financial planning<\/a> magazine recently reported that \u201csenior members of generation x, who are now between the ages of 43 and 58, face a potentially acute financial crunch, according to the society of actuaries. that makes a good chunk of the roughly 63 million cohort a major test of how wealth advisors can best help clients at an age when they need it most, according to the society of actuaries.\u201d<\/p>\nmost gen xers plan to remain in the work force for many more years. they are open to learning what their cpa can do for them instead of working with a new wealth manager they don\u2019t already know and trust. you may have already worked with gen xers as individual taxpayers or business owners during earlier hard times. having a basic conversation with them about wealth management should not be a challenge.<\/p>\n
i can\u2019t stress enough the importance of offering clients help in areas for which they truly need assistance \u2013 but didn\u2019t know their trusted cpa was capable of providing it. doing so will cement your relationship with the client and provide you with higher margin, more fulfilling services that add more value to the client relationship.<\/p>\n
next steps<\/strong><\/p>\nunderstandably, many cpas are reluctant to start offering wealth management or other new high-value services because they feel they may not be knowledgeable enough. or they may feel they don\u2019t have the right kind of training. but, for cpas, there are many different ways to offer wealth management services to your clients<\/strong> and doing so doesn\u2019t need to be all that complicated. as your client\u2019s most trusted advisor, chances are you already have many pieces of the wealth management puzzle in place.<\/p>\nas an individual\u2019s or corporate client\u2019s cpa, you are likely already steeped in their financials. you know year in, year out what they owe in taxes and why. you know intimately where their spending goes, and you may already offer basic ways for them to save on taxes. in short, the trust is there. the data is there. so, with all due respect, when a client asks you to help them secure their financial future as well as that of their family and employees, why do you refer them to financial planners or wealth managers<\/strong> instead of helping them yourself? don\u2019t tell me it\u2019s because you do not have the initials cfp after your name. that doesn\u2019t cut it these days.<\/p>\nyou not only have years\u2019 worth of your clients\u2019 financial data at your fingertips, you have their trust and a good rapport \u2013 things that can\u2019t just be built overnight. why pass them on to other professionals who must essentially start the relationship from scratch with your client and spend months, if not years, trying to get to know your client as well as you do? even after all that time, certain decisions or recommendations will be left to interpretation by another individual or organization who doesn\u2019t have all the client data and insight you have to support those actions. this is at the very core of why you, the cpa, are best suited to help support the aspirations of your client, their family and their employees.<\/p>\n
in short, schedule a non-tax conversation with your clients about even the most basic next steps we\u2019ve discussed above. there are numerous ways to partner with other specialists and technology providers to make you even more valuable in this area of advisory work.<\/p>\n
when it comes to wealth management or other high-value services, don\u2019t wait for clients to ask. learn to anticipate their needs and help them understand why you are the right person to help them.<\/p>\n
remember those awkward junior high school dances you attended? you had sixth- and seventh-grade boys on one side of the gym and girls on the other. they all wanted to dance, but no one on either side wanted to make the first move. most believe if someone of the opposite gender really wants to dance with them, they would have already asked. ultimately everyone goes home at night feeling disappointed.<\/p>\n
conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\ndon\u2019t wait for clients to ask you to dance. have the courage to make the first move. there have never been more tools and resources available to assist you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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