Forget the Sunset - This Tax Cut's Here to Stay
Over the past five months, critics declared the dividend
tax cut dead more times than Generalissimo Franco.
Last Wednesday, I sat in the East Room of the White
House and watched President Bush sign it into law.
From a cold start the day after Baghdad fell, he literally
dragged the tax cut across the finish line with his own
hands, one senator at a time. Now the same people are
telling us it won't work to stimulate growth anyway
because, according to the sunset provisions in the tax
bill, the 15 percent reduced dividend tax rate
disappears like Cinderella's glass slippers at midnight on
December 31, 2008. Don't bet on it. This is one sunset
they will never get to see.
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Greetings!
Still feeling economic pressure? Pressure from
tightening credit policies, foreign markets and a
tentative business environment. It is clear the average
business owner reacts to a crisis, but the extraordinary
owner prepares in advance for problems and has
contingency plans in place. One of the goals of our
monthly news briefs is to arm you with planning ideas -
ideas that can form the basis for strategic planning and
lead to greater business success.
This issue includes articles on selecting an M&A firm,
MESOP's, and thoughts from Dr. John Rutledge on the
new tax cut legislation. Lastly, we have the second in
a series of articles entitled "Doing Business in Foreign
Countries."
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| Learn From My Mistakes | | |  The intermediary plays a significant role and is highly
compensated for it. Learn from my mistakes and do
your homework. Check processes, methodology and
references. In this article, I have put together a series
of questions I should have asked before I sold my first
company.Read More... | | |
| Doing Business in Foreign Countries - Part II | | |  In the previous article (February newsletter), a
summary was given of how the legal origin of a country
is related to how you operate your business in that
country. It included a brief introduction of how legal
origins are related to corporate ownership, financial
development, and investor protection as well. This
article is the second in a four part series. In this
article, more explanation on how four legal systems
vary and what the variations mean to a business owner
in practice will be discussed.Full Story | | |
| Creativity of the Dealmaker - The MESOP | | |  One of the most critical abilities of a dealmaker is the
ability to think outside the box. Seeing the puzzle
pieces and automatically beginning the assembly
process. Rick Dillon has taken several standard "deal"
puzzle pieces to create a non-standard solutions
platform - the MESOP, which stands for Managing
Executive Succession Ownership Platform. Though a
MESOP has many similar features as an ESOP Employee
Stock Ownership Plan, it has been put together with
traditional puzzle pieces in a non-traditional way that
eliminates the time, expense, and regulations that
would be associated with an ESOP type platform.More Information ... | | |
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