Tax Reform
Learn about the latest tax reform developments and their potential impact on your clients' income, portfolios and financial plans more broadly.
Estate Tax Certainty May Have To Wait
By Arthur D. PostalDespite strong support in the Senate for legislation that would make permanent the 2009 estate tax level, and reunify the estate and gift taxes, the AALU lobbyists are now cautioning that a permanent resolution to the issue may not come until next year.
March 30, 2009
Ferguson, Donaldson Join Tax PanelPresident Obama has named two men with strong ties to the insurance industry -- Roger Ferguson Jr. and William Donaldson -- to a new Tax Force on Tax Reform.
March 26, 2009
Stimulus bloodletting"This thinking is like bloodletting in the middle ages. Take out a pint of blood. The patient gets sicker, so the reason must be that...
March 24, 2009
Laffer keeps 'em laughing3/24/09 - San Diego, 8:30am PDT: I love an economist with a sense of humor. The ability to bridge complex analytical concepts with good humor...
March 12, 2009
Put tax reform to work for youWealthy clients bemoaning President Obama's tax reforms may find little comfort knowing they aren't effective until 2011 -- Charles Schwab found 41 percent of investment...
February 27, 2009
The Obama Budget: How Advisors and Their Clients Will Be AffectedChanges proposed in income and capital gains taxes, and in employers' responsibilities to provide retirement plans
November 16, 2008
AALU's Outlook For The New CongressAn optional federal charter for life insurers appears to be "inevitable" in the next Congress, according to officials of life insurance trade groups, but they ...
November 16, 2008
AALU's Outlook For The New CongressAn optional federal charter for life insurers appears to be "inevitable" in the next Congress, according to officials of life insurance trade groups, but they ...