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Lawmakers consider lower tax rate for intellectual property housed in the U.S.
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 19, 2015
Lawmakers consider lower tax rate for intellectual property housed in the U.S.

The idea — known as a patent box or innovation box — would help companies trying to maintain low tax rates they've achieved by booking income in overseas tax havens.

Everything you need to know about setting up a private foundation
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 16, 2015
Everything you need to know about setting up a private foundation

Prospective donors will want to be ready to give both their money and their time.

Social Security envisions a new tech-savvy future
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 15, 2015
Social Security envisions a new tech-savvy future

Agency embraces technology while juggling demand for increased face-to-face service.

Majority of Americans flunk Social Security quiz
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 10, 2015
Majority of Americans flunk Social Security quiz

Just 28% of more than 1,500 adults received a passing grade on a series of basic questions about benefits, and that could have serious implications for their retirement income.

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 10, 2015
A Social Security benefit is a terrible thing to waste

Sometimes there is no clever claiming strategy available to boost lifetime benefits given the difference in ages between two spouses.

When both spouses lose some or all of their Social Security benefits
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 10, 2015
When both spouses lose some or all of their Social Security benefits

Excess earnings before full retirement age can reduce payments to both spouses.

Financial advisers are putting ETFs in the driver's seat
RETIREMENT EQUITIES JUN 05, 2015
Financial advisers are putting ETFs in the driver's seat

Mutual fund popularity fades as the bull market lives on.

Supreme Court rulings imminent in cases with financial planning implications
RETIREMENT REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 01, 2015
Supreme Court rulings imminent in cases with financial planning implications

High court is set to announce opinions in two cases — one on same-sex marriage and another on health care — that will impact the advice financial planners deliver to clients.

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 27, 2015
Social Security's $12.4 million error

Agency overpays spousal benefits to some public employees, underpays others.

RETIREMENT EQUITIES MAY 22, 2015
Americans are saving more these days and that's not necessarily a good thing: Fink

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> BlackRock CEO Laurence Fink says low rates are pushing more Americans to boost savings as their fear of retirement security increases, thanks to low rates.

The real reason the Federal Reserve isn't raising interest rates
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 22, 2015
The real reason the Federal Reserve isn't raising interest rates

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The real reason the Fed is sitting on its hands boils down to a lousy employment market.

How financial advisers would reform the tax code
RETIREMENT TAX MAY 22, 2015
How financial advisers would reform the tax code

Simplification tops the list but it's not the only thing advisers want changed in the tax code. <i>(Check out these <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/gallery/20150214/FREE/213009999/PH&quot;" target="&quot;_blank&quot;" rel="noopener noreferrer">6 strange tax loopholes</a>)</i>

Saving for retirement should be advisers' top priority: Wharton's Marston
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 20, 2015
Saving for retirement should be advisers' top priority: Wharton's Marston

Finance prof says advisers not getting message of the value of delaying Social Security until 66 across to clients.

Advisers like Rubio tax plan's simplicity, but shudder at details
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 20, 2015
Advisers like Rubio tax plan's simplicity, but shudder at details

Plan would cut almost all tax deductions, but also would eliminate taxes on estates and capital gains, dividends.

Supreme Court rules Maryland double-tax structure is unconstitutional
RETIREMENT TAX MAY 18, 2015
Supreme Court rules Maryland double-tax structure is unconstitutional

Accountants prepare clients to refile income tax returns for refund of county taxes.

Tax season is over, but IRA fixes can still be made
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 15, 2015
Tax season is over, but IRA fixes can still be made

Roth IRA conversions or contributions can be undone up to Oct. 15 of the following year

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 13, 2015
Missed Social Security claiming opportunity costs client more than $29,000

Which is harder to swallow: realizing that your advice cost a client more than $29,000 in lost Social Security benefits or owning up to the mistake?

Trekking to Europe and Japan for attractive dividend income
RETIREMENT EQUITIES MAY 08, 2015
Trekking to Europe and Japan for attractive dividend income

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Where to look when it's time to go beyond the traditional hunting grounds for dividend income.

Take advantage of 'tax alpha'
RETIREMENT TAX MAY 08, 2015
Take advantage of 'tax alpha'

Be cognizant of the tax treatment of investments and where they should be held.

The do's and don'ts of retirement planning
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 05, 2015
The do's and don'ts of retirement planning

Rule No. 1: Stop being an asset manager and become a plan manager.