Utilities

• What expenses are considered “utilities”?
• What costs can be included in transportation expenses for forgiveness purposes?
• Internet costs are forgivable. Can I include as part of that my software costs, dues, licenses, subscriptions, etc.?
• Can I pay for third-party IT Support and include it in internet costs and utilities?
• Are utilities prorated for the month if your eight or 24-week period ends in the middle of the month?
• Is there any clarity yet on the inclusion of fuel for delivery vehicles under utility costs?
• Will the transportation include the mileage that employees drive to work, and the company reimburses them?
• Is trash service included as utilities?
• Can utilities costs include server hosting service, data storage service or monthly email/website hosting fees if we were already using the service prior to COVID?
• Does the 24-week Covered Period also extend to non-payroll costs such as rent or utilities?
• Are monthly payments for a property alarm system or for the monitoring costs forgivable?
• Are we allowed to include expenses related to the disposal of all wastes/trash in our calculations for utilities?
• My staff has been working from home where they have incurred internet access and telephone costs on behalf of my business. Can I reimburse them for that and include it in my forgiveness costs?
• We received our PPP funds on April 20 and have an electric bill for generation from the period March 21 through April 20. This bill was paid with a check on May 11.
• Can we claim employee home office expenses, e.g., home internet, home phone and cellphones that the company has reimbursed to our employees since pre-COVID time (per our company reimbursement policy)?
• Can we include the monthly charge for a company that is housing our servers for access through the “cloud”, which includes the lease and the storage, as well as IT services (help desk) and licenses?