Loan Forgiveness Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Calculator
Employee Headcount Calculation:
Under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) you must re-establish your employee headcount or the amount of the loan forgiven may be reduced. To calculate use the following calculator:
PPP Formula:
Step 1: Average FTE During Look Back Period/ Average FTE During Coverage Period = Percentage of loan forgiven
Step 2: Percentage of loan forgiven * Principal Loan Amount= Loan Amount Owed
Average FTE during "look back period" is based on the following dates:
- The average number of full-time equivalent employees of the borrower between Feb. 15, 2019 and June 20, 2019
OR - The average number of full-time equivalent employees of the borrower between Jan. 1, 2020 and Feb. 29, 2020
Average FTE during the "coverage period" is based on the average FTE (full-time equivalent) for the 8-weeks of PPP coverage.
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@RIc thanks for the question! I will update the blog post to also include how to calculate FTE. There may be additional guidance issued as FTE calculations depend on the definition for “full-time” but unless noted otherwise, we will go with the IRS definition of 30 hours.
Can you define what FTE- full time equivalent mean? Is the count of anyone over 30 hrs? Or if they’re 40 hr/wk worker? Or is it all labor hours divided by 40hrs? Can you please advice as to what FTE means? Thanks