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💼Tax, Planning & Advisory Services for HNW Individuals & Families

Custom - Tailored Tax, Planning & Advisory

You Define Your Success. 
We'll Help You Achieve It. 
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High-net-worth households face unique complexity—multiple income streams, concentrated assets, higher tax exposure, and the need to align wealth with family and legacy goals. At Cobalt PacWest, we bring clarity and strategy to every dimension of your financial life.

🔹 Advanced Tax Planning Multi-year strategies to minimize liabilities, maximize deductions, and control outcomes across income, capital gains, real estate, and business ownership.

🔹 Comprehensive Wealth Structuring Coordinating trusts, entities, investments, and income streams for efficiency and protection.

🔹 Estate & Legacy Planning Designing tax-efficient transfers through trusts, gifting strategies, and charitable planning to preserve wealth for future generations.

🔹 Risk & Asset Protection Guarding against legal, financial, and market risks with thoughtful structures and strategies.

🔹 Integrated Financial Planning Alignment of investments, retirement, insurance, and liquidity with long-term goals and lifestyle priorities.

Cobalt PacWest specializes in helping high-net-worth individuals simplify complexity, safeguard wealth, and achieve financial clarity—so you can focus on living fully and leaving a lasting impact.

​Are you feeling uneasy about the financial decisions you are (or are not) making to increase financial and tax efficiencies, reduce current and future year taxes, financial stress and anxiety, set - and achieve - realistic and attainable essential financial and life goals, plans for achieving financial independence and retiring on your terms ?  You are not alone. 

 Time is money.
How Much Can We Save You?

Schedule Your Consult and Strategy Session Today.

Let’s chart a smarter path forward—together.​​​​​​​​​​

Services for Individuals & Families

Expertise at All Stages of
Your Life Journey 

Early Career

Laying the Foundation for Financial Independence

 

Professionals in the early stages of their careers face unique financial pressures. At Cobalt PacWest, we provide the guidance and structure to transform financial vulnerability into long-term stability and success.

🔹 Managing High Debt-to-Earnings Ratios – Strategies for student loans, practice-related debt, and lifestyle expenses.

🔹 Navigating Career Uncertainty – Planning for employment-at-will environments and evaluating alternative opportunities.

🔹 Emergency Savings & Risk Management – Establishing safety nets to handle unexpected expenses and protect your career trajectory.

🔹 Exploring Entrepreneurial Interests – Assessing the financial feasibility of side practices or part-time ventures.

🔹 Personal Finance & Tax Education – Building confidence in areas where formal training is limited or absent.

🔹 Balancing High Future Potential with Current Vulnerability – Aligning today’s realities with tomorrow’s opportunities.

🔹 Cash Flow & Lifestyle Modeling – Analyzing compensation, relocation, and lifestyle choices to support long-term goals.

Cobalt PacWest helps early-career physicians gain clarity, reduce stress, and build a foundation for independence, growth, and financial confidence.

Mid-Career

Maximizing Earnings, Balancing Priorities, Building Wealth

 

As professionals advance in their careers, financial complexity grows. Cobalt PacWest provides proactive guidance to help you manage rising income, growing family responsibilities, and long-term wealth strategies.

🔹 Income Spikes & Tax Exposure – Strategies to manage sudden increases in income, minimize liabilities, and smooth volatility.

🔹 W-2 Straight Salary – Addressing income and deduction limitations in employment-at-will environments.

🔹 W-2 + Bonus + Equity Awards – Tax planning and cash flow strategies to handle income uncertainty and optimize compensation.

🔹 Owners & Entrepreneurs – Structuring business finances, benefits, and compensation to support family goals—despite limited time or expertise.

🔹 Lifestyle Expansion & Debt – Balancing rising expenses with disciplined savings for retirement and financial independence.

🔹 Aggressive Multi-Year Tax Planning – Coordinated strategies for wealth accumulation and effective tax minimization.

🔹 Marriage, Family & Home Purchase – Planning for major life milestones with clarity and foresight.

🔹 Creative Education Funding – Designing efficient ways to save and invest for children’s education.

🔹 Layered Retirement Savings Strategies – Leveraging defined benefit plans, 401(k)/profit sharing, and advanced plan design.

🔹 Retirement Readiness – Exploring future retirement options, quantifying lifestyle and healthcare costs, and setting a legacy plan in motion.

