Tagged: tax

Exit and Succession Planning / Taxation / Wealth Planning & Management

January 21, 2018

Lower Middle Market Company Owners: 21 New Tax Law Considerations

While news stories cover aspects of the new Tax Cuts and Jobs Act applicable to the general population, the purpose of this article is to focus apolitically on selected areas of direct importance to...

Economics / Selling a Privately Held Company / Taxation / Valuation

June 30, 2016

What Happens If Congress Eliminates the Corporate Interest Tax Deduction?

Once again, the U.S. is rife with political uncertainty about taxation – a condition the business community abhors. This political season we are hearing many ideas and proposals from both parties that could have...

ESOP - Employee Stock Ownership Plans / Exit and Succession Planning / Family Businesses / Mergers & Acquisitions / Regulatory Issues / Selling a Privately Held Company / Wealth Planning & Management

April 25, 2013

Considerations for Selling a Company to Its Employees via Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

Last week’s Wall Street Journal ran an interesting article in the U.S. print edition, titled “Founders Cash Out, but Do Workers Gain?” (April 18, 2013) The article discusses Employee Stock Ownership Plans, also known...

Taxation / Wealth Planning & Management

November 24, 2012

Post Election Tax Considerations for Business Owners

There’s now a plethora of media coverage about the Fiscal Cliff and its implications and potential effects. This essay strives to distill the discussion into selected tax policy aspects that are directly pertinent to...

Clean Technology / Project Finance / Regulatory Issues

November 24, 2012

Industry Focus: Renewable Energy – What The Election Results Mean

This post will be of interest to those in the renewable energy industries. I attended a highly informative panel discussion/conference call Thursday, November 8, sponsored by Chadbourne & Parke LLP, one of the nation’s...

Taxation

February 1, 2011

Obama Proposes to Eliminate Some Capital Gains Taxes — Yes!

I saw in today’s Wall Street Journal that the Obama Administration yesterday proposed the elimination of capital gains tax “on investments in eligible small businesses held for more than five years. The provision, which...

Taxation / Wealth Planning & Management

May 15, 2010

Federal Capital Gains Rates – Where Are They Headed? – Implication for Selling a Business

Since 2003, the top tax rate on most capital gains has been 15% for people in the 25% or higher tax bracket. Although a lower level tax rate has also been in place since...