Identical bills introduced in the House and Senate on July 12 would make stock options more attractive to employees in privately held companies by increasing the flexibility of the time they must pay taxes on those options.
Theresa May, who became the prime minister of the United Kingdom this week, has fueled speculation that she may be an enthusiastic supporter of the UK's burgeoning employee ownership sector.
The Certified Equity Professional Institute (CEPI) at Santa Clara University in California will host the 1st Annual CEP East Coast Symposium in partnership with the Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations.
Writing in the New York Times, Andrew Ross Sorkin suggests that LinkedIn's emphasis on stock-based compensation pushed it to find a buyer when its stock price was suffering.
On June 28, Governor Jay Nixon (D) of Missouri vetoed House Bill 2030. The bill, passed with bipartisan support, would have allowed the deferral of state capital gains taxes for qualifying sales of stock to an ESOP.
The UK is celebrating its fourth Employee Ownership Day today, July 1. Events around the country include celebrations by employee-owned companies and public events to raise awareness.
The NCEO's most recent survey of corporate governance practices in ESOP companies shows the current status of boards of directors, ESOP trustees, and governance policies for ESOP companies.
The IRS' Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities said in a June 2016 report (PDF) that the planned overhaul of the determination letter system is a mistake, although it recognized that making f
In Department of Agriculture Rural Business-Cooperative Services, 7 CFR Parts 4279 and 4287, the Department of Agriculture provided, for the first time, that loan guarantees may be made to ESOPs or worker cooperatives under the Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program.