Employee Stock Ownership Plan (Esop) Answer Book, Second Edition »

Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) are a powerful competitive tool to help businesses attract, retain, and reward the best employees and increase their productivity. Whether you are just beginning to consider employee stock ownership as a meaningful business strategy or are looking for ways to make your current plan more effective, turn to the Employee Stock Ownership Plan Answer Book for the facts, legal analysis and practical advice you need to make informed, strategic decisions!

The Employee Stock Ownership Plan Answer Book gives you one-stop access to the latest laws and regulations governing ESOPs, including the applicable Internal Revenue Code provisions, the Tax Reform Acts of 1984 and 1986, and the Small Business Job Protection Act. You'll learn not just what the law says, but what you must do to ensure proper administration, compliance and reporting.

1. Overview
2. Installation of an ESOP
3. Loans
4. Business Structures
5. ESOPs for S Corporations
6. Valuations and Appraisers
7. Repurchase Obligations
8. Participation and Vesting
9. Allocations
10. Contributions
11. Distributions
12. Dividends and Diversification
13. Accounting Rules, Reporting Requirements, and Redress of Grievance
14. Voting
15. Trustees
16. Fiduciaries
17. Prohibited Transactions
18. Code Section 1042 Rollovers
19. Multi-Investor Leveraged ESOPs
20. Securities Law and Corporate Governance
21. 401(k) Plans and Employee Ownership
22. Labor Laws, Unions, and Employee Ownership and Participation
23. Plan Terminations, Freezes, Bankruptcy, and Pension Reversions
24. Getting Equity to Employees Other Than Through ESOPs