FBs in the News: The Value of Family Values
The Guardian’s Nadine Exter and Charlotte Turner discuss how family values add to a company’s sustainability.
National Study – The Future Looks Bright for UK Family Businesses
On the 8th of April 2016, the UK Institute for Family Business published results on the state and progression of family businesses in the UK over the last year.
KPMG’s Family Business Tax Moniter
KMPG’s report on the family business tax moniter finds that in general countries are encouraging and supporting growth in family businesses.
The Effects of Tax Reforms to Address the Debt-Equity Bias on the Cost of Capital and on Effective Tax Rates
Corporate income tax systems usually discriminate between the different sources of finance: They favour debt over equity financing since interest costs are deductible for tax purposes whereas there is no equivalent relief for equity-financed investments. This unequal treatment might cause economic problems such as excessive leverage in the corporate sector and an associated increased vulnerability […]
The 21st Century Will Belong to Family Businesses
According to Family Business Advisor and professor at Columbia University Josh Baron, although the corporation has been the dominant model for business enterprise for the last century, the changing circumstances are favouring family business, since they can cope well with the new challenges.
National Study – Business Dynamism in Spain
Instituto de la Empresa Familial, our Spanish chapter analyses the current business sector in the country, and proposes 60 viable, specific measures that could allow for the creation and growth of companies.
The Family Business in Spain: 2015
Instituto de la Empresa Familiar’s study on family businesses in Spain in 2015 provides us with a new insight on family businesses, examining all factors affecting family businesses in Spain.
EFB Meets VP Katainen
Chairman Alfonso Líbano, Secretary General Casado and Leena Morttinen, Director of Finnish Family Firms Association, met with the Vice-president to highlight some pressing issues for the family business community in Europe.
VP Katainen Meets with EFB
Chairman Alfonso Líbano, Secretary General Casado and Leena Morttinen, Director of Finnish Family Firms Association, met with the Vice-president to highlight some pressing issues for the family business community in Europe. EFB urged the Vice-President to press for policies that will support the use of equity. At the moment, in many EU Member States, investment […]
Ten Years Without the Swedish Inheritance Tax
Anders Ydstedt and Amanda Wollstad write a paper celebrating the tenth year since the abolishment of the Swedish Inheritence and Gift Tax.