Financial Planning

Michael Bloomberg is proposing a financial transactions tax of 0.1 percent and merging Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as part of a proposal for regulating Wall Street for a financial system “strong enough to weather crises without harming the broader economy or requiring taxpayer bailouts.”

The university is dealing with a new levy on college endowments included in the 2017 tax overhaul, the first time private colleges will pay such a fee.

The new hedge accounting standard is encouraging more companies to re-evaluate their risk management, according to a new report from Deloitte.

Some accountants worry that entering into financial planning services may create conflicts of interest -- and they're right, according to John Napolitano of U.S. Wealth Management, though the specific conflicts may not be what they expect.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board proposed an accounting standards update Monday to enhance the transparency of how not-for-profit organizations present and disclose contributed non-financial assets.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board released guidance on leases, pension plans and a wide range of other accounting and financial reporting issues that were identified during the implementation and application of some of its earlier pronouncements.

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President Trump referred to the impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on job creation during his State of the Union address on Tuesday night.

The former Treasury Secretary proposed a suite of steps the U.S. government can take to raise trillions of dollars more in revenue from the rich without adopting a wealth tax.

The American Institute of CPAs is supporting a new bill requiring the Comptroller General to present a Financial Report of the United States to all members of Congress.