The SBA has created two applications – PPP Loan Forgiveness Application Form 3508EZ and PPP Loan Forgiveness Application Form 3508. Please refer to Application Form 3508EZ Instructions for Borrowers and Application Form 3508 Instructions for Borrowers to determine which application should be completed. Additional information regarding the use of SBA Form 3508EZ is also included below for reference.

On October 8, the SBA released a simpler Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) forgiveness application for loans of $50,000 or less. Learn more here.

Once we receive your application, we will review it for completeness and notify you of any missing information. We are currently awaiting further guidance on the process for submitting your completed application for approval to the SBA, but we will notify you when your application has been submitted for approval.

Please contact your lender with any questions you may have as you begin completing your application.

SBA Form 3508EZ

Apply for forgiveness of your Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan using SBA Form 3508EZ if at least one of three following statements is true:

Borrower is a self-employed individual, independent contractor, or sole proprietor who had no employees at the time of the PPP loan application and did not include any employee salaries in the computation of average monthly payroll in the Borrower Application Form (SBA Form 2483).

Borrower did not reduce annual salary or hourly wages of any employee by more than 25 percent during the Covered Period or the Alternative Payroll Covered Period (as defined on SBA Form 3508EZ) compared to the period between January 1, 2020 and March 31, 2020 (for purposes of this statement, “employees” means only those employees that did not receive, during any single period during 2019, wages or salary at an annualized rate of pay in an amount more than $100,000);

AND

Borrower did not reduce the number of employees or the average paid hours of employees between January 1, 2020 and the end of the Covered Period. (Ignore reductions that arose from an inability to rehire individuals who were employees on February 15, 2020, if the Borrower was unable to hire similarly qualified employees for unfilled positions on or before December 31, 2020. Also ignore reductions in an employee’s hours that the Borrower offered to restore, and the employee refused. See 85 FR 33004, 33007 (June 1, 2020) for more details.

The Borrower did not reduce annual salary or hourly wages of any employee by more than 25 percent during the Covered Period or the Alternative Payroll Covered Period (as defined below) compared to the period between January 1, 2020 and March 31, 2020 (for purposes of this statement, “employees” means only those employees that did not receive, during any single period during 2019, wages or salary at an annualized rate of pay in an amount more than $100,000);

AND

Borrower was unable to operate during the Covered Period at the same level of business activity as before February 15, 2020, due to compliance with requirements established or guidance issued between March 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020 by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, related to the maintenance of standards of sanitation, social distancing, or any other work or customer safety requirement related to COVID-19.

If none of the three statements is true, you are unable to use SBA Form 3508EZ and instead must apply for forgiveness of your PPP loan using SBA form 3508.

Information is also available on the Treasury website.