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How to Use Your Client's Tax Return to Provide Valuable Financial Advice
Personal Financial Planning
Webcast

How to Use Your Client's Tax Return to Provide Valuable Financial Advice

Learn how you can use your client's tax return to gain a snapshot of their financial situation and offer advice that goes beyond taxes.

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Format

Webcast

NASBA Field of Study

Specialized Knowledge

Level

Intermediate

CPE Credits

1

Instructor

Christopher Benson, Timothy M. Todd, Carolyn Larsen-Wieber

Availability

3 months

Product Number

WC3431541

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Are your clients asking questions that go beyond taxes?

There is an increased demand of personal financial planning services in areas such as retirement, estate, risk management and investments. CPAs are needed as trusted advisers.

Part 1 of this 2-part webcast series will help you develop a closer relationship with clients by covering all of their financial planning needs, including:

  • Planning considerations related to the potential tax law changes
  • Key issues to consider as you prepare, review and discuss tax returns
  • Implementing a checklist developed by leading CPA financial planners to identify opportunities

Key Topics

  • Using Form 1040 as a guide to uncover planning opportunities for clients
  • Tax, retirement, estate and other financial planning ideas to protect your client’s overall financial situation

Learning Outcomes

  • Recognize planning ideas to highlight as you review clients' tax returns.
  • Determine how to provide advice to clients that goes beyond tax compliance.
  • Identify planning considerations in light of potential tax law changes.

Who Will Benefit

  • CPAs
  • Financial planners
  • Tax professionals
  • Other qualified professionals

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NASBA Field of Study
Specialized Knowledge
Level
Intermediate
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of tax compliance and planning concepts
Access
This is a digital product. With full paid access the content will be available to you for 3 months after purchase date.
Duration
1 hr
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Speakers
Christopher Benson
CPA/PFS
Chris leads the L.K. Benson & Company financial planning practice and focuses on providing financial advice that covers the full spectrum of your personal finances. With an extensive tax background, he also stays involved in our tax practice, reviewing returns and providing ongoing tax planning. Chris graduated in 2004 from Bucknell University with a Bachelor's degree in Accounting. He then spent 5 years in the tax department at Grant Thornton while working on his Master's in Taxation from the University of Baltimore. After passing the CPA exam and the PFS exam, he joined the firm in 2009. He is an active member of the AICPA Personal Financial Planning (PFP) section, where he formed a networking group of young advisers from across the country. He is also a member and past chair of the personal financial planning committee of the Maryland Association of CPAs (MACPA). Since 2010, he has been actively involved with the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, helping run various aspects of their annual PurpleStride event in Baltimore.
Timothy M. Todd
JD, CPA/PFS
Timothy M. Todd, Ph.D., serves as Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Faculty Development & Scholarship at Liberty University School of Law in Lynchburg, Virginia. He also serves as the Director of the Wealth Management and Financial Planning Program at Liberty Law. He earned his Ph.D. in Personal Financial Planning from Kansas State University. He is a lawyer and a certified public accountant, and he holds the Chartered Financial Consultant® designation and Personal Financial Specialist (PFS) credential. His areas of teaching include income taxation; estate & gift taxation; wills, trusts, & estates; financial planning; business planning; mergers & acquisitions; and other transactional law courses. He currently serves as a member of AICPA’s Financial Literacy Commission.
Carolyn Larsen-Wieber
CPA/PFS
Carolyn has over 25 years of experience in advanced tax issues including estates, trusts, and gift tax which give her clients an advantage because every aspect of financial planning has some sort of tax implication. Carolyn recently started her own tax and financial planning firm, CLW Financial Planning LLC, with a vision to provide financial planning to clients as an educational experience to help them achieve their life goals. This vision includes providing a values-based, life centered approach. Carolyn received the Personal Financial Specialist (PFS) in 1999. This designation along with her CPA license and financial planning experience provided sufficient qualifications to allow her to provide an integrated planning experience to her clients. She is currently a member of the AICPA’s Personal Financial Specialist committee.
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