Below you will find the links to watch each of the Technical Issues Webinar Sessions On-Demand: Session 1: Introduction What is an ESOP? History of ESOPs CLICK HERE TO WATCH SESSION 1 Session 2: Retirement Plan Basics Qualified vs. Nonqualified plans Types of Plans CLICK HERE TO WATCH SESSION 2 Session 3: Basic ESOP Transactions…
Local business owners say they’re spreading the wealth in Great Falls by offering long term employees stock ownership plans or ESOP’s. It’s a structure that is set up and its federally recognized, so the employees are then part of a trust that then owns either a 100% of the company or some portion of the…
Program Agenda Valuation Considerations Sell Now Or Sell Later? Tax Considerations Pay Uncle Sam Now Or Pay Uncle Sam Later? To Participate In Esop Or Not To Participate? Financing Considerations To Borrow Or Not To Borrow? To Lend Or Not To Lend? Fiduciary Considerations To Serve As An Internal Fiduciary? Appointing An Independent Fiduciary Control…
Read the original posting at the Cal-Tex Website Cal-Tex is 97% employee-owned through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).As the 2011 Grand Prize Winner of theNational Center for Employee Ownership’s Innovations in Ownership Award and the 2011 ESOP Association’s Best Communications Award (Small Company), Cal-Tex is committed to providing a company structure that will benefit the employee and…
Click here to read the original article at bizjournals.com For business owners who want to cash out but still oversee the direction of the company and take care of their workers, an employee stock ownership plan might be the best bet. That was the message from panelists Tuesday morning at the monthly meeting of ACG…
(Why Selling Your Stock to an ESOP is Better than Selling to a Third Party) If you are the owner of a successful decorative plumbing or hardware business, sooner or later you will face the prospect of having to exit the business, either because you wish to retire or because you wish to cash in…
National Van Lines Inc. said it has changed the company’s structure, selling itself to an employee stock ownership plan entity. The third-generation, family-run business said it has been working on transitioning to an ESOP-owned S Corp. structure since July 2010 effort to “find an ownership and liquidity succession plan that did not disrupt the culture…
Employee Stock Ownership Plans (“ESOPs”) are federally qualified employee benefit programs governed by U.S. law. Since our president and founder, John Menke, wrote some of the original ESOP legislation in 1974, more than 25 additional laws have been passed to promote and broaden the benefits of ESOPs. In general, ESOPs offer owners of companies tax…
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Results from the Employee Ownership Foundation’s 20th Annual Economic Performance Survey of ESOP (employee stock ownership plan) companies that are members of The ESOP Association show that ESOPs, while not immune to economic developments beyond their control, have seen an upturn over the past year. The survey shows ESOP…