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Pillar Financial Advisors Pillar Financial Advisors
3046 Breckenridge Lane
Suite 104
Louisville, KY 40220
(502) 384-3890 We call that period the Opportunity Zone.

At Pillar Financial Advisors, we are your comprehensive partner in wealth management. If you’re preparing for retirement, you have the chance of a lifetime. The kids have graduated, many bills have been paid off, and you can focus on preparing for a great retirement. The choices you make and the strategies you employ in the five to ten years leading to retirement can dramatically affect the kind of retirement you have. And it’s our mission to help clients make the most of it. Our team has credentialed professionals in each of the three major areas that significantly impact your retirement experience: financial planning, tax planning, and investment management. I am a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). We also have a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) and another CFA on the team. We are one of the few fiduciary retirement planning firms in Louisville or Lexington to have all three credentials represented. We will draft an income plan, analyze the best time and the best options for taking Social Security and your pension, and recommend an appropriate blend of investments with low costs. We can identify opportunities for boosting tax-deferred savings. And do tax planning to minimize the tax you pay through retirement. We can create a risk management plan to protect your nest egg and help it last longer. To schedule an introductory conversation, call (502) 384-3893 or email [email protected]. You can also visit us at www.pillar.net

“Fiduciary” is one of the most important words in financial planning. It’s also one of the most misused.At Pillar, being...
09/28/2026

“Fiduciary” is one of the most important words in financial planning. It’s also one of the most misused.

At Pillar, being a fiduciary means every recommendation we make is legally required to be in your best interest, not simply appropriate for your general situation or suitable for someone in your bracket.

That standard shapes every decision we make. It’s what we built the firm around: pillar.net/contact-us

Are you 70½ or older and making annual charitable contributions?A qualified charitable distribution (QCD) is a specific ...
09/23/2026

Are you 70½ or older and making annual charitable contributions?

A qualified charitable distribution (QCD) is a specific IRA strategy that transfers funds directly from a traditional IRA to a qualified charity. The distribution counts toward your required minimum distribution if you have one, and none of it counts as taxable income.

A standard IRA withdrawal followed by a charitable deduction only helps if you itemize deductions and exceed the standard deduction threshold. A QCD reduces adjusted gross income directly, which affects Social Security taxation, IRMAA surcharges, and eligibility for other tax provisions calculated on AGI.

The distribution must be made directly from the IRA custodian to the charity. Funds that pass through a personal account first do not qualify.

UPS employees with concentrated company stock have one specific window that most miss entirely: the years between retire...
09/21/2026

UPS employees with concentrated company stock have one specific window that most miss entirely: the years between retirement and age 73.

Income typically drops when work ends, Social Security may not have started yet, and RMDs don't begin until 73, creating a gap that is often the lowest-tax window of your adult life. That window is the ideal time to sell portions of a concentrated position at significantly reduced capital gains rates.

The window is finite. Using it deliberately requires a plan built before retirement, not after.

When is the right time to think about your 2026 tax bill?Not April… not December… now.By September, most of the year's i...
09/16/2026

When is the right time to think about your 2026 tax bill?

Not April… not December… now.

By September, most of the year's income is either earned or predictable. That gives our clients enough information to model where they will land and enough time to make adjustments before year-end.

A few specific planning moves with deadlines:

👉 Roth conversions require the full transaction to settle before December 31 to count for 2026. Aim to submit before mid-December.

👉 Tax-loss harvesting opportunities need to be executed before year-end and observe the 30-day wash sale window.

👉 Qualified charitable distributions from an IRA must be completed by December 31 and can require weeks of processing time.

👉 Retirement account contributions for 2026 can still be adjusted through the end of the year if income allows

Waiting until December compresses the timeline in ways that limit what’s actually possible. The time to act is now.

Are you approaching a second marriage later in life?A second marriage layers two established financial lives together, o...
09/14/2026

Are you approaching a second marriage later in life?

A second marriage layers two established financial lives together, often with children, existing estate plans, and long-held assets already in place on both sides. That layering creates specific planning considerations.

At Pillar Financial Advisors, we can help you work through beneficiary designation updates, estate document rewrites, prenuptial coordination with your attorney, and Social Security modeling that accounts for how remarriage affects benefits from a previous marriage.

Don’t wait until the “I do” to start planning your future together.

📅 pillar.net/contact-us

Are you planning to support your grandchildren financially in retirement? A few tools make gifting significantly more ef...
09/09/2026

Are you planning to support your grandchildren financially in retirement? A few tools make gifting significantly more efficient when used deliberately.

Building them into the retirement income plan is what keeps generosity from becoming a source of stress.

Fire up the grill!Happy Labor Day from Pillar Financial Advisors. We hope you spend today resting, spending time with yo...
09/07/2026

Fire up the grill!

Happy Labor Day from Pillar Financial Advisors. We hope you spend today resting, spending time with your family, and enjoying a well-deserved day off.

A financial plan is only as good as its ex*****on.Building the plan is the first step. Coordinating the tax strategy, ma...
09/02/2026

A financial plan is only as good as its ex*****on.

Building the plan is the first step. Coordinating the tax strategy, managing the account withdrawals, timing the Social Security decision, executing the Roth conversions, and adjusting the plan when life takes an unexpected turn is where the real work happens.

That coordination is what separates a plan that works from a plan that sits on a shelf collecting dust.

Every client relationship at Pillar is built around ongoing ex*****on. A year-round partnership that keeps every piece of the financial picture moving in the same direction.

Are you within 10 years of retirement and looking for that kind of relationship? We’d love to hear from you: pillar.net/contact-us

Are you planning to move in retirement?Income tax treatment, property tax rates, estate tax thresholds, and Medicaid rul...
08/31/2026

Are you planning to move in retirement?

Income tax treatment, property tax rates, estate tax thresholds, and Medicaid rules all vary by state, and all four affect the retirement income plan in specific ways.

A move that looks attractive on housing costs alone can look very different when the full tax picture is in front of you.

Do you have all four core estate planning documents in place and updated within the last three to five years? If any of ...
08/26/2026

Do you have all four core estate planning documents in place and updated within the last three to five years? If any of them predate a divorce, a remarriage, or the birth of a grandchild, they may no longer say what you think they say.

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3046 Breckenridge Lane
Louisville, KY

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 4pm
Tuesday 9am - 4pm
Wednesday 9am - 4pm
Thursday 9am - 4pm
Friday 9am - 4pm

Telephone

+15023843890

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