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CPA–Financial Advisor Coordination Checklist

Identify gaps across tax, investments, retirement, and estate planning before they cost you opportunities.

Built for investors, business owners, and families who want tax planning and investment decisions working together throughout the year.

CPA-Financial Advisor Coordination Checklist from HBKS Wealth Advisors

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A year-round framework for coordinating tax strategy, investments, retirement decisions, and estate planning.

Tax-Aware Investment Strategy

Review asset location, tax-loss harvesting, capital gains timing, and investment income planning.

Coordinated Retirement Planning

Coordinate Roth conversions, retirement account distributions, contribution strategies, and charitable distributions.

Business Owner Integration

Align business income, entity planning, compensation strategy, succession planning, and sale considerations.

Estate & Legacy Coordination

Review beneficiary designations, gifting strategies, trust planning, charitable structures, and legacy decisions.

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Most Advisors Work in Silos

When tax and investment decisions are not coordinated, opportunities can be missed without being obvious. This checklist helps identify where your CPA and wealth advisor should be aligned throughout the year.

Tax-loss harvesting not aligned with CPA input

Roth conversions not coordinated with tax projections

Capital gains not planned before year-end

Estate strategies disconnected from tax planning

Common CPA–Financial Advisor Coordination Questions

What is CPA–financial advisor coordination?

CPA–wealth advisor coordination is the process of aligning tax planning, investment strategy, retirement decisions, and estate planning so financial decisions are evaluated together rather than separately.

Why should your CPA and financial advisor communicate?

Your CPA and financial advisor should communicate because tax decisions and investment decisions often affect each other. Coordination can help uncover tax planning opportunities, reduce inefficiencies, and improve year-round planning.

What planning gaps can happen when advisors work separately?

Common gaps include uncoordinated capital gains, missed tax-loss harvesting opportunities, inefficient retirement distributions, Roth conversion timing issues, and estate strategies that are not aligned with tax planning.

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Complete the form to receive the checklist and begin reviewing where your tax, investment, retirement, and estate planning decisions may need better coordination.

Review tax-aware investment strategy

Coordinate retirement planning decisions

Identify business owner planning gaps

Align estate and legacy planning

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What Are You Missing When Your Advisors Don’t Coordinate?

Start with a checklist designed to surface gaps across tax planning, investments, retirement, and estate strategy.

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