What is preventing new PPP loans? Forgiveness, the study says

Some small business owners are avoiding a second Salary Protection Program loan until the first is fully forgiven, a new study shows.

More than half of small business owners have yet to receive the Small Business Administration’s PPP loan forgiveness, and 13.4% of companies that said they needed a second PPP loan did not apply for fear that the first would not be. forgiven, according to a new survey of 1,093 small businesses by payroll and Gusto benefits provider.

And while many small businesses have applied for a second PPP loan, they are stuck in limbo – about a third of small businesses that applied for a second loan have received no response on approval.

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