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- Democrats Seek to Legislate Retirement Savings
- accountingweb—Sept 1, 2010—The Automatic IRA Act of 2010 has been introduced in the Senate by Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) and in the House by Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA). The bill establishes IRA accounts for all employees and sets up automatic...
- Fiduciary-Standard Push Might Actually Hurt Financial Advisers
- Barrons—Sept 1—Independent financial advisers have long advocated that the investment-advice industry should be held to a uniform fiduciary standard. However, with regulators moving toward such a standard, advisers might regret pushing the issue...
- IRS Seeks New Issues for the Industry Issue Resolution Program
- WASHINGTON—Aug 30, 2010—The IRS is encouraging business taxpayers, associations and other interested parties to submit to the Industry Issue Resolution (IIR) program tax issues for resolution involving a controversy, a dispute or an unnecessary...
- Maximizing the Section 199 Deduction
- journalofaccountancy—Aug 30, 2010—Starting this year, the domestic manufacturing deduction increases to 9% of income from eligible activities. Every business in the manufacturing sector, whether small or large, should consider the manufacturing...
- Guidance on Reverse Mortgages Addresses Consumer Protections, Legal Requirements
- journalofaccountancy—Aug 27, 2010—CPAs who may consider reverse mortgages as part of a personal financial planning strategy for aging clients or who work for lenders should note final guidance adopted by the major financial regulators. The...
- Lawmakers: IRS Plan to Monitor Tax Preparers Goes Too Far, Too Fast
- The Wall Street Journal—Aug 27, 2010—The Internal Revenue Service's proposal to require all tax preparers to register for a "preparer tax identification number" is a laudable effort to protect consumers from the mistakes of ill-trained workers,...
- AICPA Asks FASB to Wait On Loss Disclosures Proposal
- journalofaccountancy—Aug 26, 2010—The AICPA’s Financial Reporting Executive Committee (FinREC) told FASB in a comment letter issued Monday that it has concerns about auditors’ ability to corroborate information on loss contingencies with the...
- ADOR Public Hearing Notice
- MONTGOMERY, AL—Aug 25, 2010—September 15 and September 16 rule hearings.
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