Jun 16, 2020 | COVID-19, Family Business Stories, Family Business Survey, Family Businesses, Family Enterprise USA, Presentation
Family Enterprise USA’s 2020 survey sheds light on factors that family business owners see as obstacles to growth. Legislators must know what is important to family business owners — what helps or hurts them when it comes to operating their businesses and creating...
May 22, 2020 | COVID-19, Family Enterprise USA, In The News, Taxes
What to Expect in Next Economic Recovery Package House Democrats’ Opening Bid—The HEROES Act Only four days after its May 12 introduction, the House narrowly approved the HEROES Act (H.R.6800), 208-199. The legislation contains Democratic policy priorities, including...
Apr 25, 2020 | Family Businesses, Family Enterprise USA, In The News
Even though family businesses are often viewed as not the most agile, when a crisis of this magnitude hits, they are able to quickly bring to bear skills developed over generations to ensure resilience, capitalizing on the trust patiently accumulated with various...
Apr 22, 2020 | COVID-19, Family Enterprise USA, In The News
The U.S. Senate gave its approval yesterday to a $500 billion interim coronavirus relief measure providing additional funding for small businesses, hospitals and health providers, and other national COVID-19 priorities (discussed further below). But the biggest news...
Apr 21, 2020 | COVID-19, Family Enterprise USA, In The News
The U.S. Congress is expected this week to reach agreement on and pass a bill to add hundreds of billions of dollars in fresh funding to the CARES Act’s small business lending account, the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which ran out of money last week. The...
Jul 3, 2019 | Estate Taxes
While I can’t say I’m pleased with what we learned, I am encouraged that there is a roadmap forward. Capitalism isn’t dead, but it is certainly damaged thanks to decades of political attack and corporate abuse. But there’s hope: The word “capitalism” has fallen out...
Jul 2, 2019 | Family Enterprise USA, Estate Taxes, Family Businesses, Taxes
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] While I can’t say I’m pleased with what we learned, I am encouraged that there is a roadmap forward. Capitalism isn’t dead, but it is certainly damaged thanks to decades of political attack and corporate abuse. But...
Dec 9, 2016 | Family Enterprise USA
Oral Testimony to the Internal Revenue Service, US Department of Treasury Section 2704 of IRS Regulations Mike Hamra December 1, 2016 Background: On August 4, 2016, the IRS proposed regulations concerning the valuation of interests in corporations and partnerships for...
Dec 31, 2015 | Family Enterprise USA
FEUSA’s survey measures basic attitudes toward business growth looking at trends over time. Actual data from 2011 and 2012 along with projections for 2013 show growing confidence in family firms’ ability to increase revenue on a year-to-year basis. But, while the pace...
