Tom
One of the core requirements of Collaborative Practice and of the
IACP is that practitioners be licensed in their field. A reading of
the 40 Act and many state statutes seem to indicate that if you are
discussing securiities for a fee, or using terms such as financial
planning that you should be registered.
There are some exemptions to the 40 Act and as a CPA you are exempt
if the advice given is incidental to your normal practice. Should
you be retained to work on a divorce I am not sure fits into the
normal practice of a CPA, which is usually attestaion of documents.
Many of the commercial designations are simply that, commerical
designations.
In addition Washington State is considering legislation that anyone
referring to themseles as financial planners be registered as an RIA.
Now, some people that I have spoken with have said " we arent
finacial planners, we are financial neutrals" and that may be well
and good however I attended a meeting where Rita Pollak was the
speaker and the only term that she used was financial planning or
planner.
Once you get by the base requirement of being registered then other
designations may show some expertise.
Then there is also the argument that could be made that the fact that
the AICPA came out with the PFS designation is indicative of the fact
that they beleived that the CPA did not have the appropriate training
in personal fiancial issues and needed the specialization.
--- In CollabLaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Tom Norton" <tom@...> wrote:
and
So are you saying that a CPA/CDFA/CVA who does not sell product,
who therefore does not operate under the Investment Act of 1940, isam
not a qualified financial advisor?
--- In CollabLaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Morris Armstrong, CFP, ChFC,
CDFA" <divorceplanner@> wrote:
hoping
I am working on a presentation under the above heading and I was
that people may supply some examples of where people err royallyin the
post divorce phase. I imagine, but have no evidence that theerrors
are more likely to occur in litigated divorces; so I dont mindhearing
stories from the past.
I also need to address using qualified financial advisors and I
going to be upfront and state that my belief is that only peoplewho
can operate under the authority of the Investment Act of 1940 asthat
amended or its state equiavalent should be considered. I know
radically differs from the IACP however that is the approach Iwill be
taking there. ( Comments welcome as well)
Please feel free to contact me directly at divorceplanner@
or post here if people dont mind
Thank you
Morris Armstrong CFP, ChFC, CDFA, AIF, EA
Armstrong Financial Strategies
57 North St
Danbury CT 06810
203 744 9297
www.armstrong-financial.com