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California Small Agricultural Business Drought & Flood Relief Grant Program

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Program Overview

The California Small Agricultural Business Drought & Flood Relief Grant Program will provide relief to small agricultural businesses that experienced a decline in annual gross receipts or gross profits due to drought or storm flood conditions.

PLEASE NOTE: Lendistry is the sole entity designated as the Intermediary of California Small Agricultural Business Drought & Flood Relief Grant Program (the “Program”).

This site (www.cadroughtfloodrelief.com) and the other websites available on or through this site (the “Designated Sites”) are the only approved websites designated for the administration of the Program. Any other website purporting to administer or otherwise act as an Intermediary in connection with the Program may be fraudulent. As such, you should exercise extreme caution and avoid providing any information (personal or otherwise) in connection with the Program on or through any website other than the Designated Sites. Further, neither Lendistry nor any of its partners will charge any fees to apply for a grant under the Program and we recommend that you avoid any third parties purporting to charge fees for you to apply.

Important Information for 2023 Tax Returns

1099 Tax Forms Now Available for Download

If you received a grant for this program in 2023, you are required to report it on your upcoming 2023 tax returns. In order to do so, you will need to retrieve a copy of you 1099 tax form.

How can you retrieve your 1099 tax form?
Your 1099 tax form is available at https://tax1099.com/edelivery/login. CLICK HERE for a guide on how to retrieve your 1099 tax form with step-by-step instructions.

This guide also provides information on your username and password that is needed to sign in. Once signed in, you may elect to opt-in to download your 1099 tax form electronically or opt-out to receive it by mail.

For assistance with accessing your 2023 tax form please contact Lendistry’s dedicated Customer Experience Team at (888) 870-2203 (Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. PST) or 1099request@lendistry.com.

Important Note: Lendistry and its affiliates do not provide tax, legal or accounting advice. This material has been prepared for informational purposes only and is not intended to provide, and should not be relied on for, tax, legal or accounting advice. Readers should consult their own tax, legal and accounting advisors before completing their tax filings.

THERE ARE NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, AS TO ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, OR RESULTS OBTAINED FROM ANY INFORMATION POSTED IN THIS PRESENTATION OR ANY LINKED WEBSITE.

Drought Relief

Drought Group 1 Will be allocated to small farms including socially disadvantaged farmers who are qualified small agricultural businesses that:
(a) experienced a decline in annual gross receipts or gross profits of 10 percent or more when comparing the 2022 taxable year to the 2019 taxable year and
(b) have been affected by severe drought according to a D2 or higher drought classification pursuant to the USDA Drought Monitor (view map here).

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Drought Group 2 Will be allocated to qualified small agricultural businesses that:
(a) experienced a decline in annual gross receipts or gross profits of 30 percent or more when comparing the 2022 taxable year to the 2019 taxable year,
(b) have been affected by severe drought according to a D2 or higher drought classification pursuant to the USDA Drought Monitor (view map here), and
(c) are identified as one of the following 2022 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) or National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) codes listed here.

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Drought Group 3 Will be allocated to qualified small agricultural businesses that:
(a) experienced a decline in annual gross receipts or gross profits of 10 percent or more when comparing the 2022 taxable year to the 2019 taxable year,
(b) have been affected by severe drought according to a D2 or higher drought classification pursuant to the USDA Drought Monitor (view map here), and
(c) do not file their 2022 tax year returns until 2024.

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Flood/Winter Storm Group 1 Will be allocated to qualified small agricultural businesses that:
(a) have been affected by storm flooding within or serve a county that has a state or federal disaster declaration for storm flooding (view map here) and
(b) are identified as one of the following North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes listed here.

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