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The Minnesota Society of CPAs recently conducted its annual CPA member survey about the most strange and unusual tax deductions proposed by clients. The responses included everything from pets and wedding rings to gifts not given.

Our IRA expert answers questions about the IRS's 6% penalty on excess IRA contributions and the five-year clock on Roth IRA fund transfers.

A deep Morningstar analysis finds stocks to be safer bets than even Treasury bills over the long haul.

Municipal mutual funds reported $82.1 million of net inflows in the week ended Feb. 12, bouncing back from a $227.3 million outflow the week before, Lipper FMI reported Thursday.

(Bloomberg) -- Fidelity Investments, the second- largest U.S. mutual fund company, reported a 13% increase in operating income last year as the rally in equities boosted assets.

For all their recommendations to buy emerging-market stocks, the world’s largest money-management firms haven’t convinced some investors that the worst start to a year since 2009 is over.

Municipal mutual funds reported $82.1 million of net inflows in the week ended Feb. 12, Lipper FMI said Thursday.

Don't ask when clients want to stop working, instead ask what they want to do next, says one practice management expert.

From wirehouse CFPs talking about not telling clients they weren't really fee-only to industry researchers discussing the opportunities for advisors with LGBT planning expertise, here are the most notable quotes from the past week's stories.

The board approved a rule proposal that would impose new limits on financial advisors' ability to remove information about customer disputes from BrokerCheck.