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In the first half year of Inflation Reduction Act-funded enforcement, the Internal Revenue Service has recovered over $1.3 billion.

With football season now underway, the Internal Revenue Service's Criminal Investigation unit is urging taxpayers to play by the rules when it comes to sports betting.

Massachusetts regulators accused the wirehouse of not conducting proper oversight of stock sales made a First Republic executive shortly before the bank collapsed last year.

Investment management firm Vanguard has cut the investment minimum to access its robo advisor from $3,000 to $100 in assets.

The giants of the channel grabbed most of the spots in the rankings, but some of their smaller or midsize rivals are also expanding quickly.

LPL presses forward with deals that have made it one of the fastest-growing firms in recent years.

The Internal Revenue Service is ramping up its scrutiny of large partnerships, leveraging increased funding under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.

Tax professionals are calling for changes to the proposal, even though they welcome clarifications they have been waiting on for decades.

Lawyers note the kinds of grievances the firm allegedly withheld are what potential clients look at when choosing advisors.

Schwab vehemently denied allegations that it mishandled clients' uninvested cash, calling the putative class action just the latest in a series of "unsound, copycat lawsuits."

Fines levied by the Wall Street regulator have dwindled in recent years.

Nuno Matos, once a contender to be chief executive, is leaving after nine years at the firm.

Ned Davis Research analysis predicts the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates by 25 basis points at each of the remaining meetings this year, starting in September.

Property owners, entrepreneurs and parents can tap into savings available through credits, deductions and exemptions during the sunny season.

In an earnings call, an RBC executive says the firm decided to raise its account yields in response to higher Fed rates because "the right balance was to allocate some of that rising rate to our customers."

The GAO investigated industry disclosures and conducted undercover calls to evaluate "where issues around conflicts of interest and investment advice stand today."

The legal action comes after executives expressed comfort with their firm's deposit rates in a recent earnings call.

The deal comes an ongoing boom in private loans to businesses and consumers.

Rising financial advisor productivity came with much better pay at these independent brokerages.