PPP Loan Forgiveness
Requesting PPP Loan Forgiveness
PPP Forgiveness Online Portal
Our easy-to-use portal will:
- Calculate your COVID Revenue Reduction Score - If you receive a passing score, you will not be prompted to provide any revenue reduction documentation – making your Forgiveness process even easier. Applies to PPP loans $150,000 or less.
- Automatically populate select information fields on file from your original PPP loan application saving you time and effort.
- Complete the application for you based upon your unique situation and the information you input.
PPP Forgiveness Supporting Documentation
Uploading Supporting Documentation
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I know if I can file under the new 3508S application?
You (the Borrower) can apply for forgiveness of your Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan using this SBA Form 3508S if the total PPP loan amount you received was $150,000 or less.
How do I know if I can file under the EZ Application?
- NOT have reduced salaries of employee wages by more than 25%, and must not have reduced number of hours; OR
- Have suffered a reduction of business activity as a result of health directives related to the COVID-19 pandemic and did not reduce employee salaries or wages by more than 25%.
What is the deadline to apply for PPP Forgiveness?
The deadline to apply for PPP Forgiveness will vary by borrower, depending on the Covered Period they have chosen (8 weeks or 24 weeks). As long as the borrower submits their loan forgiveness application within ten months of the completion of the Covered Period, the borrower is not required to make any payments until the forgiveness amount is remitted to the lender by the SBA. If a borrower doesn’t apply for forgiveness within the 10 month period, amortization will begin in the 11th month.
For example, if your loan disbursed on April 20, 2020, the 24-week Cover Period would end on October 5, 2020, and if the loan forgiveness application was not submitted by August 5, 2021, payments would begin.
If my loan is not fully forgiven or if I don’t apply before the deadline to request PPP loan forgiveness, will Civista send me a payment notice?
Yes, the borrower will receive a payment notice in advance of any payment due. Repayment is only required if the loan is not fully forgiven or you do not apply for forgiveness before the deadline.
What are the supporting documentation requirements that I must submit?
The Form 3508 Instructions , Form 3508S Instructions and Form 3508EZ Instructions provide important eligible payroll and non-payroll expense information. In addition, you’ll find the required documents needed to verify these expenses.
What additional supporting documentation am I required to maintain?
In addition to the supporting documentation that is required to be submitted with the borrower's forgiveness application, there are other documents that must be maintained by the borrower.
PPP Schedule A Worksheet or its equivalent and the following:
- Documentation supporting the listing of each individual employee in PPP Schedule A Worksheet Table 1, including the “Salary/Hourly Wage Reduction” calculation, if necessary.
- Documentation supporting the listing of each individual employee in PPP Schedule A Worksheet Table 2; specifically, that each listed employee received during any single pay period in 2019 compensation at an annualized rate of more than $100,000.
- Documentation regarding any employee job offers and refusals, refusals to accept restoration of reductions in hours, firings for cause, voluntary resignations, written requests by any employee for reductions in work schedule, and any inability to hire similarly qualified employees for unfilled positions on or before December 31, 2020.
- Documentation supporting the certification, if applicable, that the Borrower was unable to operate between February 15, 2020, and the end of 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. This documentation must include copies of the applicable requirements for each borrower location and relevant borrower financial records.
- Documentation supporting the PPP Schedule A Worksheet “FTE Reduction Safe Harbor 2.”
Please visit the SBA PPP Loan Forgiveness Application Instructions to learn more about documentation requirements.
How long must I maintain documentation for my PPP loan?
The Borrower must retain all documentation in its files for six years after the date the loan is forgiven or repaid in full, and permit authorized representatives of SBA, including representatives of its Office of Inspector General, to access such files upon request.
Please visit the SBA PPP Loan Forgiveness Application Instructions to learn more about documentation requirements.