Payroll Protection Plan Epilogue

Douglas David Klein () and Zion Kang ()
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Douglas David Klein: New Jersey City University, United States
Zion Kang: Student, Jeju International School, Korea

RAIS Conference Proceedings 2021 from Research Association for Interdisciplinary Studies

Abstract: The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), part of the CARES Act passed by the United States Congress in 2020, was instituted as a response to social distancing restrictions during the COVID pandemic that shut down large parts of the American economy. The purpose of PPP was to provide small businesses (and corporations with 500 employees and less) with easy-access loans to help make essential operating payments such as rent, utilities and payroll. If PPP funds were properly used as promised, then the amount borrowed would be forgiven - meaning the loan would be converted to a grant and the borrowed funds would never have to be repaid. The PPP was rolled out in two phases: April 2020 and January 2021. This paper will address if the program worked as envisioned - what was the PPP’s ultimate effectiveness? Did it really save jobs and businesses from failing? This paper will also research the percentage of fraudulent or criminal PPP loans - was there widespread fraud, abuse and misuse of the easy-access funds?

Keywords: Paycheck Protection Program; effectiveness; fraud; abuse; businesses; jobs; loans (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 6 pages
Date: 2021-08
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Published in Proceedings of the 23rd International RAIS Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities, August 15-16, 2021, pages 130-136

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