Resources for Small Businesses in Response to the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic
Updated September 28, 2020, 11:00am ET
The Office of Advocacy will share small business resources and information related to the coronavirus pandemic as we receive them.
Department of Commerce
On June 4, 2020, U.S. Secretary of…
2020 Small Business Profiles For The States And Territories
Advocacy’s Small Business Profiles are an annual portrait of each state’s small businesses. Included in each are snapshots into each state’s small business health and economic activity. Some economic data is also supplied for U.S.…
DHS publishes notice to amend regulations concerning Collection and Use of Biometrics by U.S.…
On September 11, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a notice to amend regulations concerning the use and collection of biometrics by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), U.S. Customs and…
IRS Seeks Comments on Disabled Access Credit
On September 9, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a request for comments on information collections concerning the Disabled Access Credit. The notice seeks to renew Form 8826, Disabled Access Credit.
Certain small…
Advocacy Urges AMS To Extend The Reopened Public Comment Period For Interim Final Rule On Domestic…
The Office of Advocacy (Advocacy) of the U.S. Small Business Administration submits the following comment letter in response to the reopening of the public comment period for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing…
Small Business Labor Safety (OSHA/MSHA) Roundtable – September 18, 2020
Small Business Labor Safety (OSHA/MSHA) Roundtable
Friday, September 18, 2020, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Via Teams Webinar
We have scheduled the next Small Business Labor Safety (OSHA/MSHA) Roundtable for Friday, September 18, 2020…
Small Business Lending in the United States, 2019
Advocacy’s small business lending report examines FDIC data to determine the state of bank lending to small businesses. Between June 2017 and June 2019, small business lending remained positive, though below the increase in lending to…
Advocacy Comments on FWS and NMFS’ Proposed Rule to Define “Habitat” in Critical Habitat…
On August 5, 2020 the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) along with the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), (hereinafter “Services” or “the Services”) published a proposed…
USDA Reopens Comment Period on Interim Final Rule to Establish a Domestic Hemp Production Program
On September 8, 2020, the United States Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service reopened the comment period for its previously published interim final rule to establish a domestic hemp production program in the United…
A Silver Lining In Unprecedented Times
By Joe Knilans, National Rural Affairs Advocate
According to the Office of Advocacy’s 2020 Small Business State Profiles, Wisconsin is home to over 456,000 small businesses, employing 1.3 million Wisconsinites.
On July 31, SBA…
August Small Business Advocate
The Office of Advocacy has released the latest edition of its newsletter, “The Small Business Advocate,” Vol. 39, No. 8. If you would like to subscribe to our newsletter, you may do so here.
Some States May Tax Forgiven PPP Loan Proceeds
By Charles Jeane, Assistant Chief Counsel
‘Tis better to have a loan and be taxed than to never have had the loan at all. Tennyson and taxpayers with forgiven PPP loans who live in states that have static conformity dates with the…