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Q. When will the new employee ownership law come into effect?

Q: We have a new ESOP and have heard about all these various committees that ESOP companies and boards have. Which ones do we need?

Q: I have heard some appraisers say they are providing a fairness opinion, but others say they are determining fair market value. What is the difference?

Q: We are a professional design firm operating in several states and a new ESOP. One of the states requires that to be licensed in the state, the company has to be owned by licensed professionals. We have an independent trustee for our ESOP.

Q: How does a generous profit-sharing plan affect an ESOP appraisal?

ESOPs  Why do tax rates affect the appraised value of stock held by an ESOP? 

Broad-based employee ownership continues to be very common at the 2018 Fortune magazine list of the best 50 small- (under 100 employees) and 100 medium-sized (100 to 1,000 employees) companies to work for.

Most conversation about employee ownership in the United States focuses on three vehicles: ESOPs, equity compensation plans, and worker cooperatives. Recently a few company owners have been considering a perpetual trust, an employee ownership model imported from the United Kingdom.

Q: Who sets the pay of board members in an ESOP company? Does the trustee have any role?

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