Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act [Abstract]

Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act

4.  Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act

Paycheck Protection Program Loan (PPP Loan)

On March 27, 2020, the United States enacted the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) to extend liquidity to small businesses and assist in retaining employees during the COVID-19 pandemic. We applied for and, on April 23, 2020, received a payroll protection program loan in the amount of $10.0 million (the “PPP Loan”) under the CARES Act, as administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration (the “SBA”). The application for receipt of the PPP Loan required us to certify, in good faith, that the economic uncertainty made the loan necessary to support our ongoing operations. The PPP Loan was serviced by Citizens Bank, N.A. (the “Citizens”). The PPP Loan bore interest at a rate of 1% per annum and would mature on April 23, 2022, with the first payment deferred until September 2021. We used the proceeds of the PPP Loan for payroll and related costs, rent and utilities. Pursuant to the regulations promulgated by the SBA, in order to request forgiveness of the PPP Loan, we were required to submit an application to Citizens substantiating that we were entitled to the PPP Loan and used the proceeds of the PPP Loan as permitted under the CARES Act. Citizens reviewed our application for forgiveness and associated documentation, and on February 26, 2021 forwarded our application to the SBA with Citizens’ determination that the loan is fully forgivable. On August 5, 2021, we received notice that full principal amount and all accrued interest thereon of the PPP Loan was formally forgiven by the SBA. We recognized other income of $10.1 million related to this forgiveness during the third quarter of fiscal 2021.

Employee Retention Credits (ERC)

Employee retention tax credits, made available under the CARES Act, allow eligible employers to claim a refundable tax credit against the employer share of Social Security tax equal to 70% of the qualified wages they pay to employees, initially from March 27, 2020 until June 30, 2021, and extended through September 30, 2021. In 2021, we applied for $5.0 million in refunds from the Internal Revenue Service with filing of our 941s and achieved $2.2 million in credits from unremitted payroll taxes as allowed. We recorded other income of $7.2 million related to the employee retention tax credits earned for the year ended December 31, 2021. As of December 31, 2022, we received cumulative employee retention tax credit refunds totaling $4.0 million of the $5.0 million in refunds sought, with remaining outstanding refunds receivable of $1.0 million which was included in the other current assets balance at December 31, 2022. Subsequently, in January 2023, we received a refund of $0.9 million.