Under the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), businesses that received loans and used the proceeds for eligible business purposes qualified for complete loan forgiveness. Qualifying businesses could self-certify, and most participating lenders would grant forgiveness without much more than a cursory review.

Recently, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published a Tax Tip titled, Got a letter or notice from the IRS? Here are the next steps. In the Tax Tip, the IRS discusses seven steps to take after receiving correspondence from a revenue agent in the mail.