Financial Planning

The Internal Revenue Service said the cost-of-living adjustments affecting the dollar limitations for pension plans and other retirement- related items for tax year 2011 will mostly remain unchanged, except for a few small inflation adjustments.

A new report by the Government Accountability Office uncovered hundreds of allegations of physical abuse, neglect and financial exploitation by guardians in 45 states and the District of Columbia between 1990 and 2010.

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ADVISORS CONTINUE SHIFT TO FEE-BASED MODELS

Taxpayers who previously adopted 419, 412i, captive insurance or Section 79 plans are in big trouble.

The U.S. Department of Labor and the American Institute of CPAs have launched an interactive website to help small businesses select a retirement plan suitable for their employees.

Legendary economist Milton Friedman once joked that you could take any three letters from the alphabet, scramble them in any order you want, and you'll end up with an acronym for a federal agency we could do without.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has issued proposed rules that would enable shareholders to cast advisory votes on executive compensation and "golden parachute" arrangements.

The number of American workers participating in a retirement plan continued to decrease last year, adding to a trend that began with the recession of 2008 and reaching its lowest level in a decade, according to a new study.

For the second year in a row, monthly Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits for more than 58 million Americans will not automatically increase in 2011, the Social Security Administration said Friday, but Congress will try to pass a law to provide seniors with the extra money anyway.