75% of Wealth Advisors Expect Double-Digit Growth

What will you get from your tax practice this season?

The Russell Market Research Financial Professional Outlook

While traditional tax practitioners are toughing out another busy season, most wealth advisors and financial planners are expecting their businesses to grow phenomenally faster.
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Tax Season 2011: Latest Filing Stats

Sign of the times.

Tax professionals so far this season are running 4.8% ahead of last year’s marks, while do-it-yourself’ers are filing at twice the rate, but they’re paying less in taxes and getting smaller refunds — all signs of the economic times.

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Think Middle-Class Taxes Are High?

You’re right.

The middle-class has been picking up more of the tab for federal spending since the late 1980′s, and the rich have been paying progressively less. Above-average burdens, for instance, appear thick and red and below-average thin and blue.

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