What We Do
Serving as your advisors, leaders, and confidants, we pledge the following to you
Carta Wealth Planning is a fee-based, comprehensive financial services firm that provides personalized financial plans to individuals and business owners that can help chart your course towards a more comfortable future. Our financial plans are developed through a mix of personal attention and careful financial guidance. Your financial plan will be designed to your unique challenges, help you pursue your specific goals, and most importantly, help you Navigate Life!
Our goal is to create and enhance lifetime relationships with our clients by offering the following financial services:
Financial Independence / Retirement Planning
- Financial projections to help determine when you can retire and how to stay retired
- Retirement income strategies or pension election options
- Portfolio withdrawal and tax management strategies
- When to elect social security
- Understanding options for health insurance pre-Medicare and Medicare payment considerations
Estate & Medicaid Planning Strategies
- Will & Trust design strategies
- Coordination of estate documents with various assets
- Distribution strategies for your assets while alive or upon your passing
- Medicaid and Long-term care planning considerations
- Charitable and tax reduction strategies
Investment & Tax Planning
- Development of your unique risk profile
- Portfolio asset allocation, asset location, coordination of various accounts, current and future tax considerations
- Tracking goals-based investing for various financial objectives
Risk Management Planning
- Completing a ‘needs analysis’ to determine your insurance needs for Life, Disability, and Long-Term Care
- Evaluating options from your employer's benefits
- Coordination of your various policies with your financial objectives
Education Planning
- Determine education funding objectives and forecasting possible education expenses
- Review of education account funding options and how funding these accounts may impact your other financial goals
Business Succession & Business Continuation
- Development of business succession or continuation plan, including buy-sell transition strategies
- Implementing strategies for funding buy-sell agreement
- Coordination of succession planning or buy-sell agreements with personal financial plan
- Coordination with attorneys, accountants, or other professionals during transition or sale of business
Executive Benefit Planning
- Strategies for retaining key employees, including Non-Qualified compensation plans or executive ‘carve-out’ plans
- Review of group benefits for executives or key employees
- Ongoing monitoring of benefits offered
Employer Retirement Plan Consulting
- Determining appropriate retirement plan for your business, such as 401k, 403b, SEP IRA, SIMPLE IRA
- Retirement plan design and marketplace review of platforms or service providers
- Ongoing benchmarking of plan fees and services
- Employee/participant enrollment and ongoing education services
- Investment monitoring and reporting