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SBA - 22-01 - 1

Open · 2021-10-07

From report

Report
SBA Emergency EIDL Grants to Sole Proprietors and Independent Contractors
OIG report number
22-01
Recommendation number
1

Recommendation text

We recommend the Administrator direct the Associate Administrator for Disaster Assistance to• review the applications of sole proprietors and independent contractors that included numbers of employees but no Employer Identification Number; and• remedy the $3.5 billion disbursed to sole proprietors and $1 billion disbursed to independent contractors that exceeded the amount allowed by SBA’s policy.