Banner SBA CARES Loan Program 

• You, together with any affiliates (if applicable) are:
  
  • A small business as defined by the SBA
  • An independent contractor, eligible self-employed individual or sole proprietor
  • A business concern, including organizations structured as a 501(c)(3), tax-exempt veterans organizations structured as 501(c)(19), a Tribal business and you employ no more than 500 employees
  • A chamber of commerce structured as a 501(c)(6), housing cooperative structured as a 501(c)(3), or eligible destination marketing organization that employs no more than 300 employees
  • A news organization that is majority owned or controlled by a newspaper publisher or radio and television broadcasting business or a nonprofit public broadcasting entity with a trade or business of the same type that employs no more than 500 employees and certifies it will use the funds for their entities that provide locally-focused news and emergency information
  • Electric cooperatives are eligible
  • Destination marketing organizations may be eligible. Eligible organizations must expend no more than 15% of activities on lobbying activity, incur no more than 15% of its expenditures on lobbying activity which cannot exceed $1 million in the most recent tax year prior to February 15, 2020, and employs no more than 300 employees.
  • Another type of entity specifically provided for by PPP rules. Refer to the SBA guidance for additional information about eligible business types, beginning on page 13 on the Interim Final Rule published on January 6, 2021; and
• You were in operation on February 15, 2020 and had employees for whom you paid salaries/taxes or paid independent contractors (fishing enterprises that pay their crew as independent contractors), as reported on Form 1099-MISC, or you were an eligible self-employed individual, independent contractor or sole proprietor with or without employees.

Partnerships are eligible for a PPP loan (as amended by the Economic Aid Act) but partners in the partnership may not submit separate applications indicating they are self-employed individuals. Partnerships, in this scenario, would report self-employment income of the general active partners as a payroll cost, up to $100K on an annualized basis.

You will need to provide business and payroll documentation to validate your loan application amount. You should be prepared with the following information:

• Annual Revenue
• Tax Identification Number (TIN)
• Employee & Payroll Information
• Business Address & Contact Information
• Owner Social Security Number (SSN) & Contact Information
• ACH Information including Bank Name & Account Number
• Income Tax Information
• Beneficial Ownership Information

You should also be prepared to provide copies of the following documents:

• Driver’s License
• Social Security Card
• Copy of a voided check
• Form 941

• Payroll costs, including benefits - at least 60% of the PPP loan proceeds need to be used for payroll costs;
• Interest on mortgage obligations, but not mortgage prepayments or principal payments;
• Rent payments;
• Utility payments;
• Operations expenditures, supplier costs, worker protection expenditures, and property damage costs in the event you had to make repairs resulting from civil unrest that were not otherwise covered by insurance.

• Salary, wages, commissions, or tips (capped at $100,000 on an annualized basis for each employee);
• Employee benefits including costs for vacation, parental, family, medical, or sick leave; allowance for separation or dismissal; payments required for the provisions of group health care benefits including insurance premiums; and payment of any retirement benefit;
• State and local taxes assessed on compensation; and
• For a sole proprietor or independent contractor: wages, commissions, income, or net earnings from self-employment, capped at $100,000 on an annualized basis for each employee.

As part of your application, you need to certify in good faith that:

• Current economic uncertainty makes the loan necessary to support your ongoing operations.
• The funds will be used to retain workers and maintain payroll or to make mortgage, lease, and utility payments.
• You will provide documentation that verifies the number of full-time equivalent employees on payroll and the dollar amounts of payroll costs, covered mortgage interest payments, covered rent payments, and covered utilities for the eight weeks after getting this loan.
• Loan forgiveness will be provided for the sum of documented payroll costs, covered mortgage interest payments, covered rent payments, and covered utilities. Not more than 40% of the forgiven amount may be for non-payroll costs.
• All the information you provided in your application and in all supporting documents and forms is true and accurate. Knowingly making a false statement to get a loan under this program is punishable by law.
• You acknowledge that Banner Bank will calculate the eligible loan amount using the tax documents you submit. You affirm that the tax documents are identical to those you submitted to the IRS. And you also understand, acknowledge, and agree that Banner Bank can share the tax information with the SBA’s authorized representatives, including authorized representatives of the SBA Office of Inspector General, for the purpose of compliance with SBA Loan Program Requirements and all SBA reviews.

It is possible, if your business meets new criteria for EIDL loans. The legislation permits certain EIDL loan recipients to also apply for a PPP loan. EIDL Advances were modified with the new legislation in that they:

• Provide additional funding for entities located in low-income communities through the EIDL Advance program
• Make entities in low-income communities that received an EIDL Advance under the CARES Act eligible to receive an amount equal to the difference of what the entity received under the CARES Act and $10,000, if there is a difference.
• Provide $10,000 grants to eligible applicants in low-income communities that did no previously obtain grants because the funding was no longer available.

The SBA will automatically make principal, interest and fee payments on behalf of all current 7a, 504 and microloans for a period of 3 months, beginning February 2021, capped at $9,000 per borrower per month. This may be extended by an additional 5 months for certain underserved borrowers. The SBA will also automatically pay the first 6 months of principal, interest and fees for new 7a, 504 and microloans approved between February 1 and September 30, 2021, also capped at $9,000 per month.

After the three-month period described above, borrowers considered to be underserved—namely the smallest or hardest-hit by the pandemic—will receive an additional five months of P&I payments, also capped at $9,000 per borrower per month. They include:

• Borrowers with SBA microloans or 7(a) Community Advantage loans
• Borrowers with any 7(a) or 504 loan in the hardest-hit sectors, as measured by the severity of sector-wide job losses since the start of the pandemic. They include food service and accommodation; arts, entertainment and recreation; education; and laundry and personal care services.

Second Draw Applicant Resources

We are preparing the Banner Bank Business Loan Portal to accept applications as soon as SBA activates the Program. Clients with existing PPP loans can sign in to the Portal at any time to confirm your credentials are active. If you need to set/reset your Portal credentials, watch this demo.

The SBA details eligibility requirements beginning at the bottom of page 5 in its Interim Final Rule. Applications for Second Draw applicants are now being accepted. The eligibility for borrowers interested in a second PPP loan is narrower than for first-time applicants. Key among the eligibility requirements are:

• You must have used, or will use, all the funds from the first PPP loan by the time the Second Draw loan proceeds are dispersed (including any amount of increase on First Draw PPP loans on authorized expenses)
• You have no more than 300 employees (unless you meet other criteria noted in the Program rules)
• You experienced at least a 25% revenue reduction in at least one quarter of 2020 compared to the same time period in the prior year. There are provisions for businesses that were not operational during the entirety of 2019.