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Mar. 01
Des Moines Iowa, March 1, 2022 –Today Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds returned to Library Binding Services (LBS Inc.), a 100% employee-owned business, to sign into law legislation to eliminate state taxes on retirement income, including taxes on Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOP) distributions. This important change has the power to motivate more Iowa business owners to sell their businesses to their employees as a business succession plan.
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Sep. 01
SJE-Rhombus, 2017 ESOP Company of the Year.
Mar. 14
The Department of Labor proposes regulations that would make advisors to ERISA plans—including ESOP appraisers—fiduciaries under ERISA. A grassroots effort on Capitol Hill helps ensure the new regulations would not adversely affect ESOPs and the “fiduciary rule” is rejected.