Tax Reform
Learn about the latest tax reform developments and their potential impact on your clients' income, portfolios and financial plans more broadly.
Say Uncle
By Arthur D. PostalIn an age of government debt and deficit, the life industry must eventually defend it's products various tax advantages...or risk losing them.
June 17, 2011
The Facts and the Options--Pro and Con--for U.S. Corporate Tax ReformEverbody’s talking overhauling the U.S. corporate tax system. Here are some facts and comparisons on how U.S. multinationals are taxed, and Congressional action.
May 23, 2011
Coming Up ShortA five-person panel of experts questioned whether the U.S. will be able to meet fiscal challenges in the coming year, citing "irreconcilable differences" between the two parties, election-year politics and entrenched interests.
May 22, 2011
Coming Up ShortA five-person panel of experts questioned whether the U.S. will be able to meet fiscal challenges in the coming year, citing "irreconcilable differences" between the two parties, election-year politics and entrenched interests.
May 17, 2011
Treasury’s Geithner Slams Congress for Debt Ceiling MessIn remarks given at the Harvard Club in New York just one day after the Treasury hit its debt ceiling, Geithner spoke of unsustainable future fiscal deficits caused in part by the many Americans who will turn 65 in the next decade.
May 03, 2011
AALU Panelists Not Holding Breath on Budget ReformTax policy watchers are questioning whether Congress can get past philosophical differences, election-year politics and entrenched special interests as they do battle with the federal budget deficit.
May 02, 2011
AALU Panelists Not Holding Breath on Budget ReformTax policy watchers are questioning whether Congress can get past philosophical differences, election-year politics and entrenched special interests as they do battle with the federal budget deficit.
April 27, 2011
Japan's Outlook Cut on Earthquake CostsStandard & Poor's cut Japan's sovereign rating outlook on Wednesday from stable to negative, warning that a credit-rating cut will follow if the country cannot raise additional revenues.