CPAs/EAs & Financial Planning

As more and more CPAs and EAs are seeing their work commoditized, fiduciary based financial planning and investment management
are perfect services to maximize client success, and your value proposition as their trusted advisor.

We are CPAs, fiduciary investment managers, and practice owners who have been where you are; so we’ve created a process and relationship model to help you build the firm and the life you’ve always wanted. You keep and maximize your existing business, and we help you increase your service offerings and manage client assets.

Why Add Financial Planning to Your Practice?

  • Deepen Client Relationships

    The number one goal in any service industry is providing value to the client. If you didn’t care about your clients, you wouldn’t do what you do. Money is inherently emotional, and by serving your clients on a broader and deeper spectrum, you are able to a build deeper connections that last.

  • Increase Recurring Revenue

    With tax seasons becoming increasingly demanding, profitability and scale for small and medium firms is difficult. Tax preparers looking to maximize their value to clients, and scale their practice, are moving into the financial advisory space where they can accomplish both objectives.

How We Can Help

  • Maximize Your Existing Practice

    Your practice is something special, you built it after all. Our job first and foremost is to help you make the most of your current firm before helping you add other areas of service. We’ve consulted hundreds of companies collectively and have a wealth of experience that can help you better understand your own firm.

  • Up-front Assistance

    It may seem like a difficult thing to get started, but we will help you every step of the way, from getting FINRA licensed, finding the appropriate licensing set-up, training in AICPA and CFP based methodology, and building a business plan to make your new line of business a success.

  • On-going Support

    Our goal is to build a long term relationship with you, and see your practice flourish. We will help you continually refine your strategy to grow. While we assist you with the asset management piece, you can focus on building the firm and lifestyle around it you want.

We Practice What We Preach

Over the last 40 year life of our firm, we have built a model that balances our expertise in traditional accounting work with portfolio management. Our model is to act as a family office for clients across the country - by being their CPA, their financial and investment manager, and overall financial and life problem solver. We love the practice that we have built, and the lives that it allows us to lead. We want to see other CPAs maximize their own value.

Steven K Howell,
CPA, CFP, MBA

What’s Next?

If you’re starting to think that this may be the way forward for you and your firm, let’s talk about it.

Email
steven@heckardandhowellcpas.com

Phone
(803) 980-1508