Family-owned businesses are the lifeblood of the US economy so family-owned business succession plans are not a luxury but a necessity. Consider the following: Over 50% of the current working population in the United States works in a small business. (Forbes, September 2013) 57% of small business owners are over the age of 50.(Guidant Financial, 2019) 43% of family business… Read More
1. Can Junior Run the Business? A major problem we encounter here is the failure to adequately consider whether children are capable of managing the business and the related issue of whether children really want to own and manage the business. Frequently, mom and dad simply assume that the children are their natural business heirs and the assumption in the… Read More
Note: Thomas Deans is the author of Every Family’s Business which the NY Times has listed as one of the ten books every business owner should read. Tom has been an owner of a very successful family business and currently spends much of his time speaking in the U.S. and Canada to groups of business owners. Tom is speaking at… Read More
Every once in a while, the IRS attempts to achieve large results without the benefit of legislation. Such a time is now, and the IRS has in its sights family business transfers. By far the greatest source of wealth in this country is business ownership. Bill Gates, Steve Wozniak, Warren Buffet, Ross Perot, Elon Musk, Michael Bloomberg, and Mark Zuckerberg… Read More
“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Leo Tolstoy Businesses controlled by a single family account for 50% of the U.S. Gross Domestic Product, include 35% of the Fortune 500 – both private and public companies – and are responsible for 60% of employment and up to 80% of the job creation in… Read More
