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NNA Issue Brief ⁠— PPP applications now open through Aug. 8

Jul 7, 2020

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President Trump has signed the new law allowing Paycheck Protection Program applications to be submitted through Aug. 8.

Most businesses are allowed only one loan. But business owners who did not include their own compensations in their initial applications are encouraged to contact their original lenders.

Guidance from the Department of Treasury for various self-employed and owner-operated businesses was slow in coming but owners who missed the opportunity to include their Schedule C, K1 or other IRS documentation on owner compensation may be able to reapply.

Lenders have received instructions directly from Treasury on how to handle these applications.

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Congress approves NNA language directing HHS advertising to community media

Three years of planning and effort by the National Newspaper Association and its partners resulted this weekend in an emphatic recognition by Congress of the vital role community newspapers play in sharing health information to small and rural markets.

Grassroots are crucial to any cause

Depending on how things go in Washington this year, we could make some headway on critical issues like postal reform and tax breaks for newspapers and their advertisers.

HHS directed to look at local media for advertising buys

The House Appropriations Committee is poised to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to direct more of the agency’s advertising dollar toward local media, including nondaily newspapers, TV and radio when public–health campaigns are set up.