Wealth Position

  • Cash reserve levels
  • Cash reserve strategies
  • Debt management
  • Cash flow management
  • Net worth
  • Discretionary income
  • Expected large inflow/outflow
  • Lines of credit

Investment Plan

  • Asset allocation
  • Education planning
  • Lump-Sum accumulation
  • Options/restricted stock/Non-Qualified deferred compensation
  • Ongoing investment fees
  • Risk tolerance
  • Tax implications
  • Cost basis
  • Time frames
  • Diversification strategies
  • Dollar-Cost averaging
  • Market timing issues 

Retirement Strategy

  • Minimum distributions
  • Pre-59 1 /2 strategies
  • 401(k)s
  • IRAs
  • Medicare/Medigap
  • Social security
  • Roth conversions
  • Income streams
  • Income streams transition
  • Health care
  • Tax transitions
  • Risk tolerance transitions
  • Timing issues 

Tax reduction Strategy

  • Tax reduction
  • Tax deferral
  • Tax avoidance
  • Future taxes due
  • Withholding tax diversification
  • Qualified investments
  • Non-Qualified investments
  • Effects of liquidation
  • Filing status
  • Business ownership
  • Non-Traditional ownership 

Comprehensive Risk Management Plan

  • Disability options
  • Long-Term Care-Timing/prem
  • Medical Health
  • Deductible vs cash reserves
  • Policy status
  • Policy loans
  • Beneficiary designations
  • Special needs situations
  • Alternate/additional coverage strategies 

Estate Plan

  • Estate balancing
  • Capital transfer
  • Asset ownership
  • Trusts
  • Wills
  • Trust funding
  • IRD
  • Succession planning
  • Special needs dependents
  • Minor children
  • Generation skipping
  • Short-Term life expectancies
  • Estate liquidity
  • Charitable planning