Cobalt PacWest helps mid-career physicians expand wealth, reduce risk, and balance today’s lifestyle with tomorrow’s independence.

Nearing Retirement

 Protecting Wealth. Minimizing Taxes, Shaping Legacy.

For high-net-worth professionals, nearing retirement is a pivotal stage—balancing peak earnings with the need to preserve and transition wealth. At Cobalt PacWest, we deliver clarity and strategy for this critical phase.

🔹 Career & Compensation Uncertainty – Addressing risks in employment-at-will environments and optimizing equity, bonus, and deferred comp structures.

🔹 Business Owners & Entrepreneurs – Succession and exit planning to maximize enterprise value and ensure a smooth transition.

🔹 Tax-Efficient Wealth Accumulation – Multi-year strategies to reduce federal and state liabilities while accelerating retirement savings.

🔹 Coordinating Multiple Income Streams – Structuring business, consulting, real estate, investment, and earned income for optimal efficiency.

🔹 Aggressive Multi-Year Tax Planning – Proactive strategies aligned with retirement and estate objectives.

🔹 Lifestyle & Retirement Alignment – Balancing lifestyle growth with disciplined planning for retirement independence.

🔹 Advanced Estate Planning – Leveraging trusts, family entities, and gifting strategies to preserve wealth and reduce tax exposure.

🔹 Accelerated Retirement Readiness – Maximizing contributions, layering advanced retirement plans, and modeling retirement cash flow.

🔹 Healthcare & Legacy Planning – Quantifying future healthcare needs and executing strategies to leave a lasting legacy.

Cobalt PacWest helps high-net-worth professionals protect what they’ve built, expand opportunities, and prepare for a confident transition into retirement.

Enjoying Retirement

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 Optimizing Resources.

Living Your Legacy.

Retirement is about more than stepping back from work—it’s about sustaining independence, protecting assets, and ensuring your legacy is fulfilled. We provide clarity and structure so you can enjoy retirement with confidence.

🔹 Maintaining Financial Independence – Aligning income, expenses, and lifestyle with long-term security.

🔹 Withdrawal Strategies – Coordinating distributions across IRAs, taxable accounts, pensions, and Social Security to minimize taxes and extend portfolio life.

🔹 Healthcare & Medicare Planning – Managing Medicare Part B/D premiums, IRMAA brackets, supplemental insurance, and out-of-pocket risk.

🔹 Estate & Charitable Planning Execution – Implementing trust distributions, ensuring proper asset titling, transitioning family businesses or real estate, and creating lasting charitable legacies or endowments.

Cobalt PacWest helps high-net-worth professionals sustain financial confidence, manage healthcare costs, and execute legacy plans—so retirement is not just secure, but deeply fulfilling.

What Our Clients Are Saying 

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John K., Shareholder

"Cobalt PacWest went far beyond  prepare our taxes—they taught us how to run our business-like owners. We now have a passion to grow the business now that we the profit potential".

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Bryan N., CTO

"As a CTO with no free time, I needed more than a tax preparer—I needed a strategic partner I could trust to guide my decisions. Natalie was quick to point out where my decisions were off, and saved us $90k in taxes the first year. I am now on track to retire at 58. This is welcome news as I honestly had no clue how far my net worth would take me. Outstanding work."

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Michael & Amy M., Director

"I’ve worked with several firms throughout my career. None provided the depth and breathe of tax planning work Natalie provides. I appreciate the quarterly check-ins to keep me focused and my financial plan current."

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Michael B. Sr. Manager

"Sharp, discreet and on the ball.

 

Cobalt PacWest Advisors was exactly what I needed after leaving my prior CPA - who was costing me thousands and never returned my calls. Natalie saves me thousands each year and returns my calls the same day. Thank you, Natalie, for your hard work." 

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Alan D., Director

"Natalie delivers what every executive needs - direct communication, solid recommendations, personal attention and follow through.  
If you are a busy executive looking for a CPA you can trust, talk to Natalie. You won't regret it."

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George and Denise G.
Self-employed

"With multiple trusts, an expanding real estate portfolio and alternative investments we needed a CPA to guide us and handle it all. Cobalt PacWest found ample opportunities to save taxes, and explained how in terms we could understand. We are confident our financial future is in good hands."

Clarity. Confidence. Care. 

Experience the Cobalt PacWest Difference.​​

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