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Advanced planning specialists are ready to help your tax exposure. We take on 10 new clients per month. Have 10 minutes? Let’s get started.

Advanced Planning Specialists

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Advanced planning specialists are ready to help your tax exposure. We take on 10 new clients per month. Have 10 minutes? Let’s get started.

Advanced Planning Specialists

multi-generational
industry experience

$750,000-$1,250,000 average annual total plan contribution / deduction

$400,000 average annual business owner personal contribution / deduction

120-150 new plans
onboarded annually

OUR FOCUS

Finding and addressing big tax problems.

SWG is an advanced planning firm that solves large tax-oriented problems for those that are self-employed, business owners, high or ultra-high net worth. SWG dwells in three specific areas of focus, including Advanced Qualified Plan Design, Seasoned Money Strategies & Exits, and Premium Financing.

Business
Owners

SELF
EMPLOYED

HIGH
NET WORTH

ULTRA-HIGH
NET WORTH

Our Vision

To protect the well-deserved spoils of America’s hard working business owners, entrepreneurs, and industry leaders.

Our Mission

Shepherd Wealth Group is an advanced planning firm that maintains a tax efficient focus in all areas of expertise, not just by life but intergenerationally as well.

SWG exclusively dwells in the self-employed, high and ultra-high net worth communities, with a special focus on absolute returns through large annual income tax reduction.

At SWG the goal is to accumulate significant wealth in the most tax friendly environment possible throughout life, all while protecting that level of wealth so that it may pass on in the same efficient manner for those to come.

As the tax legislative environment is ever-changing, this perspective continues to give their clientele what they desire most: CHOICES. At SWG every client is uniquely different from one another and is handled with this in mind rather than the industry standard “fit in a box” approach.

This style of handling allows for true education and evolution which leads to real understanding. SWG believes in both a well-educated client and advisor. This is because education leads to mutual trust and mutual trust can lead to growth.

This mentality allows clients and their advisors to reach their maximum potential and pursue the next level in both their lives and businesses respectively.

Advanced Qualified Plan Design as TAX StructureS.

The Shepherd Way

  • Review of tax driven legislative history in qualified arena
  • Explanation of the custom vs prototype plan space. “Is your plan working for you as an owner, not just as an employee benefit plan? It should be.
  • There is nothing binding nor any monetary commitment to exemplify what can be done per current legislation within the custom space
  • Gather census data/wish list
  • Present current possibilities vs existing plan structure
  • Educate additional advisors of importance (CPA, Wealth Advisor, Attorney, etc)
  • Re-design to ideal wishes, annual cash flow, tax exposure
  • Settle on final, ideal design
  • Gather personal client financials & information
  • Request medical records
  • Order onsite medical appointment
  • Schedule medical phone interviews
  • Receive carrier offer
  • Bind & accept carrier offer within 2-4 weeks (either annual or monthly)
  • Retain actuary
  • Gather personal & business tax returns
  • Create plan trust documents
  • Enroll/Takeover 401k Platform
  • Open additional plan accounts
  • Accept monthly, quarterly, or annual funding of remaining assets (after insurance) up to the 3/15-4/15 tax deadlines or 9/15 deadline if on extension
  • Deployment of asset strategies for plan contributions
  • Spearheading of communication with additional advisors
  • Facilitation of annual census data (demographic changes)
  • Facilitation of annual client wishes/cash flow/tax exposure needs
  • Facilitation of annual PS58 costs to CPA’s
  • Facilitation of year-end values to Actuaries

Our Advanced Planning Specialists

At SWG, our team of Advanced Planning Specialists exist for the sole purpose of providing white glove service to every one of our relationships. This elite experience is a non-negotiable requirement for all members of the team. SWG prides itself on a culture of specialty knowledge, integrity, and humility, which is the backbone of our overall experience.

Meet Our Team

The SWG family is a specialist thinktank, comprised of individuals who uphold our standards, core values, and proudly represent the overall ethos of the organization and its leadership.

  • Joseph M. Gaglio

    Founder + Managing Partner
  • Steven A. Stern, CPA*

    Managing Partner
“Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you on knowledge and understanding”
Jeremiah 3:15