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Michael Cohn
June 8, 2020 5:26 PM

The Internal Revenue Service won’t charge people who threw their stimulus money away because they thought the envelope was junk mail.

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky
By Erik Wasson and Mark Niquette
June 2, 2020 10:17 AM

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will attempt to expedite approval of changes to the popular Paycheck Protection Program aimed at giving small businesses more flexibility in using the money from the fund, according to Senate aides.

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Pedestrians walk near the U.S. Treasury building in Washington, D.C.
Michael Cohn
May 26, 2020 4:12 PM

The Treasury Department and the Small Business Administration released an interim final rule after posting the loan forgiveness application.

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Capitol building in Washington, D.C.
Michael Cohn
May 22, 2020 2:13 PM

A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced legislation to close a loophole in the CARES Act.

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A pedestrian walks past a JPMorgan Chase bank branch in Chicago on Oct. 12, 2019.
Jennifer Roberts
May 21, 2020 5:00 AM

Jennifer Roberts, the company's head of business banking, details a process to have units work one-on-one with customers to get Paycheck Protection Program funds deployed faster.

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The Treasury Department is expected to start mailing prepaid cards to certain households this week.
Kevin Wack
May 19, 2020 4:36 PM

Nearly 4 million households that were to be mailed paper checks will instead receive their pandemic relief aid via prepaid debit cards issued by MetaBank.

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Treasury Department building
Roger Russell
May 19, 2020 11:12 AM

The application from the Treasury leaves many questions unanswered.

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Michael Cohn
May 19, 2020 10:31 AM

The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department are beginning to send nearly 4 million economic impact payments by prepaid debit card, instead of by paper check or direct deposit.

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A customer shops for paper towels at a supermarket in Trenton, New Jersey, U.S., on Monday, March 16, 2020. All New Jersey schools must close starting March 18 for at least two weeks as state officials try to slow the spread of the new coronavirus, Governor Murphy said. Photographer: David 'Dee' Delgado/Bloomberg
Michael Cohn
May 18, 2020 10:55 AM

The U.S. Small Business Administration, in conjunction with the Treasury Department, released a loan forgiveness application for the SBA’s troubled Paycheck Protection Program, along with detailed instructions for the application.

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Paycheck protection program application form
Roger Russell
May 12, 2020 4:18 PM

Padgett Business Services’ Roger Harris suggests some exceptions for employers with fewer than 50 staff.

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