You have choices when it comes to distributing ESOP benefits to participants. Do you distribute shares from the plan that the company immediately redeems from the participant? Or, do you keep the shares in the plan by recycling them among the ...
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ESOP Companies: Should You Elect S Corporation Status?
Here's the analysis you need to figure out whether electing S corporation status makes sense for your ESOP company. We look at built-in gain, LIFO/FIFO, tax attributes and more. You'll still want to talk to your CPA, but this article will give you ...
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ESOP Reshuffling – Good For Everyone On Deck … And Off
There are a variety of options for ESOP companies looking to maximize stock allocations to active participants, minimize stock allocations to terminated participants, and efficiently use the cash within the trust to accomplish these ...
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Plan Amendments: ‘How To’s’ Of Plan Administration
Improperly amending a retirement plan can jeopardize the plan's tax-qualified status. For health benefit plans or other welfare plans, it can be the prospect of a recovery for the plaintiff's lawyers seeking benefits for their individual ...
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ESOP Restatements And Submissions … Making The Most Of Your Relationship With The IRS?
By now, all companies sponsoring ESOPs should be aware that their plan documents must be restated and submitted to the IRS every five years for a letter of determination of their tax qualified status. What they may not realize is that the ...
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Corporate Succession Planning And The CPA
There is no denying that all privately held companies will, at some point, be sold to or merge with a third party, transferred to family members, sold to their employees – or not survive. Very few companies have the option of going public. Because ...
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