Financial Planning

Don't let the rewards of investing abroad blind you to the risks -- and vice versa

Will Rogers has been quoted as saying, “The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets.” Earlier this year, Congress passed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, which may have prevented us from falling off the fiscal cliff, but further complicated the already complex world of income taxation of estates and trusts.

Private equity fund managers are beginning to be concerned that they may lose their tax break on carried interest as lawmakers in Washington again debate tax reform.

Rob Ganjon, the new CEO at iLumen, explains how business intelligence is the next natural step in accountants' evolution.

Mike Tyson is preparing for another fight—this time, with his former financial planner.

For years, you’ve been hearing that you should include financial services among your tax or accounting practice’s service offerings.

CPAs have long been sought after as Centers of Influence, or COIs, by members of the financial services profession for many years.

Last year, about $450 million belonging to top executives at billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson’s New York firm took a quick round trip to Bermuda.

Accounting and consulting firm Crowe Horwath LLP has introduced Crowe K-1 Navigator, a tool that helps streamline Schedule K-1 tax-reporting processes for flow-through businesses such as partnerships and S corporations.

In my consulting activity the last few months of 2012, I saw the emerging symptoms of a new disorder in many family business owners: Post-Traumatic Gift Disorder, or PTGD.