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Advanced Tax Strategies

Coordinate investments and income to reduce what you owe — and keep more of what you’ve earned working for your family.
Taxes are usually a family’s single largest lifetime expense — and the one most people plan for one year at a time. We plan across decades.

Questions we help you answer

Am I holding the right investments in the right types of accounts?

Do Roth conversions make sense for us — and in which years?

How do I take retirement income without pushing myself into higher brackets?

Can market downturns actually be used to lower my tax bill?

How do RMDs, Medicare premiums, and Social Security taxation interact?

How we approach it

Tax strategy isn’t a product — it’s a discipline that runs through every part of your plan. We look at asset location, withdrawal sequencing, conversion windows, loss harvesting, and charitable strategies as one connected system, and we coordinate with your CPA so the plan and the return tell the same story.

The goal is simple: pay what you owe, and not a dollar more than the law requires — measured over your lifetime, not just this April.

This information is not intended as specific individualized tax advice. We work in coordination with your tax professional.
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— Darren Colananni, Founder

Credentials

Our founder holds the following professional designations:
CFP®
ChFC®
CIMA®
CPWA®
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