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There’s still time left in tax filing season. If you’re a small business entrepreneur or run a home-based business, there are some key ways to save money on your returns, according to Meisa Bonelli of Millennial Tax. Here are the managing partner’s tips for “tremendous tax advantages.” [Photos: Fotolia]

Before you pack your bags and head for the beach this spring break, remember the most common ways identity thieves steal personal information are more likely to happen when you’re traveling, ARAG warns. The legal insurer offers five of the most common travel-related identity theft tactics and how to protect yourself from them.

Many brokerages may be thinking about a rebrand at this transformative time in our industry. “Execute poorly and suffer extreme consequences,” says Steve Blue, CEO of Miller Ingenuity, adding that the stakes are very high. Here are his seven tips for making the changes successfully. [Photos: Fotolia]

While most employees blame occasional tardiness on traffic jams and missed alarm clocks, some people are apt to get a little more creative with their excuses. A new CareerBuilder study unveiled 12 memorably unique excuses heard by employers across the country. [photos: ThinkStock]

Looking for a new way to expand your client base? Estate planning specialist Kris Miller offers five tips on how to jump start your public speaking efforts and use them to prospect clients.

“Often, people fall back on excuses and give up on trying to reach their goals,” says business strategist Dan Waldschmidt, author of “Edgy Conversations: How Ordinary People Achieve Outrageous Success.” Follow these tips to trick yourself out of making excuses and to lead you down a more successful path in business and in life [Photos: Fotolia.]

Employers should already be focusing on getting ready for 2015 and it’s an adviser’s job to tell them this. The play-or-pay penalties will be enforced next January. Benefits lawyer Peter Marathas, of the firm Proskauer Rose and its Health Care Reform Task Force team, says there are three areas advisers need to sit down to prepare their clients for today. [Images: Fotolia]

One dental plan option does not fit all — different solutions are right for different employers for different reasons. Although availability varies by state, Marc Warrington, senior vice president of sales at Assurant Employee Benefits, says brokers have four strategies to consider to help small business clients achieve Affordable Care Act pediatric dental compliance. [Photos: Fotolia]

As you’re thinking about self-improvement, you may want to take a hint from the Million Dollar Round Table and LIMRA’s recent survey of top advisers. The groups compared 400 financial advisers and sorted out which qualities were consistent among the most successful respondents.

With a national election on the horizon, it’s not likely much will be done legislatively to address the nation’s retirement crisis in 2014. However, EBA spoke with several industry insiders who share their predictions for what will be on the table in the coming year. [images: Fotolia]