# SBA - 22-01 - 1
> **Open** recommendation · 2021-10-07
**Report:** SBA Emergency EIDL Grants to Sole Proprietors and Independent Contractors ([detail](https://api.ai-analytics.org/ig-report/30129))
**OIG report number:** 22-01
**Recommendation number:** 1
## 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.
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