Senators Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) introduced S. 1375, which would require companies to use the same value for their options on both their books and their tax returns.
The Department of Labor alleges that the trustee of the ESOP at Sentry Equipment Erectors should not have relied on the valuation report for a $21 million transaction. In the case (Acosta v. Vinoskey, No. 6:16-cv-00062-NKM-RSB, 2018 BL 134718 [W.D. Va. Apr.
Every year, people contact us hoping to submit topics for our annual conference after the deadline has passed. To get your proposal in, it must be submitted by October 3.
A settlement has been reached between the former ESOP participants, the Department of Labor, and the defendants in Solis v. Couturier (Civ. 2:08-cv-02732-RRB-GGH, E.D. Ca., filed Mar. 10, 2010).
The District of Columbia, Louisiana, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York (and New York City), and Tennessee do not provide the same exemption from income tax for S corporation earnings attributable to an ESOP as does federal tax law.
In White v. Marshall & Ilsley Corp., No. 11-2660 (7th Cir. Apr. 19, 2013), the Eleventh Circuit upheld the Moench presumption of prudence for investments in employer stock for Marshall & Ilsley's 401(k) plan.
In its LaRue decision (LaRue v. DeWolf, Boberg & Associates, 128 S. Ct. 1020, 42 EBC 2857 [2008]), the Supreme Court allowed individuals to sue ERISA plan fiduciaries to recover their personal losses from the plan.
How many ESOPs cost more than $200,000 to establish? How many transactions involve seller financing and warrants? How many professionals and what types do companies typically engage?