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19Nov

IRS Eases PPP Loan Stumbling Block in M&A Deals

The IRS’s informal FAQs provide comfort that an acquirer, including affiliated companies treated as a single employer (employer group), will not lose its past or future employee retention tax credits (ERTCs) if it acquires a target with a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan outstanding on or any prior to closing (if after May 18, 2020). Going forward, private equity and strategic buyers should be relatively unconcerned by targets with outstanding PPP loans....
By: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/irs-eases-ppp-loan-stumbling-block-in-m-19421/

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