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PPP what documents do I need to provide?

08/23/20

The table below will help you determine what documents you need to provide to support your PPP forgiveness application, and where to upload those documents in SVB Private’s PPP Forgiveness Portal.

Please Note: The information below does not apply to sole proprietorships. If you are a sole proprietor, you will need to submit a copy of your 2019 Form 1040, Schedule C.

Document Category

Upload this document type to this placeholder in the portal.

(Note: Each document placeholder will receive only one document. If you have multiple documents to support any single document category, upload the additional documents to the “Additional Documents” section at the bottom of the list):

Cash compensation: Bank account statements or third-party payroll service provider reports documenting the amount of cash compensation paid to employees.

1. Bank account statements or payroll service provider reports

Taxes paid: Tax forms (or equivalent third-party payroll service provider reports) for the periods that overlap with the Covered Period or the Alternative Payroll Covered Period:

  1. Payroll tax filings reported, or that will be reported, to the IRS (typically, Form 941); and
  2. State quarterly business and individual employee wage reporting and unemployment insurance tax filings reported, or that will be reported, to the relevant state.

2. Employer paid State Taxes during covered period (if not included in Item 1)

Benefits payments: If not included in cash compensation documents, include payment receipts, cancelled checks, or account statements documenting the amount of employer contributions to employee health insurance and retirement plans included in the forgiveness amount.

3. Employer paid health insurance (if not included in Item 1)

4. Employer contributions to retirement plans (if not included in Item 1)

FTE DOCUMENTATION IS NOT REQUIRED IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO SUBMIT FORM 3508EZ*

FTEs: Documentation showing (at the election of the Borrower):

  1. the average number of FTE employees on payroll per month employed by the Borrower between February 15, 2019 and June 30, 2019; OR
  2. the average number of FTE employees on payroll per month employed by the Borrower between January 1, 2020 and February 29, 2020; OR
  3. in the case of a seasonal employer, the average number of FTE employees on payroll per month employed by the Borrower between February 15, 2019 and June 30, 2019; between January 1, 2020 and February 29, 2020; or any consecutive twelve-week period between May 1, 2019 and September 15, 2019.

Note that the selected time period must be the same time period selected for purposes of completing PPP Schedule A, line 11. Documents may include payroll tax filings reported, or that will be reported, to the IRS (typically, Form 941) and state quarterly business and individual employee wage reporting and unemployment insurance tax filings reported, or that will be reported, to the relevant state. Documents submitted may cover periods longer than the specific time period.

5. number of FTEs for the reference period

Business mortgage interest payments: Copy of lender amortization schedule and receipts or cancelled checks verifying eligible payments from the Covered Period; OR

Lender account statements from February 2020 and the months of the Covered Period through one month after the end of the Covered Period verifying interest amounts and eligible payments.

6. Mortgage interest documents (if applicable)

Business rent or lease payments: Copy of current lease agreement and receipts or cancelled checks verifying eligible payments from the Covered Period; OR

Lessor account statements from February 2020 and from the Covered Period through one month after the end of the Covered Period verifying eligible payments.

7. Business rent or lease payments (if applicable)

Business utility payments: Copy of invoices from February 2020 and those paid during the Covered Period and receipts, cancelled checks, or account statements verifying those eligible payments.

8. Business utility payments (if applicable)

*For 3508EZ eligibility, see here.