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Don't be blinded by the extra income you could gain from a Roth conversion. In combination with the possible expiration of George W. Bush's tax cuts, a Roth conversion could have serious implications for your wallet.

Tax season is over and, mercifully, this will be the last tax-focused article for a while. In order to close things out in style, we've got TaxDebtHelp.com's Top 10 Humorous Tax Stories for your entertainment. Enjoy.

Coverdell Education Savings Accounts have lately taken a back seat to 529 plans, and will likely become even more unpopular as rule changes further limit contribution amounts and the ways in which you can make tax-free withdrawals from them.

Our group drove across the windy landscape from Rouen along the bleak waterfront. "It always rains in Normandy," say the superior people in the south, in Provence. Suddenly, the sun broke through the clouds and lit up Anilore Banon's masterpiece as if it were on stage.

When some 900,000 Americans die from easily preventable causes, are we really practicing "health" care? Let's drop the euphemism and call it what it really is.

Money markets funds are supposed to provide investors with easy access to cash. New SEC rules, combined with severe economic pressure, are ensuring just the opposite.

Salerno was older. It came into being around the ninth century, but nothing remains today of its existence. In the Chapel of the Work of Mercy, Montpellier still clings to its past. Where pharmacists handed their prescriptions through unobtrusive hatches to reticent nuns, bottles still stand on shelves.

The first key step to purchasing a medical practice: will the purchase be an asset or a stock purchase. The other two? Read on...

Unless Congress eliminated the sustainable growth rate formula, two-thirds of physicians will limit the number of Medicare patients in their practice. $51.70 is just not enough.

A UnitedHealth Group-YMCA diabetes partnership could signal the rise of collaborative, insurance company-led disease prevention and management programs.

Tax freedom day arrived on April 9. Most people began paying themselves, rather than the federal government, on that day. Most, that is, except Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey. They'll finish up on April 27, 25, and 23.

Some health care IT industry heavyweights have gone so far as to suggest that the iPad will be greatly utilized in the healthcare setting and revolutionize the way we do business. While I do think the iPad is incredibly shiny and is great computer replacement for your grandma, I think it's a bit of an exaggeration to suggest that it will ever be fully adopted by healthcare IT shops.

When your child comes to you, hat in hand, asking for a bit of money...REJOICE! Lend away! And charge interest...you'll make money, the government won't hit you with taxes, and the inheritance can be put to work for them immediately.

Charitable giving can weigh heavily on both your conscience and wallet if you don't have an effective strategy for donating. The targeted giving will make your donations much more effective.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is expected to boost the number of insured individuals entering the healthcare system and have a significant impact on a number of related industries.

For each ten percent female representation on both the bidder and target boards, bid premiums are reduced by approximately 12%. Sound like a win for bidders? Not so fast...

There are tax advisors who will tell you that getting a fat refund check isn't a good thing, but it's too late to heed their advice now, so let the party begin!

I am deeply, sick-to-the-stomach excited to go back to my homeland and experience the changes that have occurred over the last ten years. We will nestle in a small village on the beautiful Indian Ocea, spend time in the buzzing city of Cape Town, and venture into the bush in Zimbabwe to refuel my soul.

Rather than looking to the advice of the hot Wall Street expert of the day, Robert Fischer, author of The Naked Portfolio Manager, says that all an investor needs to do is adopt a clear set of rules on choosing investments, and apply the character necessary to stick to those rules.

The advent of online e-tailers lhas made avoiding sales taxes even easier, but some states are fighting back in the hopes of collecting upwards of $20 billion in lost revenue.

Look no further than 7-year old business owner and entrepreneur, "Queen" Nzinga.

It used to be that heavy capital investment would be what set a practice's ledger back. Today it's rising healthcare and malpractice expenses - the simple costs of doing business - that are making it difficult for practices to stay afloat.

Even with 3.5 million iPad apps sold in 6 days, the healthcare industry is not jumping on the iPad bandwagon just yet. But while we await that killer app, here are the best of the best for use in your practice right now.

Reversing a long-standing trend, Congress has failed to forestall a major cut in Medicare fees. They've passed a postponement until October 1, but when will they enact the necessary overhaul of the SGR formula?

This million-dollar question is being posed around the Internet with varying conclusions. What's your take?

When an office manager says, "Don't worry, I'll take care of everything," it's all too easy to punt the ball away and never look back. It's the path of least resistance for you...as well as those that want to take from you.

Let's be frank: sometimes this entrepreneurial thing just feels like plain old work. So what do you do when confronted with those dry spells of feeling overwhelmed, underachieving, and lacking in creativity on the job?

While not everyone needs a living trust, it is likely to be your best method of estate distribution if you fit any of these six categories: 1) You want your children to inherit from you; 2) Your estate is worth more than...

The problem with most investors? They have overly complex portfolios, with a jumbled mix of stocks, bonds, and mutual funds that creates an avalanche of paperwork and record keeping, as well as so-so results.

Following Florida's statute of limitations is a good rule of thumb for saving all records, though some accountants prefer six to ten years of substantiation. If you want to bequeath property as a gift, however, that's another story.