Corey Rosen
Australian Legislative Committee Urges Consideration of Employee Ownership Trusts
Employee ownership in Australia is limited primarily to employee stock purchase plans and employee equity grant programs such as stock options, although some advisors have figured out ways to create something that looks somewhat like a U.S. ESOP. A new report from the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Tax and Revenue titled Owning a Share of Your Work: Tax Treatment of Employee Share Schemes discusses the state of stock plans in the country.