May 21, 2020 | COVID-19, Family Business Stories, Family Businesses, Family Enterprise USA, In The News
As part of its ongoing response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, family-owned Mars, Incorporated has today shared an update on actions to better support the communities in which it operates, and the most vulnerable in its extended supply chains. The new commitment...
May 19, 2020 | Family Enterprise USA, In The News
By Hedda Schuapak, Family Business Magazine. NextGens’ innovative ideas can revitalizes their family companies. Here are three examples. When twin sisters Jenny Dinnen and Katie Rucker took over MacKenzie Corp., an analytics firm in Lake Forest, Calif., in 2013,...
May 13, 2020 | COVID-19, Family Enterprise USA, In The News
The overwhelming news from the states is the financial impact COVID-19 is having on their bottom line…and precisely one article on why they shouldn’t be given or take a bailout from the feds! States should say ‘no thanks’ to a federal bailout “The...
May 11, 2020 | Budget Deficit, COVID-19, Family Enterprise USA, In The News
If you’re a regular reader of these updates, this week’s will seem like Deja vu. Congress moved quickly to pass a costly aid package without regard to how it would be paid for, which the President signed immediately. The $484 billion relief package was...
Apr 28, 2020 | COVID-19, Family Enterprise USA, In The News
Contacts Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP squirepattonboggs.com David B. Stewart Principal, Washington DC David Schnittger Principal, Washington DC Beth L. Goldstein Senior Associate, Washington DC Brandon C. Roman Senior Associate, Washington DC Ludmilla L. Kasulke...
Jan 7, 2020 | Estate Taxes, Family Business Survey
Reducing Over Regulation. Reducing Or Repealing Estate Tax. Simplifying Tax Code Family business are key drivers of economic development, but taxes and regulations hinder growth. Family businesses tell us top priorities are: Reducing Over Regulation Reducing Or...
Oct 14, 2019 | Estate Taxes
I want to thank all of the Family Enterprise USA and Policy and Taxation Group members that flew into Washington, DC to participate in our combined Board Meetings and Capitol Hill visits. Having family business leaders join us on Capitol Hill as we explain the need...
Oct 14, 2019 | Estate Taxes
WEEKLY UPDATE This might sound strange, but I’ve always been fascinated by tax policy. Besides the need for general operating money, the tax code serves as a mechanism to encourage or discourage individual and corporate behavior. So it’s no surprise that two of the...
Sep 17, 2019 | Estate Taxes
I want to thank all of the Family Enterprise USA andPolicy and Taxation Group members that flew into Washington, DC to participate in our combined Board Meetings and Capitol Hill visits. Having family business leaders join us on Capitol Hill as we explain the need...
Sep 17, 2019 | Estate Taxes
Pat Soldano will be speaking at IvyFON on September 17, 2019 in Newport Beach, CA; see link for location and agenda; http://ivyfon.com/sep17forum/agenda.htmlTopic: Family Businesses; Voters Concerns; Legislative SolutionsPolicy and Taxation Group/ Family Enterprise...
Jul 29, 2019 | Estate Taxes
The big legislative news this week is the sweeping budget deal President Donald Trump, and congressional leaders reached to increase the debt limit through 2021, thus averting a default on U.S. payments, and lifting stiff budget caps that were set to take effect this...