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The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and its business and technology arm, CPA.com, launched Monday a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan forgiveness platform, PPPForgivenessTool.com, which automates the forgiveness process for small-business owners who received PPP funds.

Powered by fintech lender Biz2Credit, the tool incorporates the PPP loan forgiveness calculator created by the AICPA in May and is available to any business approved for a PPP loan, regardless of the lender or bank they worked with to receive funding.

"We are now incorporating our PPP calculation and process recommendations into a dynamic PPP Forgiveness Tool to help drive a simple and effective forgiveness process," said Erik Asgeirsson, president and CEO of CPA.com. "Our broader goal with this tool is to also to help drive a common approach to this process with the payroll and lender communities."

Borrowers or their CPA advisers can log onto the platform to fill out the forgiveness application, and the tool produces all government-mandated forms automatically, AICPA explains.

According to AICPA, PPP applicants can electronically sign the 3508 or 3508 EZ forms, and all the required source documents are also included in a downloadable file that can be provided to their lenders.

The PPP, part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, is designed to help businesses hurt by the pandemic to maintain operations and payroll. PPP loans are forgivable if borrowers follow guidelines on payroll spending set by the Small Business Administration and the Treasury Department, which administer the loan program.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Friday that SBA and Treasury will consider forgiveness for small loans, but didn't specify a size.

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Melanie is senior editor and Washington bureau chief of ThinkAdvisor. Her ThinkAdvisor coverage zeros in on how politics, policy, legislation and regulations affect the investment advisory space. Melanie’s coverage has been cited in various lawmakers’ reports, letters and bills, and in the Labor Department’s fiduciary rule in 2024. In 2019, Melanie received an Honorable Mention, Range of Work by a Single Author award from @Folio. Melanie joined Investment Advisor magazine as New York bureau chief in 2000. She has been a columnist since 2002. She started her career in Washington in 1994, covering financial issues at American Banker. Since 1997, Melanie has been covering investment-related issues, holding senior editorial positions at American Banker publications in both Washington and New York. Briefly, she was content chief for Internet Capital Group’s EFinancialWorld in New York and wrote freelance articles for Institutional Investor. Melanie holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Towson University. She interned at The Baltimore Sun and its suburban edition.