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  House Passes Fix to Form 1099 Rule; Bill Heads to Senate

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  March 4, 2011

  The House on Thursday passed by a vote of 314-112, the Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act of 2011, to repeal the new expanded Form 1099 tax reporting requirements under the new health care law.

• 12b-1 versus 12b-2

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  November 19, 2010

  Of the series of concerns that industry trade groups raised with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in their comments concerning revisions to mutual fund...

• Death to Tax

  By Kathleen McBride, AdvisorOne  |  December 1, 2007

  Investment advisors appear to have dodged a bullet as the Financial Services Institute (FSI) and individual advisors rallied lawmakers to repeal a law that would...

• SEC Inspectors Unit Under Fire

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  February 1, 2006

  After repeated complaints from broker/dealers, mutual funds, and investment advisors about the SEC's new sweeps examination process, Congress is threatening to abolish the SEC's Office...