Wealth management

IMGCAP(1)]Limited capital is a reality of business.

IMGCAP(1)]If there ever were a “good year to die,” that would have been 2010.

Non-GAAP earnings numbers are better at predicting a company’s future earnings potential, but they are more subject to opportunistic manipulation and insider trading, a new study finds.

The American Institute of CPAs has written a letter to the Internal Revenue Service asking the IRS to extend the due dates for filing the estate tax form for last year and this year and for a new form for allocating the increase in basis for property acquired from a decedent.

BNA forecasts that wages in the private sector will begin to grow by early 2012.

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s new whistleblower program took effect Friday, and the SEC has created a new Web page where people can report a violation of the federal securities laws and apply for a financial award.

Rising home prices, combined with a slight improvement in real wages, have led Deloitte to post an increase in its Consumer Spending Index in July for the first time since January.

Fifty-eight percent of parents don’t have a college education fund established for their children, according to a new survey.

Despite the debt limit deal that Democrats and Republicans in Congress managed to hammer out at the 11th hour this week, the U.S. Treasury is still facing the threat of a credit rating downgrade.

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited plans to work with a nonprofit organization on developing disclosures by companies of their water usage as fresh drinking water increasingly becomes a scarce resource.

After the passage of a New York State law allowing same-sex couples to marry, a New York City wealth management firm has named a new CPA partner to provide same-sex couples with financial planning advice.

Women are less likely than men to concentrate on financial planning, according to a new survey on financial wellbeing and health.

With the current gift tax exclusion amount set at a record-high $5 million, many taxpayers appear to consider the gift tax no longer relevant to their planning. That may be a mistake.

GROUPS BACK UNIFORM FIDUCIARY STANDARD

The sliding economy and the roller coaster securities markets over the past several years have no doubt forced financial planners to keep both aspirin and antacid in close proximity.

Edgar Online has released a report illustrating how accountants, institutional investors and attorneys are using data tagged in Extensible Business Reporting Language format to analyze companies’ financials.

A new study identifies a positive link between high trading volume and the volatility of stock prices.

The Securities and Exchange Commission unanimously voted Tuesday to require large trading firms to identify themselves, so their market activities can be tracked.

IMGCAP(1)]On May 25, 2011, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued its final rules implementing the new whistleblower program of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

Balance Financial, a consumer finance software and services company, has introduced a set of bookkeeping products and services called Balance Certified Pro.