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RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 20, 2014
6 tax lessons for Millennials

If you found yourself reeling from this year's number, take steps now to avoid a repeat. Especially for entrepreneurs, quarterly payments are key.

TAX APR 20, 2014
Tax lessons learned for the 2013 season

Six tips could prevent your clients from getting slapped with a four-figure tax bill next year.

RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 20, 2014
Regulators compete for slice of IRA rollover pie

Rollovers used to be the 'Wild West' of regulation; now advisers need to watch out for new rules

RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 18, 2014
Have you gone from having a work ethic to being a wealth addict?

The first question to see whether you are putting accumulation above all else, and how to steer yourself back to a healthier lifestyle.

OPINION APR 17, 2014
Surprise! Tax cheats will pay if you ask them to

The winning tactic: a short letter explaining that delinquency is not the norm.

File and suspend won't be suspended … just yet
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 17, 2014
File and suspend won't be suspended … just yet

Obama budget proposal seems to target some Social Securities claiming strategies but this popular one is safe - for now.

RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 16, 2014
The succession strategy to defer taxes

A 50% increase in capital gains tax rates makes this a good time to consider an ESOP, which can help both owners and companies defer the tax.

RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 15, 2014
Big-company benefits on a small-company budget

7 tips to help you compete for talent as the job market picks up.

RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 14, 2014
How much is a Social Security survivor benefit worth?

Mary Beth Franklin tackles three questions about Social Security survivor benefits. The questions are similar and the answer may surprise you.

RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 14, 2014
Health care will consume Social Security in 10 years

98% of your Social Security check could go to health care, new index finds

RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 14, 2014
What female retirees don't know can hurt them

Some divorced spouses are clueless about Social Security benefits

Two wives, two sets of Social Security benefits
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 14, 2014
Two wives, two sets of Social Security benefits

Current and ex-spouses don't have to share survivor benefits.

RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 13, 2014
IRS: Only one IRA rollover per year

The agency changes course after Tax Court ruling; it will pull proposed regulation.

RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 11, 2014
Regulators need to put record keepers in their cross hairs

Brokers and investment advisers aren't the only ones <br>who should take the heat for rollover activity

RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 11, 2014
To Roth or not to Roth: 7 tips to help you answer

Although Roth IRAs have been available since 1997, changes to the U.S. tax code have made these retirement savings accounts more popular than ever, especially for affluent investors. Here, with apologies to the Bard, are some pointers.

EQUITIES APR 11, 2014
Investors turn focus to first-quarter earnings

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> All eyes are on earnings. Plus: The SEC discovers high-frequency trading, momentum takes out passive investors, AAA credit ratings becoming extinct, new love for emerging markets, six solid stocks to watch this week, overwhelmed at the IRS, and Switzerland votes for the world's highest minimum wage.

RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 11, 2014
Social Security tool does a disservice to the program All Americans should take this survey

RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 10, 2014
IRS targeting IRA rollovers after Tax Court ruling

Agency to enforce one IRA-to-IRA rollover every 365 days rule despite earlier interpretation

RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 10, 2014
Finra complaint highlights epidemic of abused trust

All brokers and advisers still are subject to principles of human decency, in addition to compliance rules.

RIAS APR 10, 2014
Fidelity wants to get advisers into the 401(k) game

Fidelity Institutional Wealth Services wants to help them make a concerted push into plan advising