September 17, 2026

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Congress Passes the Retire Through Ownership Act: What Clearer ESOP Valuation Rules Mean for Owners

For fifty years, the hardest question in employee ownership was not how to finance the deal or how to structure the tax benefits. It was what "adequate consideration" actually meant. Congress has now answered it — and the answer is narrower, and more useful, than the headlines suggest.