Wealth management

Senior-level CPA executives are planning to increase their spending next year, but lingering pessimism about the pace of the recovery means they remain reluctant to expand hiring.

IRS TRIES TO KEEP UP WITH FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES

Taking the PFP practice of most CPA firms to the next level should be easily accomplished for any firm with a good client base, a good leader who is a good communicator and a business plan incorporating some of the best practices utilized by many of the nation's top financial advisors. But you would be amazed at how many CPA firms cannot take the next step.

IRS TRIES TO KEEP UP WITH FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES

Taking the PFP practice of most CPA firms to the next level should be easily accomplished for any firm with a good client base, a good leader who is a good communicator and a business plan incorporating some of the best practices utilized by many of the nation's top financial advisors. But you would be amazed at how many CPA firms cannot take the next step.

IMGCAP(1)]The Financial Accounting Standards Board recently approved a revised accounting standard that requires contributing nongovernmental employers to provide more information about their financial obligations to multiemployer pension plans.

Three-quarters of small business owners believe that so many Americans are financially unprepared for retirement that the problem has reached the level of a crisis, but only about a fifth of them actually offer their employees a 401(k) or similar plan, according to a new survey.

People who work in higher education tend to be conservative with their retirement planning investment strategies, whether they are young or old, according to a new survey.

The Internal Revenue Service has extended a safe harbor for investors who claim theft loss deductions from fraudulent investment arrangements, such as Ponzi schemes, even when the leading figure behind the fraud has died.

With new cost-basis reporting requirements in effect for the 2011 tax year, Charles Schwab is warning investment advisors to brace for a hectic tax season and prepare for a flood of questions from clients who for the first time will receive a revised 1099-B form packed with new transaction information.

The Section 1022 election to opt out of the federal estate tax and into the modified carryover basis regime for the estates of people who died in 2010 is coming up in mid-January.

More consumers are reporting this holiday season that their finances have deteriorated over the past year.

A senior member of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee has introduced legislation to roll back the estate tax rates to pre-Bush tax cut levels.

As someone who breaks into hives the moment he buys something that contains a set of simple assembly instructions, you can imagine my response to getting the prospectus of a variable universal life insurance product.

Three shareholders at Greenwalt CPAs were named on Indianapolis Monthly’s 2011 survey of the Five Star Wealth Managers.

Bereaved spouses who have a relationship with a financial advisor can find the support invaluable in recovering their family’s financial bearings, according to a new survey.

The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters has inked a deal with Thompson Hine LLP to provide clients with custom retirement plans that meet IRS requirements.

Investors and financial executives are increasingly feeling overloaded by the volume and complexity of financial disclosure information in annual reports and other financial filings, according to a new study.

Corporate acquisitions using overpriced shares of stock rarely do much to cushion the decline the shares eventually suffer, according to a new study.

IMGCAP(1)]Accounting firms typically have multiple partners, some of whom may want to retire or move on in the near future, and others who want to stay longer.