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RETIREMENT RIAS OCT 26, 2012
Traditional tax planning 'turned on its head' this year

That's the song the band played when Cornwallis surrendered to the upstart Americans at Yorktown. It should also be the theme music for this year's tax-planning season. Here's why.

RETIREMENT RIAS OCT 26, 2012
Olympians would be spared medal tax under Senator's proposal

Senator Marco Rubio, R-Fla., introduced the bill to exempt Olympic medal winners from owing tax on their winnings and called the tax “ridiculous.”

The skinny: Delaying retirement won't fatten Social Security check
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 24, 2012
The skinny: Delaying retirement won't fatten Social Security check

But waiting to claim benefits will increase monthly income

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 24, 2012
The UnCOLA: Social Security recipients to get puny cost-of-living boost

Bad news for Social Security recipients: The cost-of-living adjustment in 2013 will be puny. How puny? Likely, less than half of what it was in 2012.

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 23, 2012
Annuities suffer from a branding problem

RETIREMENT RIAS OCT 21, 2012
Cap deductions to balance the budget

Arithmetic: Deduction cap means Romney's math adds up, tax group says
RETIREMENT RIAS OCT 18, 2012
Arithmetic: Deduction cap means Romney's math adds up, tax group says

Despite withering criticism from Democrats, it appears Mitt Romney's tax math does indeed add up. At least, that's the verdict from the non-partisan Tax Foundation.

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 18, 2012
Are advisers giving bad Social Security advice? Survey says yes

New research from Wharton shows that many financial advisers are giving their clients shortsighted -- or plain bad -- advice about Social Security.

RETIREMENT FIXED INCOME OCT 14, 2012
Muni group fights for tax exemption

Payroll tax takes a holiday — and could doom Social Security
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 12, 2012
Payroll tax takes a holiday — and could doom Social Security

Public trustee bemoans break with historic self-financed structure

RETIREMENT RIAS OCT 11, 2012
One way to beat the IRS: Leave the country

A small but growing number of wealthy Americans have figured out a fool-proof way to avoid paying more of their income to the IRS in coming years. Their trick? Leaving the country.

Recession reduced wealthy's income while raising tax rate
RETIREMENT RIAS OCT 11, 2012
Recession reduced wealthy's income while raising tax rate

A CBO report has found that the before-tax income of top earners fell by 36.3% between 2007 to 2009 while their tax rate rose

RETIREMENT TAX OCT 05, 2012
Romney's 'I dig it' trust sealed his 14% tax rate

Romney tax plan could gut middle-class deductions
RETIREMENT RIAS OCT 04, 2012
Romney tax plan could gut middle-class deductions

Homeowners in high-tax states likely to be snared by $17K cap; 'another layer of complexity'

Don't jump off the fiscal cliff, says tax expert
RETIREMENT RIAS OCT 04, 2012
Don't jump off the fiscal cliff, says tax expert

Tax hit from fiscal cliff a real doozie
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 04, 2012
Tax hit from fiscal cliff a real doozie

Think tank projects tax hike of $3,500 per household

Can you dig it? 'I Dig It' trust a key to Mitt Romney's 14% tax rate
RETIREMENT RIAS OCT 04, 2012
Can you dig it? 'I Dig It' trust a key to Mitt Romney's 14% tax rate

Mitt Romney used a little-discussed estate planning tool to shovel $100M to his heirs tax free — and lower what he paid to the IRS. Here's how it works.

RETIREMENT RIAS SEP 28, 2012
Capital gains seen as crux of tax imbroglio

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 23, 2012
Spousal-benefit calculations are more complicated than you think

RETIREMENT RIAS SEP 23, 2012
The tax implications of special dividends