Retirement Planning
The latest trends in retirement planning and advice for helping clients cope with Social Security, 401(k) plans, aging and issues related to eldercare and senior citizens.
IRS Offers Details on IRA Provisions of Fiscal Cliff Deal
The Internal Revenue Service is providing information on some of the retirement plan provisions of the fiscal cliff deal that was signed into law earlier this month. Read more »
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Younger Seniors Deplete IRAs Faster
May 15, 2013Americans in their sixties are taking more money out of their IRAs than those who are older,... Read more »
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Men and Women Share Similar Retirement Expectations
May 6, 2013The two genders may be very different (and vive la difference, as the French would say), but not... Read more »
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Retirement Plans Rebound at Small Businesses
May 2, 2013Balances in small business retirement plans have increased an average of 20 percent between 2007... Read more »
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Employee Benefit Plan Audit Workshop and Conference
April 22, 2013This Ohio Society of CPAs event lets auditors of all skill levels get first-hand news from... Read more »
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Senators Introduce Bill to Expand Use of S ESOPs to Encourage Greater Retirement Savings
April 18, 2013A pair of senators have introduced bipartisan legislation aimed at expanding the use of S... Read more »
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Same-Sex Couples Await Supreme Court’s DOMA Decision for Tax Rules
April 15, 2013Married same-sex couples are awaiting a decision by the Supreme Court to help them resolve their... Read more »
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GAO Warns of Impending Pension Plan Insolvencies
April 9, 2013Action is needed soon to keep multiemployer pension plans from sliding into insolvency, according... Read more »
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Obama’s Budget Would Cap Romney-Sized Retirement Accounts
April 5, 2013President Barack Obama’s budget proposal would cap multimillion-dollar tax-favored... Read more »
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GAO Finds 401(k) Rollovers Overly Complicated
April 3, 2013The current rollover process for 401(k) plans favors distributions to individual retirement... Read more »
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Americans Not Confident about Affording Retirement
March 19, 2013Confidence in the ability to afford a comfortable retirement remains low, according to a new... Read more »
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Employees Lose Ground on Financial Wellbeing
March 7, 2013Fewer corporate workers have sufficient cash flow and emergency funds on hand, according to a new... Read more »
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Providing Real Financial Services: How to Get There
February 25, 2013For years, you’ve been hearing that you should include financial services among your tax or... Read more »
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Financial Planning Based on the Tax Return
February 22, 2013Piershale Financial Group president Mike Piershale explains how to work with individual and... Read more »
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IRS Tells Taxpayers to Report 2010 Roth IRA Conversions
February 19, 2013The Internal Revenue Service said Tuesday that taxpayers need to report Roth individual... Read more »
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Women in Accounting: Breaking the Mold
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A continued conversation with Marcum’s Nanette Lee Miller and Janis Cowhey McDonagh about the obstacles women in the accounting profession face when trying to make their way into leadership positions.
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Tax Season by the Numbers
May 22, 2013
The IRS recently released statistics covering the year to May 10, 2013.
Top 10 Tech Initiatives -- 2013
May 5, 2013
The AICPA's annual list of IT priorities for accounting firms.
Common E-mail Security Mistakes
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These five bad habits can make your confidential information -- and that of your clients -- easy to steal.
