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Familial Relationship Affiliation: SBA Treats Spouses As “One Party”

In a recent size protest decision, the SBA Office of Hearings and Appeals concluded SBA may treat family members as one person for the purposes of affiliation rules, even when the parties have attempted to avoid affiliation by limiting one individual to a minority ownership interest.

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