Wealth management

Rising fuel and food prices are blunting the gains from the economic recovery, hurting Americans’ ability to save and weighing on consumer sentiment, according to a new survey conducted for the American Institute of CPAs by Harris Interactive.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has revised its accounting standards to provide greater consistency in the treatment of various types of debt restructuring.

Despite an earnings slide of roughly 13 percent compared to 2009, some 94 percent of financial advisors remain satisfied with their career choice, according to a recent poll.

BOOMERS EXPECT TO DELAY RETIREMENT BY FOUR YEARS

There are several ways to serve your clients in the financial planning world. None are wrong or right—but some are definitely better than others.

The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service said Thursday they have extended the deadline beyond April 18 for filing a key tax form for people who died last year.

Nies Financial Group, a financial firm based in Sartell, Minn., will be joining KDV Wealth Management, a regional financial services and CPA firm, effective April 1.

The Financial Planning Coalition has called on Congress to support the Securities and Exchange Commission in establishing a fiduciary standard of care for broker-dealers.

The American Institute of CPAs’ Financial Reporting Executive Committee has published a working draft version of a revised practice aid for valuing equity securities issued as compensation for executives at private companies.

The American Institute of CPAs and the Society for Human Resource Management have introduced a new award for employers with successful financial education programs.

Estate planner Howard Zaritsky has written a new treatise, “Practical Estate Planning in 2011 and 2012,” describing how the 2010 Tax Relief Act affects estate planning strategies.

Warren, Averett, Kimbrough & Marino Wealth Management, an affiliate of CPA and business advisory firm Warren, Averett, Kimbrough & Marino, said it has surpassed the $500 million mark in assets under management.

A new personal budgeting app for the Apple iPad aims to help consumers manage their debts.

With the passage of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010, many practitioners are now scrambling to determine how to best position their clients’ estate planning structures and forms to take advantage of the new dynamic estate tax planning opportunities and challenges.

IMGCAP(1)]Baby Boomers are now or soon will be part of the senior generation.

The Internal Revenue Service has posted a final version of the form and instructions for the 2010 gift tax and generation-skipping transfer tax.

Tax season is in full bloom and Americans are up to their elbows in statements, receipts and 1099s, but it may be a good time for people to clean up their finances while they’re doing their spring cleaning and taking their taxes to their accountants.

U.S. workers are more pessimistic about their prospects for a comfortable retirement than at any time in the past two decades, according to a new survey.

IMGCAP(1)]The recent announcement of a merger between Deutsche Boerse AG and the New York Stock Exchange leads many to believe that an acceleration of the conversion from U.S. GAAP to International Financial Reporting Standards for public companies may occur.

Recent policy changes in areas such as cost basis reporting, the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, and the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 are likely to create significant compliance, reporting and monitoring risks and consume resources as companies continue to move toward economic recovery, according to KPMG.