Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs)

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1. Y/E Valution of Stock held by ESOP and earmarked cash reserves

   By Tax Cowboy, May 21, 2020   

   • esop
   • valuation
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   • Tax Cowboy
   • June 24, 2020

2. Voting shares in the suspense account

   By katieinny, February 22, 2008
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   • Peter Gulia
   • February 27, 2008

3. Why don't stock sales require pass-through votes? Definition of "best interest of plan participants"?

   By RS, January 9, 2020
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   • Degrand
   • April 8, 2020

4. Plan (ESOP) diversification error

   By Belgarath, May 27, 2020
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   • Degrand
   • July 31, 2020

5. Sub-S corp, put option and 409(h)

   By t.haley, June 29, 2016
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   • Griswold
   • June 29, 2016

6. ESOP & Highly Compensated Employee

   By Guest James Vito Esposito, June 20, 2006
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   • A Shot in the Dark
   • September 4, 2012

7. Can employer make ESOP contributions in order to make distributions to

   By Guest Bristol, June 13, 2000
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   • RLL
   • October 29, 2000

8. S Corp and nonresident aliens

   By LIBERTYKID, August 20, 2009
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   • PensionPro
   • March 16, 2012

9. ESOPs and Modified Endowment Contracts

   By billfgrady, February 24, 2006
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   • Guest
   • March 9, 2006

10. ESOP Partially owned C-corp being sold

    By Belgarath, November 6, 2017
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    • BeckyMiller
    • November 15, 2017

11. IS 1042 ESOP rollover treatment available to a C Corpoation that owns

    By Guest NPaleveda, April 1, 2001
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    • Guest
    • April 13, 2001

12. OK to provide for reversion of voting rights to employer (lender) upon

    By smm, November 29, 2000
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    • Kirk Maldonado
    • November 30, 2000

13. ESOP vesting

    By Lori H, June 8, 2010
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    • Kevin C
    • June 10, 2010

14. Section 204(h) notice for freezing ESOP

    By Lori H, April 30, 2015
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    • ESOP Guy
    • May 5, 2015

15. ESOP Rollover to 401(k) Plan?

    By Guest Sara H, April 24, 2006
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    • Guest
    • April 25, 2006

16. ESOP termination and RMD

    By Guest BROKER10, July 12, 2013
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    • GMK
    • July 15, 2013

17. ESOP Low on Cash and Options

    By Guest rmwright, February 28, 2011
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    • GMK
    • March 1, 2011

18. Substantially all assets invested in employer stock

    By LIBERTYKID, January 29, 2002
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    • Kirk Maldonado
    • February 4, 2002

19. ESOP may default on promissory note

    By Guest BJW, February 28, 2002
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    • RLL
    • August 7, 2003

20. Pros and Cons for S-Corp ESOP

    By kwalified, March 13, 2013
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    • ESOP Guy
    • March 18, 2013

21. ESOP Distributions

    By Belgarath, March 8, 2012
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    • RLL
    • March 8, 2012

22. ESOP Cost Basis

    By 52626, May 19, 2015
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    • GMK
    • May 22, 2015

23. ESOP participant ability to sue plan fiduciary

    By Guest SA07, June 12, 2007
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    • masteff
    • June 13, 2007

24. ESOP with no cash

    By jsample, June 29, 2022
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    • ESOP Guy
    • July 6, 2022

25. Diversification of Units

    By Guest TAS17, November 24, 1999
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    • RLL
    • November 30, 1999

26. ESOP Questions

    By klrhoades1024, June 10, 2024
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    • EBECatty
    • June 12, 2024

27. Permissively Aggregate with 401k?

    By austin3515, December 19, 2013
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    • austin3515
    • August 13, 2015

28. Employee excluded from ESOP distribution due to illness.

    By shareholder, July 16, 2020
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    • Degrand
    • August 4, 2020

29. ESOP Loan - Line of Credit?

    By Dawn Hafner, August 7, 2002
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    • Guest
    • August 8, 2002

30. Uses for S-Corp distributions to sole shareholder

    By katieinny, July 9, 2014   

    • Earnings distributions
    • 8 replies
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    • masteff
    • July 10, 2014

31. ESOP RIGHTS / UNDER VALUED

    By HELPPLS, April 7, 2020
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    • HELPPLS
    • April 20, 2020

32. Tax on Discount from Employee Share Purchase Plan

    By Guest benefitsanalyst, February 2, 2005
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    • Kirk Maldonado
    • April 3, 2005

33. Can you make a missed contribution for a plan year if the 5500 was already filed?

    By Jilliandiz, December 10, 2003
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    • Jilliandiz
    • December 12, 2003

34. ESOP distributions deferred at LAST MINUTE

    By Nubiangoddess, January 4, 2017   

    • esop distributions
    • 8 replies
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    • BeckyMiller
    • April 3, 2017

35. Transfer assets from a 401(k) plan to an ESOP

    By AJ North, March 27, 2012
    • 8 replies
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    • Guest
    • July 8, 2013

36. Diversification requirement at age 55

    By katieinny, March 23, 2006
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    • Guest
    • March 27, 2006

37. Hardship withdrawals from ESOP?

    By Guest hapa123, September 21, 2001
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    • RLL
    • September 25, 2001

38. Merging a 401(k) Plan and an ESOP

    By Guest smithee, March 13, 2001
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    • RLL
    • April 24, 2002

39. date for conducting ADP/ACP testing

    By lexi, January 16, 2007
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    • lexi
    • January 19, 2007

40. KSOP Proxy Voting for Public Company

    By Guest EMozley, July 5, 2001
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    • Guest
    • July 6, 2001

41. Do the QJSA requirements apply to a participant's Other Investments Ac

    By Guest Darrell, October 19, 2001
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    • Kirk Maldonado
    • November 22, 2001

42. ESOP VALUATION QUESTION

    By JimboPColtrane, May 26, 2021
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    • Marcus R Piquet
    • July 23, 2021

43. Leveraged ESOP Buyout?

    By Christine Roberts, October 22, 2001
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    • RLL
    • October 25, 2001

44. Leveraged ESOP

    By Guest pensionadmin406, October 23, 2008
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    • Guest
    • November 12, 2008

45. ESOP Refinancing and Code Section 133

    By Guest Lori Basilico, July 27, 1999
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    • Guest
    • November 2, 2000

46. Change in Distribution Policy

    By ERISA-Bubs, March 19, 2018
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    • ERISA-Bubs
    • March 19, 2018

47. ESOP Diversification

    By Guest lkmcgivney, March 3, 2002
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    • RLL
    • March 6, 2002

48. Leveraged ESOP - not allocating shares in a given year?

    By Belgarath, October 9, 2014
    • 7 replies
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    • Belgarath
    • October 13, 2014

49. Dividends Used to Repay Loan

    By Scott, September 13, 1999
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    • RLL
    • September 28, 1999

50. Pass-Through Voting on Changes in Class of Stock with Minority ESOP Interest

    By EGB, June 10, 2013
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    • RLL
    • June 12, 2013