The scenarios below illustrate how we approach planning issues like these for doctors, dentists, business owners and their families. Most of our clients start with a full financial plan — covering cash flow, risk management, retirement, estate, investment and tax planning together — though some engagements are narrower, such as insurance planning alone for risk management or estate tax liabilities, or investment management on its own.

These scenarios are illustrative examples, not actual clients. They are hypothetical, created for educational purposes, and do not represent guaranteed results. Individual circumstances vary; always seek professional tax, legal and insurance advice before acting on any strategy.
Doctors

From Associate to Incorporated Physician

A physician sets up her professional corporation and has to rethink salary vs. dividends, insurance and investing all at once.

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Dentists

Buying the Practice You’ve Been Associating At

An associate dentist is offered the chance to buy his clinic and has to plan the financing and protection together.

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Business Owners

Getting Exit-Ready Three Years Before Talking to Buyers

A business owner starts structuring for a future sale years before any buyer conversation begins.

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Estate Planning

When One Child Runs the Business and the Others Don’t

A family business owner works through what fair looks like when only one child has worked in the business.

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Retirement

Retiring Five Years Early as an Incorporated Professional

An incorporated professional plans a bridge income for the years before CPP and OAS begin.

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Insurance Planning

Insurance Review After a Growing Family and a Bigger Practice

A decade-old insurance policy gets revisited as income, family and business obligations all grow.

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