Obama administration

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  Obama vs. Romney: 6 Key Differences on Taxes, Regulation

  By Dan Berman, AdvisorOne  |  September 12, 2012

  The two candidates offer voters starkly different ideas on how to reform the tax and financial systems.

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  Controversy Over Brokerage Windows Is Focus of Drinker Biddle Debate

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  August 17, 2012

  Drinker Biddle & Reath held the first of a series of conference calls for advisors on regulation, discussing the controversy over proposed brokerage window rules and how the election could affect the fiduciary debate.

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  Consumer Group Rails Against House Passage of Red Tape Reduction Act

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  July 27, 2012

  The Consumer Federation of America is up in arms over a bill the House passed Friday that halts most new regulations for two years or until the unemployment rate falls below 6%.

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  Biggest Group of Losers in Dividend Tax Hike? The Middle Class: Report

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  July 23, 2012

  A plan to raise the dividend tax rate will have negative consequences for the middle class, according to a new study from Ernst & Young.

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  On Dodd-Frank’s 2nd Birthday, Should Investors Celebrate?

  By Knut A. Rostad  |  July 20, 2012

  Individual investors have not witnessed dramatic regulatory changes favoring investors over the past two years, but they seem to be voting with their assets, moving them more toward fiduciary advisors.

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  Top 7 Reasons Dodd-Frank Is Working: Treasury

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  July 19, 2012

  A Treasury official laid out on Thursday the reasons why the Obama administration believes the Dodd-Frank Act is providing a “sound foundation” to get the economy back on track.

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  What Obama Health Law Means Now That It’s Called a Tax

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  July 6, 2012

  Considering the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s broad reach, one simple thing is true of the PPACA’s potential tax and investment consequences: it’s complicated.

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  Supreme Court Upholds Health Care Law

  By Allison Bell  |  June 28, 2012

  In a surprise, Chief Justice Roberts joins 5-4 opinion, justifying ruling by calling individual mandate a tax and not a penalty as stated in the law.

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  Gentlemen’s Agreement: RIAs and Reps Agree on More Than Some Would Have Us Believe

  By Bob Clark, AdvisorOne  |  June 27, 2012

  I feel compelled to put in my two cents on a comment made about fi360/AdvisorOne’s 2012 Fiduciary Survey.

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  Advisors, Use This Wealth Transfer Strategy While You Can

  By Gavin Morrissey, JD, LLM, Commonwealth Financial  |  June 18, 2012

  The Obama administration’s signals on what’s ahead for taxes in 2013 suggests that wealth managers should take advantage of GRATs now for those clients who need an efficient wealth transfer strategy.