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Financial planners are an odd breed.
When they join accounting firms, they cross over the clear definitions typically reserved for auditors and tax experts, drawing from the skills of each specialty and adding their own unique brand of tonic --to provide clients with an all-encompassing vision of their financial future.
Planners draw on their knowledge of accounting rules, tax laws, investment performance, and financial strategies to perform their job. While clients may think a crystal ball is involved in the results that they receive, the planners know it is their training and expertise that give them the almost surreal ability to not only envision the future, but to make that vision a reality.
And with financial planning rapidly becoming a standard service offered by accounting firms, it seems that no one prevailing formula exists for the ideal method of compensation.
It's not uncommon for accounting firms to apply a traditional approach to compensating these somewhat non …
Source: HighBeam Research, Compensation for planners: more than just a paycheck.(Top of the...