Christopher Bergin

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  How the Federal Fiscal Cliff Will Shift to the States

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  December 14, 2012

  With state budgets still reeling from the great recession of 2008, the states face further budget upheaval as the federal government addresses the fiscal cliff and sequestration cuts.

• Post-Election Estate Tax Fix?

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  March 1, 2012

  Tax issues will figure prominently in the goings-on in Washington this presidential election year, with the consensus among tax specialists being that Congress is most likely to address the estate tax when it decides late this year whether to extend the Bush tax cuts.

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  Obama and Buffett Rule Make ‘Good Tax Politics, Not Good Tax Policy,’ Expert Says

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  January 25, 2012

  A central focus of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address was economic fairness, and requiring the wealthiest to pay more in taxes, but tax specialists and wealth managers say hiking taxes for the rich will do nothing to fix the tax code.