Buying and selling a home was never an easy task and now these transactions have become even more complicated. In the October, 2009 issue of TAXES — The Tax Magazine®, Michael Schlesinger examines the recent developments in the area of home ownership.

In the August-September 2009 issue of the Journal of Practical Estate Planning, Roy Clemens discusses how both moderate income and high income taxpayers may derive tax and estate planning advantages by converting their traditional IRAs and other tax-deferred retirement plans into Roth IRAs.

In the wake of unfavorable market conditions, Todd Barron and Steve Thomas join the discussion about the recession’s impact on the value of real property. The fact is that an arms-length sale should be considered valid even if the markets are depressed.

In an article in the October, 2009 issue of CPA Practice Management Forum, Steven Moore and Roger Trim advise business, including accounting firms, to review and modify their existing policies, employee handbooks and related practices to ensure compliance with new legislation and trends in employment law.