On September 30, 2022, the Department of the Treasury issued final rules addressing the scope of the reporting requirements for beneficial ownership and control of entities provided under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), which creates more clarity for families looking to understand their reporting requirements and potential exceptions. While the CTA rules will likely create a compliance burden for many wealthy families with complex structures, it is clear that having a regulated Private Trust Company as a central part of the structure should lessen that burden.
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Many family businesses are undergoing or anticipating transitions, prompting the need for trusted advisors more than ever. This session features experts who have deep breadth of experience in helping families manage business transitions and the complexity that comes with them, including new liquidity, helping founders find their next purpose, and more. John Brown, Founder, Business Enterprise Institute Moderated by Gaby Griffin, Market Leader, Business Owners and Family Office Executives, FOX
Successful strategic growth planning occurs when a company identifies opportunities for growth and then focuses its organization to be efficient and effective in the pursuit of those opportunities. Having proper preparation and governance is key to reach and sustain that success. This e-book will help jump start a company’s move towards that journey. It will also highlight the warning signs that can derail a strategic plan and show how companies can prepare to keep the plan on track.
There is an evolution taking place in the world of succession that is aligning the overall purpose of the family business with the motivation and beliefs of NextGen leaders. This report—the first in a series of four on family business succession—explores the courage to choose the right successor at the right time and provides the six key considerations family business leaders proposed that influenced their decision. For more key insights from the series, check out the other three reports:
Choosing the right governance practices in a family business is a critical ingredient for its long-term sustainability. This report—the third in a series of four on family business succession—examines the many layers of family and business governance systems and mechanisms and the ways in which the evolving principles of good governance create value for both the business and the family. If you missed the other three reports in the series, you will find them here:
Each family’s legacy is as unique as the family itself. It can be a bloodline, a name, heirlooms, a legal entity or family stories, myths, and artifacts. In this fourth and final report in the series on family business succession, key insights are shared on the important role that legacies play in uniting the core purpose of the business with the family’s abiding values. If you missed the other three reports in the series, you will find them here:
Lawmakers have passed the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) to help in the ongoing fight against fraud, corruption, terrorism financing, and money laundering. The CTA contains significant new federal reporting obligations, and it may have an especially onerous impact on estate planning for those who accomplish their planning goals through the use of one or more business entities.
From start-up founders, to self-employed individuals, making real financial progress towards your goal is a universal priority for business owners. Watch this educational webinar to receive tips, tricks, and on-trend advice to learn how to proactively navigate through different business cycles. Through the decoding process, you also learn what to consider when assessing your financial statements, top ratios, and a deep dive into banking products available to business owners. The 10 key moments from the webinar:
The Corporate Transparency Act (the CTA) is the first significant update to the U.S. anti-money laundering laws in 20 years and gives FinCEN significant authority to adopt necessary regulations to implement the provisions of the CTA. Under this new compliance environment, there will be new burdens—including the filing of “beneficial ownership” information—imposed on many entities operating in the U.S. and will likely to have major implications for foreign and domestic businesses.
While successful businesses benefit from disciplined operations and strategic planning, the management of family wealth is often eclipsed by the needs of the business and improperly delegated to trusted business executives. Ostensibly practical, this approach of embedding the family office inside a business can result in a loss of critical long-term financial benefits as well as expose the family to unnecessary legal and privacy risks.