Expenses that will help qualify for Loan Forgiveness are :

• Number of Staff: Your loan forgiveness will be reduced if you decrease your full-time employee headcount.
• Level of Payroll: Your loan forgiveness will also be reduced if you decrease salaries and wages by more than 25% for any employee that made less than $100,000 annualized in 2019.
• Re-Hiring: You have until June 30, 2020 to restore your full-time employment and salary levels for any changes made between February 15, 2020 and April 26, 2020.

• Cover Payroll Cost/ Expenses
• Pay Interest on Mortgages incurred before 2/15/2020
• Pay Rent, under lease agreements in force before 2/15/2020
• Pay Utilities for services incurred before 2/15/2020
• Rehire your furloughed employees

You can submit a request to the lender that is servicing the loan. The request should include documents that verify the number of full-time equivalent employees and pay rates, as well as the payments on eligible mortgage, lease, and utility obligations.

You must certify that the documents are true and that you used the forgiveness amount to keep employees and make eligible mortgage interest, rent, and utility payments. The lender must make a decision on the forgiveness within 60 days.