WorldatWork, a nonprofit human resource association, turned in a comment letter to the Internal Revenue Service Department of Health and Human Services regarding the proposed regulations to oversee employers shared responsibility or pay-or-play provisions as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

With Washington gridlocked again over whether to raise their taxes, it turns out wealthy families already are paying some of their biggest federal tax bills in decades even as the rest of the population continues to pay at historically low rates.

As the market prepares for the health care exchange system in 2014, look for voluntary benefits to play a larger role.

For years, the so-called 4 percent rule provided the baseline from which advisors launched retirement strategies, but those strategies simply arent cutting it any more. Enter annuities with some attractive riders.