Hey, everybody. It's Bette Hochberger, CPA, CGMA, and I wanted to come online and share with you some relatively new breaking news that's pretty exciting. And that is that the PPP application deadline has been extended to May 31st. So if you've been thinking about putting in an application and you haven't gotten around to it, you weren't sure if there was money left, you never found someone to process your application, whatever the case may be, you now have a lot more time. What I can tell you is from speaking with bankers and from my own personal experience, that the process now is way faster. It's much more organized, I guess we could say. It's not so chaotic like it was around this time last year. It's just overall, it's a better experience. #PaycheckProtectionProgram​ #PPPLoans​ So if you thought, "Maybe I should go get a PPP loan," and then you never quite got around to it, now is your time. You definitely have time. There were some changes also. For example, if you're a sole proprietor or a single member, LLC, you can now use your gross income to calculate how much PPP loan you can get, which for some people, might be a huge amount. Unfortunately, you can't go back in time and change it if you've already filed. But if you're a new filer, you can use that. So go get your PPP money. I know a lot of people are still struggling. 2020 going away did not end a lot of the COVID problems. So there is help out there. Go get PPP 1, then you can go get PPP 2, and make sure your business stays afloat. So good luck and go get your loans.

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