Financial Planning

From SEP and SIMPLE IRAs to Solo 401(k)s

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has released staff guidance to help auditors of brokers and dealers registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission to plan and perform audits in accordance with PCAOB standards as mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act and SEC rules.

A new study finds that disclosure of personal relationships between corporate CEOs and members of the board of directors could paradoxically encourage directors to exhibit less independence from management.

The Supreme Court held Monday that securities fraud plaintiffs need not prove loss causation in order to obtain class certification.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued a new accounting standards update for stock compensation.

Bill and Hillary Clinton have long supported an estate tax to prevent the U.S. from being dominated by inherited wealth. That doesn’t mean they want to pay it.

U.S. Wealth Management president and CEO John Napolitano discusses how accounting firms should be choosier about the clients they accept, in an interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Daniel Hood.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has published two proposed statements to improve financial reporting by state and local governments of other post-employment benefits, such as retiree health insurance.

A unanimous Supreme Court has held that the funds in an inherited IRA do not qualify for exemption in bankruptcy because they do not share the same characteristics as “retirement funds” that traditional IRAs have.

Genworth Financial has created a new Web site with information on long term care.