Congress won't act directly on the recommendations of a presidential deficit commission, but elements of its plan — including the elimination of tax breaks and deferrals for retirement, life insurance and employer-sponsored health care plans — may become part of legislation in coming months.
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Leaders of a presidential deficit commission recommend the elimination of all tax breaks for retirement, life insurance and employer-sponsored health care plans in their final report, which was released Wednesday and will be voted on by the full panel Friday morning.
The House of Representatives approved on Thursday a bill that would permanently extend Bush administration tax cuts for the middle class but allow rates for wealthier taxpayers to increase.
President Barack Obama told newly elected state governors that he's “optimistic” the administration will reach a deal on tax cuts with congressional Democrats and Republicans before the end of the year.
Morningstar Inc. may consider reviewing the way it displays information to advisers and their clients about returns on variable annuity subaccounts.
Congress won't act directly on a proposal approved by a presidential deficit commission this week, but elements of the plan could become part of legislative proposals in coming months to address huge fiscal imbalances.
Preferential tax treatment for retirement programs and insurance products are threatened in a draft proposal from the chairmen of the national deficit commission, according to advocates.
Northern Trust Corp. long has championed its conservative heritage as a 121-year-old financial institution that eased through the Great Depression and most recently the Great Recession.
Sun Life Financial Inc. today released two income benefits.
Corporate pension industry lobbyists are bracing for an attack on the tax breaks for pension plans as the White House and federal lawmakers struggle to slash the federal budget deficit
Putnam Investments chief Robert Reynolds went to Washington last Wednesday to urge Congress to save Social Security — just not in the way financial services industry executives usually -recommend
The Labor Department this month is expected to introduce its final rule on how retirement plan sponsors will be required to disclose plan fees to participants.
In trying to clarify who can give advice to 401(k) plan participants and under what circumstances, the Labor Department appears to have antagonized just about everybody.
Newly proposed disclosure rules could steer plan sponsors to more conservative target date funds for their 401(k) plans, according to some industry experts.
With reform looming, bank's asset management unit joins others in offering retirement plans so-called R6 option
It's that time of year when you are talking to clients about taxes.
Aviva USA last week rolled out a series of changes to its fixed-annuity lineup, including reductions on agents' commissions and the discontinuation of one of its income riders.
More affluent Canadians are flocking south for the warm winter sun and cheap real estate deals
