Family business leaders meet with U.S. legislators

A dozen leaders of family-owned and privately held businesses

traveled to Washington, D.C.,

on March 20 and 21 to discuss tax policy with legislators. The trip was organized by Financial Executives International (FEI), a professional association of CFOs and other senior-level financial executives from public and private companies. The business leaders who traveled to Washington are members of FEI’s Committee on Private Company Policy and its Private Company Roundtable.

On March 20, the group met with Administration staffers and leaders from both parties and legislative committees, including the House Ways and Means Committee, Senate Finance Committee, Senate Small Business Committee and the Joint Committee on Taxation. They also met with staffers from the offices of the Speaker of the House, House Majority Leader and U.S. Treasury Department.

On March 21, they attended the inaugural meeting of the Privately Held and Family-Owned Business Congressional Caucus, co-chaired by Reps. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) and Jason Altmire (D-Pa.).