Financial Planning

9 steps to take before and after a divorce, from the experts at HD Vest

Hillary Clinton has rolled out a plan to make college affordable that her presidential campaign has dubbed the New College Compact, enabling students to pay for higher education without taking out costly student loans.

Nearly one-third of U.S. adults believe there is a greater than 50 percent chance they will outlive their savings, according to a new survey.

Check out the digital edition of the August 2015 issue of Accounting Today.

If the beneficiary of a deceased owner of an individual retirement account fails to comply with the post-death required minimum distribution rules and the other post-death IRA distribution rules, then the beneficiary can be subject to penalties from the Internal Revenue Service.

Accounting Today editor-in-chief Dan Hood previews the August issue in this summer camp video.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling presents a variety of opportunities for you to assist gay clients and change previous tax filing processes.

Lyle Benson of L.K. Benson & Co., who chairs the AICPA's PFP Section, discusses the tools that CPA financial planners can use to help clients map out their financial futures, in an interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Dan Hood.

In June, the Supreme Court held in Obergefell v. Hodges that “same-sex couples may exercise the fundamental right to marry in all States. It follows . . . that there is no lawful basis for a State to refuse to recognize a lawful same-sex marriage performed in another State on the ground of its same-sex character.”

Lyle Benson of L.K. Benson & Co., chair of the AICPA's PFP Section, discusses some of the key issues that aging clients are facing, such as retirement planning and dealing with dementia, cognitive impairment and divorce, in an interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Dan Hood.