This course acquaints tax, audit and consulting professionals with a range of the most popular ESOP scenarios and structures they are likely to encounter when working with private companies. We will examine implementations for C corporation and S corporation clients using real-life case studies. We will address how ESOPs are used to achieve various planning objectives, and how to avoid tax and legal risks often perceived as ESOP by-products. Additionally, corporate and qualified plan tax issues, as well as ESOP accounting and valuation issues are addressed.