Tax Reform
Learn about the latest tax reform developments and their potential impact on your clients' income, portfolios and financial plans more broadly.
October 14, 2008
How the election will affect 401(k)sThis election may prove to be the 401(k) election, says Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) president Grover Norquist. ATR, in partnership with Rutledge Capital, has...
August 06, 2008
When has capitalism not worked?Chicken and egg, cart before the horse -- pick any of the obvious clich?s. Here's an old point, but one worth repeating in the run-up...
August 01, 2008
Planning Ahead for the 2010 Roth ConversionBy now, most financial advisors should know about the ability to convert tax-deferred traditional IRA accounts to tax-free Roth IRAs, which became law in the tax reform enacted in 1997. In the tax reform legislated in 2006, the conversion
July 27, 2008
Bipartisan Estate Tax Bill In SenateBipartisan legislation introduced in the Senate that would freeze the estate tax law slated for 2009 is a positive harbinger of efforts in the next ...
July 27, 2008
Bipartisan Estate Tax Bill In SenateBipartisan legislation introduced in the Senate that would freeze the estate tax law slated for 2009 is a positive harbinger of efforts in the next ...
July 24, 2008
Underwriter Group Lauds Estate Tax BillBipartisan legislation introduced in the Senate that would freeze the estate tax law slated for 2009 is encouraging, officials of the Association for Advanced Life ...
July 24, 2008
Underwriter Group Lauds Estate Tax BillBipartisan legislation introduced in the Senate that would freeze the estate tax law slated for 2009 is encouraging, officials of the Association for Advanced Life ...
June 01, 2008
Estate Tax Reform: It's Time for ActionThe discussion of the estate tax--or as some have labeled it the "death tax"--stirs up strong feelings, especially in our business. I loved Warren Buffett's ...
June 01, 2008
What Will Taxes Be Like?As Benjamin Franklin once wrote, "in this world nothing is certain but death and taxes." Yet the types and levels of taxation that occur are...
May 28, 2008
Tax matricide and other musingsTwo weeks ago, Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) proposed what he himself called "the mother of all tax reform plans." I've asked a number of CEOs...