Guy McPhail
CFP®, CPA/PFS
SAX Wealth Advisors, LLC
Wealth Advisor
Guy McPhail
CFP®, CPA/PFS
SAX Wealth Advisors, LLC
Wealth Advisor
As a fee-only financial planner, my focus is to offer unbiased financial advice to help you achieve your life goals. - Guy McPhail, CFP®, CPA/PFS
Fee-Only Financial Planner in Pennington NJ Serving Princeton, Flemington, Hunterdon, Mercer & Bucks Co., and clients nationwide
Guy McPhail is a Pennington, NJ fee-only financial planner. Sax Wealth Advisors, LLC provides comprehensive financial planning, retirement planning, and investment management to help corporate executives, high net-worth families and individuals organize, grow and protect their assets through life’s transitions. As a fee-only, fiduciary, and independent financial advisor, Guy McPhail is never paid a commission of any kind, and has a legal obligation to provide unbiased and trustworthy financial advice.
Guy McPhail joined Sax Wealth Advisors in the 2017 acquisition of his wealth management firm, The GM Financial Group LLC where he was Founder and President.
Guy is a seasoned family and small business wealth advisor with over 25 years of experience providing financial solutions, including financial planning, discretionary portfolio management and proactive tax planning.
Guy has written a number of articles on financial planning, investments and income taxes and is co-author of the Amazon best-selling book, “Tax Breaks of the Rich and Famous” which discusses techniques on how small business owners can save on taxes.
Guy was leader of the New Jersey Society of CPA’s Financial Planning Interest Group, he consults and leads webinars at the New Jersey Small Business Development Center and is on the faculty of LawLine, where he informs attorneys on tax laws and other financial matters.
Guy is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANER™ practitioner, and Certified Public Accountant/Personal Financial Specialist(CPA/PFS).
In the News
- Entrepreneur Magazine
- MSNBC
- Fox Business
- The New Jersey Star Ledger
- New Jersey Life
- Mutual Fund Magazine
- New Jersey CPA Magazine
- Medical Economics
- Worth
- Small Business Review
- FiLIfe in partnership with the Wall St. Journal
Community
- Member, The National Association of Personal Advisors (NAPFA)
- Member, The New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants (NJSPCA)
- Member, The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
- Member, Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce
- Former Board Member, Pennington, NJ Economic Development Commission
- Former Board Member, Pennington Business and Professional Association (PBPA)
- Board Member, Friends of Alouette International
- Past Leader, The New Jersey Society of CPA’s Financial Planning Interest Group
Guy McPhail is a Member of the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors
The National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA) is a leading professional association of Fee-Only financial advisors - highly trained professionals who are committed to working in the best interests of those they serve.
NAPFA members live by three important values:
- To be the beacon for independent, objective financial advice for individuals and families.
- To be the champion of financial services delivered in the public interest.
- To be the standard bearer for the emerging profession of financial planning.
Sax Wealth Advisors LLC is an independent registered investment advisor offering financial services built on trust, integrity and meaningful client relationships.
As a wholly owned subsidiary of Sax LLP, a leading accounting, tax and advisory firm in the New York tri-state area, Sax Wealth Advisors provides a wide range of strategies and services to help you reach your financial goals at every stage of life.
Sax Wealth Advisors is registered with the Securities Exchange Commission and complies with the highest fiduciary standards. As an independent investment advisor, we are able to provide objective advice focused solely on your priorities and goals, and never on selling propitiatory investment products.
Our Mission
Sax Wealth Advisors is committed to being our clients’ most valued advisor by understanding their Vision and providing solutions that meet their expectations to assure their success. We are dedicated to continually building a great firm that attracts, develops, excites and retains exceptional people.
Our Approach
Sax Wealth Advisors takes an academic, research-based approach to accumulating, protecting and transferring your wealth. Utilizing passive asset class investing and broad global diversification practices, this proven technique offers a lower cost, lower risk alternative to Wall Street’s traditional “beat the market” system, without compromising on value or results.
Fee-Only, Fiduciary, Independent: Three Important Criteria to Consider When Choosing a Financial Advisor.
Specialties
- Comprehensive Financial Planning
- Retirement Income Planning
- Investment Management
- College Education Planning
- Tax Planning
Ideal Clients
- Retirees and Near Retirees
- Growing Families
- Business Owners and Executives
- Sudden Money Situations
- Novice Investors
Working Together
- In-Office Meetings
- Virtual Meetings
- Clearly Defined Fees
- No Product Sales
- Complimentary Initial Consultation
Professional Designations & Affiliations
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Guy McPhail is a NAPFA-Registered Financial AdvisorThe National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA) is a leading professional association of Fee-Only financial advisors—highly trained professionals who are committed to working in the best interests of those they serve.
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Guy McPhail is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ Professional - Click for VerificationCFP® professionals are held to strict ethical standards to ensure financial planning recommendations are in your best interest. What’s more, a CFP® professional must acquire several years of experience related to delivering financial planning services to clients and pass the comprehensive CFP® Certification Exam before they can use the CFP® designation.
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Guy McPhail is a Certified Public Accountant (Learn More)A Certified Public Accountant (CPA) is a professional accountant who has met the education and experience requirements set by their state's Board of Accountancy and has passed the Uniform CPA Exam. CPAs are licensed to provide a wide range of accounting services, including financial statement preparation, tax planning and preparation, auditing, consulting, and other financial advisory services.
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Guy McPhail is a Personal Financial Specialist (PFS)The Personal Financial Specialist (PFS) credential is granted solely to CPAs (Certified Public Accountants) with considerable personal financial planning education and experience. All areas of personal financial planning—including estate, retirement, investments, and insurance—have tax implications, and the PFS professional has the experience, ethics, and expertise to get the job done right.
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SAX Wealth Advisors, LLC is an Approved Dimensional Funds AdvisorDimensional believes an advisor can work closely with you to understand your financial needs and provide a range of wealth management services, while encouraging the discipline essential to long-term investment success. Financial advisors who work with Dimensional operate independently from Dimensional and vary in the extent to which they use Dimensional funds.
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SAX Wealth Advisors, LLC is a Member of Buckingham Strategic PartnersWe know there are thousands of advisory firms that claim to deliver great experiences for clients. There are also national-level firms delivering cookie-cutter experiences to their clients. Our vision combines the best of both worlds — to provide the personal experience to clients, supported by the broader resources of a larger firm. We believe this is the optimal path forward not just for us, but for all clients we serve.
Working with Buckingham Strategic Partners means a collaboration with an organization of industry experts, operations specialists and national thought leaders that helps our firm achieve more for our clients. By partnering with Buckingham, we have significantly more capabilities than many advisory firms that have large staff. We gain a team of professionals—advisors, investment analysts, operations experts and national thought leaders – all with the goal of enhancing the experience we’ve created for our clients.
Contact Guy McPhail
Office Locations:
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100 Charles Ewing Boulevard
Suite 130
Ewing, NJ 08628 -
389 Interpace Parkway
Floor 3
Parsippany, NJ 07054 -
551 Madison Avenue
12th Floor
New York, NY 10022 -
12724 Gran Bay Parkway
Suite 410
Jacksonville, FL 32258
