THE PERSONAL SIDE OF SUCCESSION PLANNING

There is a litany of published material on succession planning. Blog posts, newsletters, articles, and books abound. Most are focused on the practical issues of the process and how to…

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FAMILY OFFICES AND THE CORPORATE TRANSPARENCY ACT

The Message Family offices, long a mainstay of privacy and secrecy in the world of family business activities, are now running headlong into governmental rules requiring disclosure of critical ownership…

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THE FAMILY OFFICE “MINDSET” SHIFT

The title may puzzle some readers. Why would a “mindset” shift” be required of a wealthy family to form an effective, sustainable, single-family office? Here is why! Newly formed single-family…

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COVID AND ESTATE PLANNING

So many things have taken a backseat to Covid during the last year that I was surprised last week by one that has not – estate planning. A contact reached…

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PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM (PPP) 2.0

The economic fallout from COVID-19 has continued to wreak havoc with hundreds of thousands of small businesses shuttering their businesses. After months of Congressional wrangling, the recently passed 2021 Consolidated…

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PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM LOAN FORGIVENESS: MY 24 WEEK COVERED PERIOD HAS ENDED OR ALMOST ENDED. WHAT’S NEXT?

The CARES Act’s PPP program put $525 billion into the hands of small businesses to retain and pay employees and to assist in paying rent and utility expenses during the…

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COVID-19 START-UP AND SMALL BUSINESS UPDATE: MY PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM APPLICATION IS SUBMITTED, WHAT’S NEXT?

The CARES Act allocated $350 billion towards the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). The government is working to approve an additional $250 billion for this program as the initial funding is…

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COVID-19 DISASTER LOANS: HELP WITH PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM AND ECONOMIC INJURY DISASTER LOAN GRANTS

The Coronavirus COVID-19 has spurred the US Government to act with unprecedented speed with the signing of the CARES Act and a $2 trillion stimulus package to provide relief for…

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THE OPERATING MANUAL FOR BUSINESS

There are a litany of books on businesses and how to run them.  Reducing all that information to a sort of “how-to” or operating manual is not so common though….

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SUCCESSION PLANNING AND THE NEW YEAR

Reflecting upon the events of 2019, I feel one of the most troubling was an event that occurred as a large project was coming to an end. As the project…

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