Taxes

Magazine articles on tax law and tax minimization.

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Financial Planning June 1, 2011 Donald Jay Korn	Basis Training To help close the capital gains tax gap, lawmakers in 2008 approved new reporting requirements for brokers and other financial institutions. Starting this year, those firms must report the adjusted cost basis of securities that were sold, and also indicate whether the trade was short or long term.
Registered Rep. May 27, 2011 Jerry Gleeson	Gift Tax Exemption Jumps, But Not Everyone's Feeling Generous By gifting assets, donors can remove them permanently from their estates, lowering the estates' future value and leaving them less exposed to estate tax liability when the donor dies.
The Motley Fool May 23, 2011 Chuck Saletta	Get In Through the Roth Back Door With a major conversion limit gone, switching to a Roth makes more sense than ever.
Registered Rep. May 18, 2011 Jerry Gleeson	Estate Tax Revisions Leave Some Issues Unsettled Until 2013 Despite Congress' eleventh-hour move in December to head off sharply higher estate taxes, confusion remains over the future of the levies.
Financial Planning May 1, 2011 Donald Jay Korn	Wedded Bliss The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Authorization and Job Creation Act of 2010, made dramatic changes to estate taxes. The federal exemption, known as the applicable exclusion amount, was set at $5 million, far above the $3.5 million in effect when the estate tax was last seen, in 2009.
CFO May 1, 2011 Randy Myers	Fit to Be Tied Corporate America and Uncle Sam may finally see eye to eye on tax reform.
Financial Planning May 1, 2011 Ed Slott	Not So Fast Just as 2010 may have been the year of the Roth conversion, 2011 may be the year of the Roth recharacterization.
On Wall Street May 1, 2011 Cameron Short	The Doctor Is In And Needs Retirement Planning The threat of the Bush tax cuts expiring in 2010 prompted many high-net-worth individuals to review their qualified plans to ensure maximum income deferral capabilities.
On Wall Street May 1, 2011 Laurence P. Greenberg	Finding The Right Fit In A Tough Market How can you implement a tactical strategy to help smooth the ride for your clients, while making the move to the tax-efficient frontier? Three different advisors give their take on the benefits of using the power of tax deferral with a more active investing approach.
Financial Advisor May 2011 Gail Liberman	Avoiding The Tax Road New York and other states have stringent residency requirements, so clients need to follow the rules closely to avoid state taxes on a second home.
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