Why do ESOP transactions cost so much? The truth is they don't have to.
The timing for the ESOP transaction can be largely managed and expedited by the client. There are several things that the client should and must do to move the transaction and ...
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Let Them Eat Stock
There is more to equity compensation than just giving your employees stock in the company. In this podcast episode, Kevin Long addresses common overbroad assumptions about equity compensation and how an equity readiness survey helps you determine ...
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Tax-Deductible Dividends: A Win for Employers and Employees
Tax-deductible dividends! The powerful, but forgotten incentive for your employees.
What?!
What if you could grant or bonus stock to your employees and your company could deduct the price of the shares? What if you could then declare, ...
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Equity Sharing In Compensation Planning
Updated November 2021
Stock-based compensation is a staple of senior executives and key management employees in privately held companies. In public companies it is typically broad based as well. In both publicly traded and privately held ...
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Is an ESOP Right for Your Business?
An ESOP can be a good option for business owners who want to transfer the ownership of their company over time. These are the top four questions we receive from clients who are starting to investigate an ESOP.
How do we find out if an ESOP is a ...
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ESOP Feasibility vs. Suitability
Hello Mr. Long… We're thinking about doing an ESOP and heard that we need a feasibility study. Do you do that? That's the way these conversations usually start. The client is thinking about an ESOP and may have been told that the first thing they ...
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