{"id":1232,"date":"2020-09-03T13:24:23","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T13:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bowditch.com\/estateandtaxplanningblog\/?p=1232"},"modified":"2022-08-10T16:52:08","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T20:52:08","slug":"a-trap-for-the-unwary-irs-denies-deductions-for-expenses-paid-with-forgiven-ppp-loans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bowditch.com\/estateandtaxplanningblog\/2020\/09\/03\/a-trap-for-the-unwary-irs-denies-deductions-for-expenses-paid-with-forgiven-ppp-loans\/","title":{"rendered":"A Trap for the Unwary \u2013 IRS Denies Deductions for Expenses Paid with Forgiven PPP Loans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A central feature of the CARES Act, the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), provided a lifeline to a multitude of small businesses during the early days of the Coronavirus pandemic.\u00a0 PPP loans were used to cover payroll expenses and other enumerated operating costs (e.g., rent, utilities) that can be forgiven if the borrower meets certain payroll and employment retention criteria.<\/p>\n<p>While a forgiven loan might otherwise be treated as income to the borrower, the CARES Act provides that for federal income tax purposes,\u00a0any amount of the PPP loan that is forgiven will be excluded from gross income and therefore from income tax.<\/p>\n<p>With the funds long since spent to keep their businesses afloat, borrowers need to be aware of a potential negative tax risk to seeking loan forgiveness under the PPP.\u00a0 According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/pub\/irs-drop\/n-20-32.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IRS Notice 2020-32<\/a>, business expenses that would normally be deductible in computing taxable income may not be deductible if the taxpayer uses funds from a forgiven loan to pay such expenses.\u00a0 In the Notice, the IRS takes the position that section 265 of the Internal Revenue Code, \u201cdisallows any otherwise allowable deduction under any provision of the (Internal 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which is currently stalled in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Because the Notice provided no opportunity for comment from taxpayers, it will be accorded limited deference in any legal proceeding.\u00a0 The Notice therefore provides taxpayers with a roadmap for the Service\u2019s position, but has little legal effect.\u00a0 The express language of the CARES Act provision runs counter to the IRS\u2019s interpretation in the Notice.\u00a0 The CARES Act specifically provides that \u201cany amount which (but for this subsection) would be includible in gross income of the eligible recipient by reason of forgiveness described in subsection (b) shall be excluded from gross income.\u201d\u00a0 Denying a tax deduction for business expenses associated with the CARES Act PPP Loan eliminates the tax benefit the CARES Act provides.\u00a0 For example, if a corporation received a $1,000,000 PPP loan, without the CARES Act debt forgiveness provision, the business would pay $210,000 in corporate tax upon the 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