ProfNet Experts Available on Alternative Minimum Tax, Leadership and Trust

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EXPERT ALERTS

• Alternative Minimum Tax Affects Middle-Class Families Too
• Trust a Key Component in Leadership

MEDIA JOBS

• Staff Writer – Miami New Times (FL)
• Education Reporter – High Point Enterprise (NC)
• Social Media Reporter – DNAinfo (NY)

OTHER NEWS & RESOURCES

• Brand Journalism: What Journalists and PR Pros Need to Know
• The Blog Blog: Seven Tips for Creating Viral Content
• Blog Profiles: Agriculture Blogs

EXPERT ALERTS:

Alternative Minimum Tax Affects Middle-Class Families Too
Bijan Golkar, CFP®
CEO/Senior Advisor
FPC Investment Advisory, Inc.
Tax time is upon us once again and, for many, that means facing the dreaded alternative minimum tax (AMT). Says Golkar: "AMT was instituted in 1969 as a way to prevent those instances in which very wealthy people used deductions to escape paying any federal taxes. Unfortunately, the legislation is now capturing a growing number of middle-class families. The basic problem with AMT is that it was not designed to take into account inflation and the rising cost of living. Because of those forces, it now applies to hundreds of thousands of middle-class families. Calculating your AMT can lead to confusion because it disallows so many of the deductions that are permitted in the ordinary tax system. Those include your standard deduction, personal exemption, exemptions for dependents, deductions for interest on certain home equity loans, and miscellaneous itemized deductions."
Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Golkar has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, U.S. News & World Report, Yahoo Finance, The Fiscal Times, Bankrate, MoneyUnder30.com, MainStreet.com, InvestmentNews.com, Physician's Money Digest, and DepositAccounts.com.
ProfNet Profile: http://www.profnetconnect.com/bijangolkar  
Website: http://www.FPCWealth.com  
Media Contact: Steve Garmhausen, [email protected]

Trust a Key Component in Leadership
Dr. Susan Cain
Professor of Industrial Organizational Psychology and Business
Argosy University, Chicago
"Leaders have many approaches available to them as they go to influence people around them. I argue for the trust-based approach because it yields rewards that connect people and produces long-term results. Gone are the days when we can say, 'You must or I will hurt you.' The workplace -- where most of us spend most of our time -- can become a place of transformation, serving the needs of individuals as well as the organization."
Dr. Cain is a business consultant and coach, a partner at the Corporate Learning Institute, and published author. She most recently co-authored "Horse Sense for Leaders: Building Trust-Based Relationships," which looks at trust-based relationships through the lens of "Horse Whisperer" Monty Roberts' techniques. She can speak to a variety of leadership topics, team building, innovation, conflict management, social psychology, consultation skills, and project management and strategy at the master's and doctoral level.
Media Contact: Mandy Wilson, [email protected]

MEDIA JOBS:

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• Staff Writer – Miami New Times (FL)
• Education Reporter – High Point Enterprise (NC)
• Social Media Reporter – DNAinfo (NY)

OTHER NEWS & RESOURCES:

Following are links to other news and resources we think you might find useful. If you have an item you think other reporters would be interested in and would like us to include in a future alert, please drop us a line.

• BRAND JOURNALISM: WHAT JOURNALISTS AND PR PROS NEED TO KNOW. Many companies are getting into the publishing business, creating original, journalism-style stories to reach their desired audience. Some are even hiring freelance journalists or building in-house news operations. So, what do PR professionals and journalists need to know about brand journalism? We asked journalists and PR pros to weigh in: http://prn.to/1AK8ry7
• THE BLOG BLOG: SEVEN TIPS FOR CREATING VIRAL CONTENT. Every blogger dreams of "going viral," but it is almost impossible to predict what type of content people will share. Although going viral is not an exact science, there may be a few things you can do to increase those chances: http://prn.to/1AVHA2e
• BLOG PROFILES: AGRICULTURE BLOGS.  As PR Newswire's media relations manager, Christine Cube comes across great blogs that cover a wide variety of topics and interests. This week, she shares reviews of a few agriculture blogs: http://prn.to/1FRUEK7

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