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Financial Planning 

With the Tax Picture Built In

The advice here is backed by credentials on both the accounting and the investing side, the kind of depth not every office can offer. The payoff for you is decisions you actually understand, made with confidence rather than crossed fingers.

Fairfield

204 South East 3rd Street
Fairfield, IL 62837

Mt. Vernon

2025 Broadway St.
Mt. Vernon, IL 62864

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Office: (618) 842-2902
Fax: (618) 842-3302

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Why Hefley & Associates Guidance That Fits the Life
You Actually Have

Financial decisions often come with a quiet trade-off between today's needs and the life you want years from now. We work to take the guesswork out of that balance, starting with real conversations about your situation and backing every recommendation with careful analysis. The goal is a plan you can rely on, one that keeps your footing solid in the present while steadily moving you toward what matters most down the road.

Who We Help Those Who Think a Few Steps Ahead

Who We Help Those Who Think a Few Steps Ahead

Their circumstances vary widely, but the people we work with tend to fall into a few recognizable groups.

Business Owners
Running a company means weighing payroll, growth, and taxes together, and we help with each.

Retirees and Those Nearing Retirement
Whether retirement is years off or already here, the focus shifts to making savings last.

Physicians, Executives, and Other Professionals
High earners with demanding careers, complex compensation, and little spare time to manage it all.

Families and High-Net-Worth Households
Parents planning for education and the next generation, plus households protecting the assets they built.

What We Do Solutions Working
In Coordination

These three areas tend to overlap more than people expect, which is why handling them separately can quietly cost you. Keeping them together lets a move in one column account for its effect on the others, so the pieces actually work in your favor.

Fiscal ArchitectureWealth Management

Your investments, retirement income, and estate, managed as one plan with every move measured against its tax impact.

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Continuous PlanningTax Planning

Looking ahead to lowering what you owe, working year-round instead of scrambling each April as the laws shift.

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Real-Time RecordsAccounting

Books and records kept accurate and current, so the numbers behind your decisions are ready when you need them.

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We bring wealth management and CPA-level tax strategy to the same desk, so the pieces of your financial life actually work in your favor.

Hefley & Associates

Integrity, Service, Truthfulness, PerseveranceLeading Since 1995

Integrity, Service, Truthfulness, PerseveranceLeading Since 1995 

We have called Southern Illinois home since 1995, growing right alongside the families and businesses we work with. Through all of it, our commitment to doing right by people and staying with them for the long haul has not wavered.

Insights & Resources Articles, Videos & Calculators

18 Years Worth of Days

18 Years Worth of Days

The average retirement lasts for 18 years. What will you do with your days?
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Can I Create a Roth if I’m Over the Income Limit?

Can I Create a Roth if I’m Over the Income Limit?

Use this article to start conversations about the “backdoor” Roth IRA strategy.
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What You Need to Know about Tax-Loss Harvesting

What You Need to Know about Tax-Loss Harvesting

While tax-loss harvesting won't eliminate your taxes, it may offset what you owe on your taxable investment accounts.
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Three Key Questions to Answer Before Taking Social Security

Three Key Questions to Answer Before Taking Social Security

When to start? Should I continue to work? How can I maximize my benefit?
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Conversation

Whatever first put these questions on your mind, the next step is a no-cost conversation where we listen, and you decide whether we are the right fit. Reach out whenever you are ready, and we will take it from there at a pace that suits you.

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