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Professor John Grable touched a nerve when he suggested in Financial Planning’s current issue that a mandatory AUM tax on advisors could help make financial planning available to all American families. Actually, he touched a lot of nerves.

The Republican chairman of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, Dave Camp, R-Mich., released a draft document Thursday proposing a series of tax reforms for various types of financial derivatives and other financial products, building on work done by his committee over the past two years.

If confirmed by the Senate, veteran prosecutor Mary Jo White would assume responsibility for moving ahead with a number of initiatives that would reshape the regulatory landscape for advisors

Mary Jo White, a prosecutor and former U.S. attorney in Manhattan, will be nominated by President Barack Obama to be the next chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, according to a White House statement.

We can all do something better, something new, something different, something more. According to Steve Wershing, one reason advisors have difficulty following through is that we are all pretty booked up.

President Barack Obama will nominate former US attorney Mary Jo White to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission, replacing incumbent Chairman Elisse Walter, the New York Post reports.

The Internal Revenue Service provided advice to taxpayers Wednesday on dealing with the late opening of tax season on January 30 that could also prove helpful to tax preparers.

The AICPA’s Advanced Personal Financial Planning Conference, held last week in Las Vegas, drew a record 1,100 attendees this year, a big jump from 820 in 2012.

Jacques Longerstaey has joined F-Squared Investments as a senior vice president of investments.

Social media offers an increasingly powerful way to communicate with clients and prospects, yet many advisors aren’t taking advantage.