Discounts Under Siege

The year 2009 was less than two weeks old when Congressman Earl Pomeroy (D-N.D.) introduced a bill1 with the express purpose of legislatively prohibiting discounts for transfers of interests in family-owned holding companies when the underlying assets are passive investments. The Pomeroy bill foreshadowed where the action would be in the courtroom in 2009, as critical cases focused on family limited