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LISC invites small business owners in rural locations across the country to apply for the LISC-Lowe's Rural Relief Small Business Grants program.

This new IRS effort is called the Taxpayer Relief Initiative, and it aims to help those financially affected by COVID-19.
Taxpayers who owe taxes always had options to get help through payment plans and other tools from the IRS, and now they are expanding those tools. The revised COVID-related collection procedures will be helpful to taxpayers, especially those who have a record of filing their returns and paying their taxes on time. Here are the highlights of the Taxpayer Relief Initiative:

If you have submitted your application for the Ohio Small Business Relief Grant, please be aware that there is another step to approval. 
Be sure to check your email (and your junk/spam folder) for an email from SmallBizrelief.gov with the Subject Line: Small Business Relief Grant Application Preliminarily Approved. 
The email reads as follows:
Dear 

Here is a summary of the current Covid-19 relief programs and grants available for Ohio Small Businesses.
 
County Grants Available through Valley Partners:
These grants are at the county level and are not the same as the state grant. See below for more details on the state grant.

 
CARES 4 Trumbull, the grant program to assist small businesses in Trumbull County, is now available to county businesses. 
Each grant up to $10,000 will be awarded on a reimbursement basis for funds expensed on eligible items incurred from March 01, 2020 through December 11, 2020.