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ESOPs as a Succession Strategy


Total Credits: 1 including 1 Business Management & Organization - Non-technical

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Faculty:
Mindi Johnson |  Amanda Dernovshek
Course Levels:
Overview
Duration:
1 Hour
License:
Product Setting: Expires 30 day(s) after program date.

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Description

This session will provide a basic overview of Employee Stock Ownership Plans (“ESOPs”). It will specifically address what companies are well suited for establishing an ESOP, how ESOPs are implemented, and how employees and departing owners alike can benefit from them. The session is intended to provide business and tax advisors with talking points about how an ESOP may be used as a succession planning strategy.

Basic Course Information

Learning Objectives
  • Analyze the key factors influencing the strategic implementation of Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) for businesses, emphasizing their suitability, implementation process, and associated benefits for employees and departing owners, within the context of succession planning, employee benefits, and tax advantages, to equip business and tax advisors with comprehensive understanding and effective communication strategies.


Major Subjects
  • Succession Planning
  • Employee Benefits
  • Tax Advantages

Course Materials

Faculty

Mindi Johnson Related Seminars and Products

Attorney

Foster Swift Collins & Smith,


Mindi Johnson is an attorney with Foster Swift Collins & Smith, PC in Grand Rapids, MI.  Ms. Johnson is co-leader of the firm’s Business/Tax Practice Group and leads the firm’s Employee Benefits team.  Her practice focuses on consulting with companies to develop employee benefit programs that achieve company goals while providing meaningful benefits to employees.  Those benefit programs routinely include Employee Stock Ownership Plans and executive deferred compensation arrangements.  Ms. Johnson also assists clients with a variety of benefits-related issues, including the provision of guidance during acquisitions, education on fiduciary standards, and support when responding to government audits. 


Amanda Dernovshek Related Seminars and Products

Attorney

Foster Swift Collins & Smith


Amanda Dernovshek is an attorney with Foster Swift Collins & Smith, PC in Lansing, MI.  Ms. Dernovshek is a member of the firm’s Business/Tax Practice Group.  Her practice focuses on issues related to employee benefits, federal taxation, and business planning, and she also assists the Firm’s mergers and acquisitions team. Ms. Dernovshek works with clients to answer questions related to complicated employee benefits issues and general business issues. She aims to assist clients by providing understandable and practical advice.


Dates

Fri, Jun 07, 2024 - 08:00am to 09:00am CDT
Thu, Jul 18, 2024 - 01:00pm to 02:00pm CDT
Wed, Aug 21, 2024 - 10:00am to 11:00am CDT
Mon, Sep 23, 2024 - 03:00pm to 04:00pm CDT
Tue, Oct 22, 2024 - 12:00pm to 01:00pm CDT
Thu, Nov 07, 2024 - 09:00am to 10:00am CST
Fri, Dec 13, 2024 - 02:00pm to 03:00pm CST
Wed, Jan 22, 2025 - 11:00am to 12:00pm CST
Thu, Feb 20, 2025 - 01:00pm to 02:00pm CST
Mon, Mar 03, 2025 - 08:00am to 09:00am CST
Sat, Apr 26, 2025 - 09:00am to 10:00am CDT
Tue, May 20, 2025 - 03:00pm to 04:00pm CDT
Fri, Jun 27, 2025 - 02:00pm to 03:00pm CDT
Wed, Jul 02, 2025 - 12:00pm to 01:00pm CDT

Additional Info

Basic Course Information

Prerequisites

Basic understanding about business planning and succession is necessary


Advanced Preparation

None


Designed For

This session is intended for any business advisor or CPA that works with family owned, mid-sized companies that are looking for succession planning options.

 


Original Recording Date

03/2024


Yellow Book

No


Course Developer

MICPA


Date Added to Catalog 02/15/2024

Additional Information

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Official Registry Statement

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Instructional Delivery Method

Group Internet Based


Course Registration Requirements

Online Registration


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