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Guest: Mackey McNeill, CPA/PFS
In part 4 of this PFP Section podcast series, Mackey McNeill, CPA/PFS, discusses how to keep the annual plan alive through effective measuring. You can use this in your own business and for your relevant clients. Mackey describes the importance of preparing easy and effective reports with visual metrics that anyone can understand. This allows everyone on the team to quickly see where the business is today compared to the goals. The more frequently business owners and their teams keep their attention on the goals and where they are, the more likely they are to make their vision a reality. Hear more about how Mackey creates high level metrics to stay on track with goals in this episode.
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This episode is brought to you by the AICPA's Personal Financial Planning Section, the premier provider of information, tools, advocacy and guidance for professionals who specialize in providing tax, estate, retirement, risk management and investment planning advice. Also, by the CPA/PFS credential program, which allows CPAs to demonstrate competence and confidence in providing these services to their clients. Visit us online at www.aicpa.org/pfp to join our community, gain access to valuable member-only benefits or learn about our PFP certificate program.
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In part 3 of this PFP Section podcast series, Mackey McNeill, CPA/PFS, shows you how to move your big ideas into an actionable framework for the coming year. You can use this in your own business and for your relevant clients. Mackey describes how to use two resources, Grow Four Ways, and Cascading Metrics Process, that you can find in the show notes. She walks you through:
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This episode is brought to you by the AICPA's Personal Financial Planning Section, the premier provider of information, tools, advocacy and guidance for professionals who specialize in providing tax, estate, retirement, risk management and investment planning advice. Also, by the CPA/PFS credential program, which allows CPAs to demonstrate competence and confidence in providing these services to their clients. Visit us online at www.aicpa.org/pfp to join our community, gain access to valuable member-only benefits or learn about our PFP certificate program.
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Many CPA financial planners give credit for the career they have created to the relationships they have built within their AICPA PFP community. To spread these stories and pearls of wisdom more broadly, we created the Deeper CPA Financial Planner Connections series in November 2021. In this episode of the PFP Section podcast, Lyle Benson, CPA/PFS, and Andrea Millar, CPA/PFS, discuss the 7 recurring themes and lessons learned that have played through the many stories shared and what they mean to them, including:
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This episode is brought to you by the AICPA's Personal Financial Planning Section, the premier provider of information, tools, advocacy and guidance for professionals who specialize in providing tax, estate, retirement, risk management and investment planning advice. Also, by the CPA/PFS credential program, which allows CPAs to demonstrate competence and confidence in providing these services to their clients. Visit us online at www.aicpa.org/pfp to join our community, gain access to valuable member-only benefits or learn about our PFP certificate program.
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A lot of information is flying around on the importance of SECURE 2.0 and what this means for retirement planning. Get the bottom line of what you need to think about for your clients in this episode of the PFP Section podcast. Bob Keebler, CPA/PFS, interviews retirement expert, Ed Slott, CPA. Ed shares:
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This episode is brought to you by the AICPA's Personal Financial Planning Section, the premier provider of information, tools, advocacy and guidance for professionals who specialize in providing tax, estate, retirement, risk management and investment planning advice. Also, by the CPA/PFS credential program, which allows CPAs to demonstrate competence and confidence in providing these services to their clients. Visit us online at www.aicpa.org/pfp to join our community, gain access to valuable member-only benefits or learn about our PFP certificate program.
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As CPAs and financial planners, we are trained in the technical skills to help clients plan for transitions such as a business sale, retirement, divorce, or loss of a spouse. What we may not be as prepared for is the human experience that takes place over the years leading up to, during, and settling into a new way of life. The human side is messy and it's more challenging to see how it influences choices and decisions. In this episode of the PFP Section podcast, Lyle Benson, CPA/PFS, interviews life transition expert, Susan Bradley. They discuss:
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This episode is brought to you by the AICPA's Personal Financial Planning Section, the premier provider of information, tools, advocacy and guidance for professionals who specialize in providing tax, estate, retirement, risk management and investment planning advice. Also, by the CPA/PFS credential program, which allows CPAs to demonstrate competence and confidence in providing these services to their clients. Visit us online at www.aicpa.org/pfp to join our community, gain access to valuable member-only benefits or learn about our PFP certificate program.
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Focusing on what you need to know to serve your clients today, Bob Keebler CPA/PFS reviews the changes and their nuances as a result of the passage of SECURE 2.0. Some of the areas highlighted in this episode of the Personal Financial Planning (PFP) podcast include:
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This episode is brought to you by the AICPA's Personal Financial Planning Section, the premier provider of information, tools, advocacy and guidance for professionals who specialize in providing tax, estate, retirement, risk management and investment planning advice. Also, by the CPA/PFS credential program, which allows CPAs to demonstrate competence and confidence in providing these services to their clients. Visit us online at www.aicpa.org/pfp to join our community, gain access to valuable member-only benefits or learn about our PFP certificate program.
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Haesun Moon, Ph.D., is a communication scientist who has a mission to change the world through better conversations. She has created a simple coaching model in which people participate to imagineer and perform their preferred change. Lyle Benson, CPA/PFS, interviews Haesun to understand how her approach can lead to effective financial planning conversations. They discuss:
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This episode is brought to you by the AICPA's Personal Financial Planning Section, the premier provider of information, tools, advocacy and guidance for professionals who specialize in providing tax, estate, retirement, risk management and investment planning advice. Also, by the CPA/PFS credential program, which allows CPAs to demonstrate competence and confidence in providing these services to their clients. Visit us online at www.aicpa.org/pfp to join our community, gain access to valuable member-only benefits or learn about our PFP certificate program.
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PFP Executive Committee (EC) chair, Brooke Salvini, CPA/PFS, and PFS Credential Committee (CC) chair, Oscar Vives, kick off the new year in this episode of the PFP Section podcast. They answer the following questions:
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This episode is brought to you by the AICPA's Personal Financial Planning Section, the premier provider of information, tools, advocacy and guidance for professionals who specialize in providing tax, estate, retirement, risk management and investment planning advice. Also, by the CPA/PFS credential program, which allows CPAs to demonstrate competence and confidence in providing these services to their clients. Visit us online at www.aicpa.org/pfp to join our community, gain access to valuable member-only benefits or learn about our PFP certificate program.
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Brooke Salvini, CPA/PFS, started out in the CPA profession in the traditional way and eventually made her way back to an early seed that planted her desire for personal finance. In this episode of the PFP Section podcast, Lyle Benson connects with Brooke to share her story and how she made decisions along the way. Brooke answers the following questions:
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This episode is brought to you by the AICPA's Personal Financial Planning Section, the premier provider of information, tools, advocacy and guidance for professionals who specialize in providing tax, estate, retirement, risk management and investment planning advice. Also, by the CPA/PFS credential program, which allows CPAs to demonstrate competence and confidence in providing these services to their clients. Visit us online at www.aicpa.org/pfp to join our community, gain access to valuable member-only benefits or learn about our PFP certificate program.
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Rising interest rates may cause bond values to go down and it may be the time to make changes to bond portfolios. Bob Keebler CPA/PFS and Mark Fichtenbaum CPA review:
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This episode is brought to you by the AICPA's Personal Financial Planning Section, the premier provider of information, tools, advocacy and guidance for professionals who specialize in providing tax, estate, retirement, risk management and investment planning advice. Also, by the CPA/PFS credential program, which allows CPAs to demonstrate competence and confidence in providing these services to their clients. Visit us online at www.aicpa.org/pfp to join our community, gain access to valuable member-only benefits or learn about our PFP certificate program.
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