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The New Subchapter S Laws: A Boon for Community Banks
Financial Institutions
Banking Law Journal
August 2005
Recent tax law changes have created new opportunities and unanticipated pit-falls for banking institutions interested in making an S corporation election. A bank's decision to pursue S corporation status requires a reexamination of existing rules, planning and an evaluation of the benefits and risks associated withthree new tax provisions. These provisions increase the number of S corporation shareholders from 75 to 100, allow family members to elect to be treated as one shareholder, and expand bank S corporation eligible shareholders to include IRAs.
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Escaping SOX
Reconsider Being a Public Company and Escape Sarbanes-Oxley Angst
ABA Banking Journal
May 2005
ATTORNEYS
Katherine M. Koops
As costs and burdens of federal securities law compliancecontinue to soar, Securities and Exchange Commission-reporting bank holding companies (and banks withoutholding companies that file SEC-compliant reports with FDIC)are increasingly questioning the value of remaining public.
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Going Private/Staying Private
April 4, 2005
ATTORNEYS
Katherine M. Koops
A comprehensive presentation on why and how Community Banks are going private.
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