Business
Key Changes to the Paycheck Protection Program
Another $284.5 billion in federal funding from the PPP is now available to construction businesses that have had to cut employees and experienced other losses due to the effects of the pandemic.
By Sonia Desai
February 24, 2021
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by Sonia Desai
Sonia Desai, CPA, is a Managing Director at Weaver. Over the past year, she has been advising clients in a variety of industries as well as the public about accounting aspects of the Paycheck Protection Program. Weaver is a Houston-based firm that has grown to be the 35th largest public accounting firm in the United States, according to INSIDE Public Accounting. From Fortune 500 multinational companies to start-ups, Weaver’s clients include commercial, government and not-for-profit organizations
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