Retirement

Comedienne Betty White is helping pitch life settlements as a way for Baby Boomers to help fund their retirement.

Men tend to focus on the numbers when doing their retirement planning, and women are more likely to plan for retirement based on their lifestyle goals, according to new research.

Payroll and benefits outsourcing provider Paychex has launched Paychex Advisor Select 401(k), an offering designed for fee-based financial advisors.

The Internal Revenue Service has begun offering a $25,000 buyout program to encourage up to 400 of its employees to accept retirement or early retirement by March.

Small business owners favor talking with financial advisors who are the same gender as them, with male business owners showing a stronger bias than female owners, according to a new study.

Retirees will be receiving a 3.6 percent increase in their monthly Social Security and Supplementary Security Income benefits in 2012.

The Financial accounting Standards Board recently approved a revised accounting standard that requires contributing non-governmental employers to provide more information about their financial obligations to multi-employer pension plans.

COST-BASIS CHANGES SIGNAL 'MESSY' TAX SEASON AHEAD

The Internal Revenue Service is encouraging more taxpayers to take advantage of the "saver's credit."

Members of Generation Y are managing to save for retirement more conscientiously than Boomers, according to a new survey.

The Internal Revenue Service has made several important changes to its determination letter program for employee retirement plans.

A new survey finds that 77 percent of business owners say they started their companies to provide for their families, yet less than half of them feel confident with their current financial situation.

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Three-quarters of small business owners believe that so many Americans are financially unprepared for retirement that the problem has reached the level of a crisis, but only about a fifth of them actually offer their employees a 401(k) or similar plan, according to a new survey.

People who work in higher education tend to be conservative with their retirement planning investment strategies, whether they are young or old, according to a new survey.

The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters has inked a deal with Thompson Hine LLP to provide clients with custom retirement plans that meet IRS requirements.

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ADP has released an updated and expanded version of RUN Powered by ADP Payroll for Accountants, an Internet-based offering designed to help accountants manage their clients’ payroll all in one place, which includes human resources and retirement services features.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued a notice exempting enrolled retirement plan agents from obtaining a Preparer Tax Identification Number if they only prepare Form 5300 and 5500 series returns.

FASB ISSUES MULTI-EMPLOYER PENSION PLAN STANDARD