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The Spokesman-Review | January 21, 2020

With the U.S. Senate passing the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) last week, Washington small businesses are one step closer to benefiting from the trade agreement. Considering Canada and Mexico are the U.S.’s largest trading partners combined with our state’s shared border with Canada, the impact of the USMCA is substantial to small firms in Washington state. Consider this: 90% of companies that export goods from Washington and 85% of companies that export goods from Idaho are s...

AICPA | September 17, 2020

The American Institute of CPAs today renewed its call for swift passage of legislation to extend and expand the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which provides critical relief for small businesses impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. “From the beginning, we have advocated for the support of small businesses, their survival and their ability to employ people,” said AICPA President and CEO Barry Melancon, CPA, CGMA. “It’s apparent that to increase the odds of many sm...

Mnuchin | April 29, 2020

The United States will audit government-backed loans intended to relieve small businesses hit by the coronavirus to ensure they weren't taken out by large companies, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Tuesday, April 28. The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was part of a $2.2-trillion stimulus package passed by Congress late in March to blunt the pandemic's impact on the economy, and is supposed to lend money to businesses with fewer than 500 employees. But the initi...

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SpotOn | January 18, 2021

SpotOn, a leading supplier of small business software and payment solutions, announced today its partnership with jaris, a private-label embedded financial services company. The partnership will provide SpotOn clients with a streamlined application and faster processing for the second round of federal funding, as well as ongoing access to loans through SpotOn Capital. Supporting Access to PPP Funds “This round of funding is critical for small ...