Financial Planning

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has released a new online toolkit to help preparers and auditors of state and local government pension plans implement new accounting and financial reporting standards.

KPMG International has set up KPMG Capital, an investment fund that aims to accelerate innovation in data and analytics to help clients of KPMG’s member firms unlock the value of their data.

Genworth Wealth Management is history. The large turnkey asset manager, with $20 billion in assets under management, on Wednesday announced a long-anticipated name change.

John Napolitano, chairman and CEO of U.S. Wealth Management, discusses finding a new broker-dealer to work with your firm and its clients, in an interview with managing editor Tamika Cody at Accounting Today's Growth & Profitability Summit in Orlando.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has established a Center for Economic Analysis to study the role and relevance of the audit in capital formation and investor protection.

The American Institute of CPAs has written to the leaders of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee encouraging them to support the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2013, also known as the DATA Act (S. 994), which includes a provision calling for establishment of government-wide financial data standards for federal funds.

Thomson Reuters has released a new special report on year-end tax planning for 2013 for individuals and businesses.

Estate planning for foreigners living in the U.S.

Picking the right new broker-dealer requires careful thought

The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service have loosened the “use it or lose it” rule for flexible spending arrangements for health care, allowing participants in health benefit plan to carry over up to $500 from their FSA from year to year.