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RETIREMENT TAX APR 02, 2007
AMT debate may pave way to tax simplification, some say

Congressional members on both sides of the aisle are looking at using the alternative minimum tax debate to lead the way to a plan for tax simplification.

RETIREMENT TAX MAR 12, 2007
Advisers working the tax system

Advisers are using creative techniques to work within the dense tax code to help their clients reduce their tax payments.

RETIREMENT TAX FEB 26, 2007
IRS turns up the heat on stock collar transactions

IRVINE, Calif. — The Internal Revenue Service is threatening to bring more cases against wealthy investors who have used a popular technique to hedge concentrated stock holdings.

RETIREMENT TAX FEB 26, 2007
Start maximizing clients’ IRA contributions

Two tax laws scheduled to take effect in the near future will combine to create new opportunities for your clients to convert their traditional individual retirement accounts and company plan balances to Roth IRAs.

RETIREMENT TAX FEB 26, 2007
Mounties claim they got their income trust man

OTTAWA — The Mounties say they have gotten their man in the insider scandal involving income trusts, but some observers doubt that he is the only person involved.

RETIREMENT TAX FEB 19, 2007
Brokerages slow to reveal sales pact details

Although many brokerage firms are letting investors in on whether they have “shelf space” agreements with certain mutual fund companies, few are disclosing the details of those agreements.

RETIREMENT RIAS FEB 02, 2007
KPMG suffers adverse legal ruling

KPMG LLP endured another blow in its tax shelter case this week, when a federal judge in Texas ruled that tax shelters based on fake bank loans are not legitimate tax write-offs, according to the New York Times.

RETIREMENT TAX FEB 01, 2007
Senate passes minimum wage increase

The Senate approved the first increase in minimum wage in 10 years, bumping it to $7.25 per hour.

RETIREMENT MUTUAL FUNDS NOV 17, 2003
Tax loss harvesting with ETFs out of vogue