An ESOP can be a powerful succession planning tool for your business. But relatively few advisors in the marketplace know enough about ESOPs to give you the information you need. We'll give you a head start. Here are five ways ...
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No Fooling: New Rules For An SBA-Guaranteed ESOP Loan Took Effect April 1
The changes that the Main Street Employee Ownership Act made to the Small Business Administration's lending rules for ESOP transactions are now in effect. The revised rule makes an SBA-guaranteed ESOP loan potentially more attractive for sellers who ...
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ESOP Succession Planning: Aren’t ESOPs Expensive?
For those considering ESOP succession planning, Kevin Long compares the cost of an ESOP with a conventional third-party sale, and how selling to an ESOP can actually cost much less.
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As ESOP attorneys, we hear this ...
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SBA-Guaranteed ESOP Loans: Big News For Small Business
NOTE: The changes that the Main Street Employee Ownership Act made to the Small Business Administration’s lending rules for ESOP loans to fund transactions went into effect April 1, 2019. The updated information is here.
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Eligible Individual Account Plan: The Other Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Some companies want a way to get stock to the broader base of their workforce (with some extra "oomph" for their senior people), that is deductible and coordinates with their existing shareholder strategies, but that isn't as complex as an ESOP. Yet ...
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ESOP Trustee Indemnification: Three Things To Remember
In this article, we're revisiting three court cases involving ESOP fiduciary indemnification that left some head-scratching over when and how an ESOP company can indemnify its ESOP trustees. This year being the fifth anniversary of the last ...
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