You claim the full 22 500 of your loan for forgiveness if we assume you do not qualify for any rehiring exemptions when it comes to calculating your forgivable amount because your workforce is smaller your forgivable amount will be.
Home office deduction ppp loan. If payroll is maintained a portion of the loans will be forgiven essentially turning a portion of the loan into a grant. So a home based proprietor will have zero additional expenses to count towards the ppp. If the loan is used for this purpose it must be repaid. For self employed individuals with a home office you apply the percentage used for your home office deduction to determine allocable mortgage interest rent and utilities.
Interest payments on any other debt obligations that were incurred before february 15 2020 note. Home related expenses are explicitly prohibited in the interim final guidance on ppp loans. Not eligible for ppp loan forgiveness. So if your home office was a 10 10 room the square footage of would be 100.
It specifically lists amounts for mortgage interest utilities etc. The remaining amount can cover rent. No part of the home office expense can be paid or forgiven from the ppp loan amount. Proceeds from the ppp loan can be used to cover your mortgage rent office lease utilities payroll costs and your net self employment earnings.
Over the 24 weeks of the ppp period you spend 36 000 on your employees more than your ppp loan amount. You will probably have best luck if you file form f8829 home office deduction and filed it for 2019 already in your business. It will provide cash flow assistance for employers who maintain their payroll through the emergency. The ppp loan is one of the greatest investments the u s.
If your entire home was 1 500 square feet you would divide 100 by 1 500. You must have claimed or be entitled to claim a deduction for such expenses on your 2019 form 1040 schedule c for them to count toward ppp loan forgiveness. The loans will be made by banks and other lenders and will be 100 guaranteed by the sba. That wouldn t be forgivable but could be used as precedence for this year where the numbers would be similar.
For those that have a home office you can claim a portion of the mortgage rent and utilities based on the percentage of your home used as a home office. Many sole proprietors work from home. Most businesses applied for the ppp loan expecting not to have to pay it back. Key elements of the ppp loan.
In this case you would get to deduct 6 7 of your home office expenses by multiplying that percentage by eligible home expenses like mortgage interest or monthly rent utilities interest and. To be forgiven 75 of the loan amount needs to be used on payroll expenses.