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Gross Receipts

Instructions for Determining Decline in Gross Receipts

 

In determining whether the Applicant experienced at least a 25% reduction in gross receipts, for second PPP loans of $150,000 or less, the Applicant must identify the 2020 quarter meeting this requirement, identify the reference quarter, and state the gross receipts amounts for both quarters, as well as provide supporting documentation. For all loans, the appropriate reference quarter depends on how long the Applicant has been in operation:

  • For all Applicants other than those satisfying the conditions set forth below, Applicants must demonstrate that gross receipts in any quarter of 2020 were at least 25% lower than the same quarter of 2019. Alternatively, Applicants may compare annual gross receipts in 2020 with annual gross receipts in 2019; Applicants choosing to use annual gross receipts must enter “Annual” in the 2020 Quarter and Reference Quarter fields and, as required documentation, must submit copies of annual tax forms substantiating the annual gross receipts reduction.
  • For Applicants not in business during the first and second quarters of 2019 but in operation during the third and fourth quarters of 2019, Applicants must demonstrate that gross receipts in any quarter of 2020 were at least 25% lower than either the third or fourth quarters of 2019.
  • For Applicants not in business during the first, second, and third quarters of 2019 but in operation during the fourth quarter of 2019, Applicants must demonstrate that gross receipts in any quarter of 2020 were at least 25% lower than the fourth quarter of 2019.
  • For Applicants not in business during 2019 but in operation on February 15, 2020, Applicants must demonstrate that gross receipts in the second, third, or fourth quarter of 2020 were at least 25% lower than the first quarter of 2020.

 

How to calculate gross receipts if using annual income tax returns

 

The amounts required to compute gross receipts varies by the entity tax return type

  • For self-employed individuals other than farmers and ranchers (IRS Form 1040 Schedule C): sum of line 4 and line 7
  • For self-employed farmers and ranchers (IRS Form 1040 Schedule F): sum of lines 1b and 9
  • For partnerships (IRS Form 1065): sum of lines 2 and 8, minus line 6
  • For S-Corporations (IRS Form 1120-S): sum of lines 2 and 6, minus line 4
  • For C-Corporations (IRS Form 1120): sum of lines 2 and 11, minus the sum of lines 8 and 9
  • For nonprofit organizations (IRS Form 990): the sum of lines 6b(i), 6b(ii), 7b(i), 7b(ii), 8b, 9b, 10b, and 12 (column (A)) of Part VIII
  • For nonprofit organizations (IRS Form 990-EZ): sum of lines 5b, 6c, 7b, and 9 of Part I.
  • LLCs should follow the instructions that apply to their tax filing status in the reference periods.

 

Definition of Gross Receipts

 

Gross receipts includes all revenue in whatever form received or accrued (in accordance with the Applicant’s accounting method) from whatever source, including from the sales of products or services, interest, dividends, rents, royalties, fees, or commissions, reduced by returns and allowances. Generally, receipts are considered “total income” (or in the case of a sole proprietorship “gross income”) plus “cost of goods sold” and excludes net capital gains or losses as these terms are defined and reported on IRS tax return forms. Gross receipts do not include the following: taxes collected for and remitted to a taxing authority if included in gross or total income, such as sales or other taxes collected from customers and excluding taxes levied on the concern or its employees; proceeds from transactions between a concern and its domestic or foreign affiliates; and amounts collected for another by a travel agent, real estate agent, advertising agent, conference management service provider, freight forwarder or customs broker. All other items, such as subcontractor costs, reimbursements for purchases a contractor makes at a customer's request, investment income, and employee-based costs such as payroll taxes, may not be excluded from gross receipts. Gross receipts of an Applicant must be aggregated with gross receipts of its affiliates. For a nonprofit organization, veterans organization, nonprofit news organization, 501(c)(6) organization, and destination marketing organization, gross receipts has the meaning in section 6033 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

 

For a sole proprietorship, the sole proprietor is considered the owner of the Applicant. For a limited liability company that has only one member and that is treated as a disregarded entity for federal income tax purposes and files Schedule C, the member is considered a sole proprietor and the owner of the Applicant. If the Applicant is treated as a qualified joint venture for federal income tax purposes (the only members of the joint venture are a married couple who file a joint return and each file a Schedule C), both spouses are considered sole proprietors and owners of the Applicant.