Employee Stock Ownership Plan Valuations

Receive accurate and defendable valuations for employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs).

The Benefits & Drawbacks of ESOPs

ESOPs come with a plethora of benefits: they are tax deductible, can motivate employees, and can be a great way to exit a business without company leadership losing strategic power to a third-party seller. However, ESOPs are also subject to strict valuation requirements from the IRS and Department of Labor (DOL). This is why it’s important to have a trusted and independent appraiser that can assess the fair market value of your organization.

Expert ESOP Valuations From Quist

By working with Quist, you’ll gain access to a dedicated team of valuation experts that can satisfy your immediate and ongoing ESOP valuation requirements. We strive to truly understand the businesses we work with, allowing us to not only provide valuations that stand up to IRS and DOL scrutiny, but also insights businesses can use to make better decisions about their ESOP moving forward.

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ESOP Resources

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What Happens When I Sell My Business? 3 Valuable Strategies

Entrepreneurship has many upsides. Business owners get to decide what they stand for and choose which customers they want to work with, owners set their own schedule and have control over their time, and they have the option to generate a nice income from their...

April 10, 2019

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When’s the Best Time to Start a Plan for the Sale of a Business?

John is very excited. He’s just begun his manufacturing company, he’s got his first customers, hired employees, and delivered his first orders. The business seems to be on its way to success. Selling his company is the last thing on his mind. But why? When...

April 10, 2018

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Is an ESOP Right for Your Company? Pros and Cons

An Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) is an employee benefit plan that offers advantages to business owners, their companies, and employees. ESOPs help companies align incentives with employees by enabling them to become shareholders. Thus, ESOPs are a creative way for all stakeholders to invest...

June 6, 2017

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New Colorado Law to Provide Funding for Small Business ESOP Program

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Boulder, CO. – May 22, 2017 – Legislature recently passed a bill that helps keep business in Colorado as well as protect and grow jobs. The bill supports the development and implementation of Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOP). Colorado- based Quist Valuation,...

May 22, 2017

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Transfer Your Business And Avoid The Deal Killer: Taxes

When you started your business, you may have had issues on your mind other than choosing the best corporate entity form for an eventual sale. Now that you are thinking about your exit, however, entity choice (C or S corporation) has become critically important. That’s...

December 5, 2016

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Eight Ways to Exit Your Company

According to Paul Simon, there are 50 ways to leave a lover. Not being as creative as Mr. Simon, we’ve only come up with eight ways for owners to leave their companies: Given the right circumstances, one of these paths may be appropriate for you....

November 30, 2016

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Transferring Your Company to Key Employees

Owners wishing to sell their businesses to management, (key employees), face one unpleasant fact: their employees have no money. Nor can they borrow any—at least not in sufficient quantity to cash out the owner. As a result, each transfer method described in this White Paper...

April 15, 2016

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Retiring Boomers: The Good, the Bad, and the Opportunities

The Good It has been discussed for a decade now; the huge bubble of people born after WWII until the middle of the 60’s is quickly approaching retirement.  You’ve heard the numbers; Those rumblings you hear could be an avalanche of Boomer sellers of unheard...

January 12, 2016

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Business Succession Planning for Private Companies

Creating Exit Options Comes from Early Planning and Creating Value Fueled by the roughly eight million Baby Boomers moving toward retirement, the next 10 to 15 years is expected to bring substantial transfers of wealth through both the outright sale of businesses as well as...

July 7, 2015

Get Ready For Your Valuation

Use Quist’s Valuation Prep Guide to see the documentation you will need and the process we will take for a full valuation report.