Iowa/Nebraska Chapter Newsletter: 2nd Quarter, 2019
List of Upcoming Events; Government Relations update; recap of National Conference in Washington, DC.
The ESOP Association
List of Upcoming Events; Government Relations update; recap of National Conference in Washington, DC.
Government Relations update; list of Upcoming Events; welcome to new member PDM; Member Spotlight on Commonwealth Electric of the Midwest.
It would be easy for us to sit back and bask in the comfortable knowledge that the Congressional tax committees did not draft tax reform measures that negatively affect ESOPs.
For some time now, the data have shown that businesses with employee stock ownership are clearly better than conventionally owned companies at retaining employees.
I am hearing increasingly from certain thought leaders that current ESOP laws do not create “good” employee ownership plans.
I often hear three criticisms about ESOPs: The second criticism is that ESOPs are a waste of taxpayers’ money.
Cynics say the tax breaks provided to ESOPs are money losers because the majority of American taxpayers pay higher rates to make up for the cost of ESOP tax benefits.
In this, our final installment on common criticisms of ESOPs—and why they are wrong—we’ll look at the assertion that ESOPs are not real ownership.
For the second year in a row, corporate members of The ESOP Association appear to be managing their expenses extremely well, with resulting positive effects on profits and stock value.
Most businesses wrestle with their health care costs. Being an ESOP does not make us immune to this challenge.
At Entertainment Partners, with our 1,100 employee owners spread out across more than 10 locations nationwide, we rely heavily on technology to help us communicate and connect with each other. To us, “social media” encompasses any technology that enables us to create and share content and make those connections.