to track giving a client a case of wine (2 minute mark)
  2. Final review of Sync with Commerce Review & Square (5 minute mark)
  3. Using Square for a data dump and getting net sales (13 minute mark)
  4. Transaction Pro Importer – push in the data into QuickBooks (15 minute mark)
  5. Quick review of the PPP (24 minute mark)

 

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PPP Application and EIDL with Jeanette & Tyler, part 3

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Tyler (Tyler Willis CPA) and I had our third discussion about the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).  Listen in to find out why the application phase is the Wild West, and then the next phase, after submitting the application, is a Black Box. Last week there wasn’t enough time to handle all the phone calls and requests for information about the program. And this week we have had to hurry up and wait because the SBA and the banks were overwhelmed with applications.

We discuss:

  • What we learned about the PPP application process (It’s the Wild West)
  • What to expect in Phase 2 (It’s a Black Box)
  • What we know about the PPP for non-payroll businesses (For step-by step details Go Here)
  • Why you also want to apply for the EIDL (For details about filling this out see Part 2)

** Check out this post where I curate articles to keep you updated during the Black Box Phase UPDATES

 

  Treasury.gov 4/7/20 FAQs

  EIDL by US Chamber of Commerce

 

How to calculate Full-Time Equivalent Employees

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To complete the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) application and to verify that you have retained enough employees, you need to calculate the “full-time equivalent employee.” Here is a quickie video to show you:

 

Here are the steps:

  1. Find the report with the hours for the date range
  2. Count the number of paydays in that date range
  3. Assuming your paydays are every other week, multiply the paydays by 60. Reminder: A full time-employee is 30 or more hours per week. For twice a month paydays, use 65 hours.
  4. Anyone who is salaried or works over the number of hours in Step #3 counts a a full-time employee.
  5. For everyone else, divide the actual hours by the number of hours in Step #3, then add these up. This is the full-time equivalent of all of your part-time crew.
  6. Add Steps #4 and #5 for your total full-time equivalent employees.

Paycheck Protection Program, part 2

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Tyler (Tyler Willis, CPA) and I met again to discuss the evolving Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and other programs available during this unprecedented period. Here’s what we cover:

  • Why apply for both the PPP and EIDL
  • How to get the applications started
  • Locating a bank that handles SBA loans

Please navigate to these points in the video if you would like to jump straight to these topics:

1:30 PPP – Paycheck Protection Program

18:00 PPP application

28:00 EIDA – Economic Injury Disaster Loan Emergency Advance

31:00 EIDA application (We forgot to mention, on page 3 it asks for your industry. Your answer should match your NAICS from your tax return. A winery would be a “manufacturer”)

37:00 Other programs and options

SBA Website

 Paycheck Protection Program by USCC, April 1 version

 Paycheck Protection Program Application

Office Hours 4-2-20

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Here is the recording for Office Hours today. You can find the following wine accounting & QuickBooks topics in this month’s recording:

  1. Commerce Sync – How well does it sync? (6 minute mark)
  2. Shogo.io – Tracking transactions (11 minute mark)
  3. Square – Individual sales reports, transactions & batching (15 minute mark)
  4. Square & Quickbooks mapping – VineSpring (32 minute mark)
  5. Manually entering into Square – Less expensive than VineSpring (39 minute mark)

 

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Quickbooks Undeposited Funds – Keep on Default or Choose?

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Missing the Undeposited Funds window choice when trying to make a deposit or receive payment in Quickbooks? Or do you want to pick a different account to make a deposit? Customize it how you wish. You can choose whether to make the Undeposited Funds the default for the Receive Payment window or for Sales Receipts. The choice is in Preferences -> Payments

Here is a quickie to show you what this looks like (Silver Club members please log in to view)

Paycheck Protection Program, part 1

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I called Tyler (Tyler Willis, CPA) a few days after the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was announced. We touched on some of the very basic questions around the program. This is Part 1. Look for Part 2 in a few days. How can it help the winery industry?

The Paycheck Protection Plan is another program from the CARES Act (Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act) that was passed by Congress on Friday, March 27. The purpose of this program is to prevent widespread layoffs during the Covid-19 crisis. A key feature of this program is that you could get as much as 2 months of your payroll and a few other expenses paid through this program. This is a huge benefit for you.

This information is still evolving, so stay tuned for updates. (This recording was not planned…as you can see by my messy office …it’s still tax season…)

Go here for Part 2

Here are some additional resources:

SBA Disaster Programs – This is your main list of all the SBA programs available (there are other agencies with programs)

SBA Disaster Loan Assistance Online Application – This is the page I showed in the video. It is not the PPP program.

 Payroll Protection Program by SBE

 Payroll Protection Program by USCC

 

Office Hours 3-31-20

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Here is the recording for Office Hours today. You can find the following wine accounting & QuickBooks topics in this month’s recording:

  1. Commerce Sync – Researching automated transactions. Is it effective? (1 minute mark)
  2. How to track merchandise (12 minute mark)
  3. PPP – Paycheck Protection Plan (21 minute mark)
  4. Square POS – Tracking where sales occur (24 minute mark)
  5. Selling Gift Cards (31 minute mark)
  6. Label redesigns & the costs associated with it (35 minute mark)

 

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Office Hours 3-26-20

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Here is the recording for Office Hours today. You can find the following wine accounting & QuickBooks topics in this month’s recording:

  1. Review of Quickbooks Desktop vs Online (1 minute mark)
  2. Entering Transaction Manually (3 minute mark)
  3. The Push-in Method and Square (4 minute mark)
  4. Commerce Sync (9 minute mark)
  5. When do you run in to ‘Tax Included’? (12 minute mark)
  6. Vino Shipper, State Taxes & reimbursements (15 minute mark)
  7. Wholesale Sales to Shops – Charging Sales to a Company Card (22 minute mark)
  8. QuickBooks and the concept of price level list (39 minute mark)
  9. The Summary Method vs the Push-in Method (43 minute mark)

 

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