His practice includes
planning for business owners and families on a multi-generational basis, as well as philanthropy planning and valuation issues.
Mr. Staub has represented a wide range of businesses against the Internal Revenue Service and Franchise Tax Board, as well as provided estate and succession
planning for business owners.
Tax Strategy and Benefits We focus on succession
planning for business owners, estate planning, charitable giving, and estate and trust administration, including designing personal estate plans and business succession plans for business owners, and designing trusts and administering estates for US and non-US families.
According to Douglas Freeman, executive vice president and director of trust services and consulting at First Foundation Bank in Irvine, Calif., an effective succession
plan for a business owner requires anywhere from three to five years to play out.
Here are some strategies to reduce your taxes: 1031 exchange, monetized installment sale, land conservation easement, defined benefit
plans for business owners.
With plan administration offices in New York, Alabama, Louisiana, and California, the company service approximately 4000 employee benefit
plans for business owners and their employees across the country.
Not exact matches
And, like all successful small -
business owners, Eric concurs with the importance of
planning, especially
for a startup period where you're not going to make much income and what you do make is likely to be put right back into the
business.
Now would be a really good time
for small
business owners to think about the stress of working retail during the holidays and
plan to appreciate their employees, similar to MyCorporation.com.
A succession
plan is a two - sided coin: ensuring
business continuity
for existing clients at
owners» firms, and training the next generation of young financial planners.
(The ACA has been in effect
for larger employers — those with 100 or more employees — since the beginning of 2015) This is called the employer mandate, and generally speaking, such
business owners must offer
plans that cover a minimum of 60 percent of
plan expenses, and must cost no more than 9.5 percent of an employee's annual household income.
Millennial small
business owners have more confidence in their retirement savings than baby boomers, according to our survey, possibly because millennial
owners started their
business at a younger age on average (26 vs. 43 years old), allowing more time
for them to grow their
businesses» profit margins and create comfortable retirement
plans.
Franchisees come from all different professional backgrounds including working
for Fortune 500 companies,
for the military, as multi-concept franchise
owners looking to expand their
business profile and as people looking
for an active retirement
plan.
Business owners don't have very good reasons
for why they lack a succession
plan.
According to that
plan, the SBA's flagship lending program
for small -
business owners, the 7 (a) loan program, would be closed.
He and a staff of half a dozen people who work
for his latest company, the Downtown Project, have been corralling local
business owners, drafting development
plans, and giving tours to entrepreneurs to try to persuade them to relocate to Sin City.
As small
business owners, we are advised and often ridiculed
for not doing things the traditional way, or not
planning as well as we should.
Small -
business owner: To encourage the government to hire more Canadians as part of the Economic Action
Plan, the budget proposes a hiring credit, which offers a one - year Employment Insurance break of up to $ 1,000
for firms with premiums below $ 10,001 in 2010.
The smart
business owners I know spend time thinking up every conceivable thing that could go wrong in a partnership and have a
plan for dealing with it.
For instance, in 2013, TD Ameritrade found that 28 % of small
business owners did not contribute to any savings
plan at all.
Our bankruptcy laws are designed to create a soft landing
for small
business owners when those risks don't turn out as
planned.
Many cost - conscious
business owners are even opting
for an open - office
plan where multiple staff members work together in a large room.
Twenty - seven percent of all small -
business owners said they
plan to pull back on spending, versus 19 percent in the retail trade, the lowest level of pullback among the five sectors
for which there are enough respondents to split out sector - level results.
All versions of the Trump tax
plan have included some type of break
for «pass - through»
businesses, so - called because their profits are passed through to their
owners and subject to the personal income tax rather than the corporate income tax.
The choice «didn't impact the small
business owner vote as the majority (58 %) says they still
plan to vote
for Romney and 25 % say Obama still gets their vote,» according to a statement released with the results.
Small -
business owners offer health benefits for a variety of reasons: they're genuinely concerned about their employees being taken care of, it's mandated in their state or they want to be more competitive to attract top talent (a large majority of employees consider a health plan to be the most important benefit they can be offered, according to a survey by the National Business of Group on
business owners offer health benefits
for a variety of reasons: they're genuinely concerned about their employees being taken care of, it's mandated in their state or they want to be more competitive to attract top talent (a large majority of employees consider a health
plan to be the most important benefit they can be offered, according to a survey by the National
Business of Group on
Business of Group on Health).
When talking to potential funders, smart small
business owners ask
for more than they need and, in a pinch, they have a
plan of attack
for securing last - minute loans.
Consider this game
plan for new
business owners in a hurry.
Trump's
plans for tax and regulatory reform could benefit entrepreneurs, small
business owners and corporations alike.
Too many small
business owners avoid the crucial elements of
planning for their futures.
Still, there are long - term
planning issues that are critical to your personal success as a small
business owner, and they aren't going away, particularly when it comes to
planning for your retirement.
Sure, that approach contributes to economic uncertainty, which makes it difficult
for small -
business owners to
plan.
Whether you are building a simple 5 page site or a complex site with forms or e-commerce, there are 10 essential things every
business owner should
plan for.
If the small
business owner is
planning to exchange property to the corporation
for stock, then a tax advisor should be consulted; if the property has appreciated, taxes may be due on the exchange.
Execution is one of the biggest issues
for small -
business owners, says Scott Regan, founder and CEO of the strategic -
planning software company AchieveIt.
Also known as the solo 401 (k), this is the retirement
plan of choice
for business owners who want to maximize their contributions to their retirement
plans.
These are all reasons why just about every survey of small -
business owners taken during the past 30 days have expressed optimism, confidence and
plans for future growth and hiring.
A small
business owner,
for instance, would not be able to create a pension
plan through Wealthfront, or start an educational savings
plan.
To
plan successfully
for your children's education costs, start early and make use of some strategies that can work particularly well
for business owners.
Sure, 82 percent of the more than 1,000 small -
business owners we surveyed said they are
planning for growth this year.
While everyone hopes to relax and rejoice as the year comes to a close, all too often
business owners find this time of year to be a manic flurry of seasonal promotions, forward
planning, and insane hours (or,
for some, a far worse pause in getting paid as clients turn their attention elsewhere).
George C. Shattuck's useful guide, Estate
Planning for Small
Business Owners (Prentice Hall, 1993, $ 19.95) will prepare you to sit down with a qualified estate planner.
I fear that many traps
for the unwary are hidden in the regulations, creating potential nightmares
for small
business owners that fail to place regulatory compliance at the top of their
business plans,» Piwowar said.
In previous installments, I've discussed why it is so important
for small
business owners and self - employed professionals to have a safe and secure «
Plan B»
for retirement.
If a small -
business owner isn't happy with his or her existing retirement
plan or doesn't have a
plan, the first step is, «to consider what their objective is
for the retirement
plan,» says Sam Schroeder, president of ARS, an Illinois - based third party administrator (TPA) that helps small - and mid-size
businesses establish, test and manage compliance related to retirement
plans (including that of my own firm).
The
plan would create a new 25 percent tax rate
for «pass - through»
businesses — sole proprietorships, partnerships and S corporations that currently pay taxes at the individual rate of their
owners.
Palo Alto Software surveyed approximately 500 small
business owners about their technology habits and
plans for the future, and found that small
business owners are willing to invest more than ever in new technology applications.
Nevertheless, their continual lapsing means it can be hard
for business owners to
plan for everything from buying new equipment to bringing in new staffers.
Small
business owners struggling with a seasonal sales cycle should consider these tips when they
plan ahead
for 2016.
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