Corey Rosen
Tax Deferral for Sellers to S Corp ESOPs Included in Bipartisan Bill
On May 5, 2021, the House Ways and Means Committee unanimously passed the Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2021, referred to as "SECURE Act 2.0" (H.R. 2954) in reference to the SECURE Act of 2019. The bill makes a number of changes to retirement plan law but, unlike the version introduced last year, does not include a provision allowing owners of S corporation ESOPs to get the same Section 1042 tax deferral on the sale of stock to an ESOP trust as owners of C corporation ESOPs can. S. 1770, sponsored by Senators Cardin (D-MD) and Portman (R-OH), does.