Governor Walz has issued Executive Order 20-20, directing Minnesotans to limit movements outside of their homes beyond essential needs from March 27 at 11:59 p.m. to April 10 at 5:00 p.m. We understand that you may have questions about how this will impact your business. The resources below [...]

Following Executive Order 20-15, the Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) has established a loan program to assist small businesses affected by Executive Orders 20-04 and 20-08 following the COVID-19 pandemic. Small businesses are a vital part of Minnesota’s economy and this program will provide a source of working capital [...]

Online applications for these loans are now open to Minnesota businesses at: https://disasterloan.sba.gov/ela/ See our previous blog post SBA Coronavirus Disaster Loans - Get Ready to Apply for forms and documents you'll need to complete your application Here are a few more details about the SBA loans: This [...]

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) was signed into law on March 18th 2020, and generally requires employers with less than 500 employees to provide a certain amount of paid sick and paid leave to employees affected b y COVID-19, and provides affected employers with a corresponding [...]

We have just received word that Minnesota will likely be approved as a Eligible Disaster Area for the SBA Coronavirus (COVID-19) loans.  The application process isn't live yet, but we expect approval over the weekend and applications to be open early next week. *As of Saturday, March 21st, [...]

Following the announcement of planned relief related to April 15 tax filings by the Treasury Secretary over a week ago, the IRS has now formally released the details of such relief. In the daily session discussing COVID-19 developments given each day by the Vice-President’s task force on March [...]