Creative Financial Strategies

Creative Financial Strategies is a South Carolina based firm of professional financial services practitioners. The firm serves both corporate and individual clientele seeking broad-spectrum advice and implementation services in the areas of comprehensive and area focused personal planning*, wealth management, employee financial education, and executive benefit financial education and planning. Corporate clientele range in size from midsized, closely held firms to some of South Carolina’s largest employers to Fortune 200.

We encourage you to explore our site. If we may respond to questions or you would like more information please e-mail us at cfsinfo@4decisions.biz or call us at 803-741-1001 or 877-741-1001. We look forward to serving you.
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Lease Payment

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Impact of Inflation

Estimate the future cost of an item based on today’s prices and the rate of inflation you expect.

Tax-Deferred Savings

Compare the potential future value of tax-deferred investments to that of taxable investments.

Lifetime Earnings

This calculator is designed to help you attach a dollar figure to your life’s work.

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Newsletters

HOT TOPIC: Breaking Down the Debt-Ceiling Compromise

The Budget Control Act of 2011 raised the federal debt ceiling, mandated modest but significant caps on discretionary spending over the next ten years, and left the details of larger deficit reduction to a 12 member, bipartisan “super committee.” The main provisions of the law include the assumption that higher tax rates will return in 2013.

Using Living Benefits for Retirement Income

Many Americans are finding it difficult to predict how much they can save by retirement. Because traditional pensions are available to just one out of three workers today, a potential way of creating a guaranteed income stream in retirement is to purchase the guaranteed living benefits that are available with some variable annuities.

Settling on a Salary

As a company's profit situation improves, business owners may be in a position to decide whether to take home a larger salary or use more of the proceeds to invest for the future. This article discusses the possibility of choosing a business-owner salary that allows for other benefits, such as building the business, saving more for retirement, and adding employee benefits.

Federal Estate Tax Is Much Lower — For Now

The federal estate tax was repealed in 2010, then reinstated by the 2010 Tax Relief Act with new provisions for 2011 and 2012. This article discusses the temporary provisions, the options for estates of 2010 decedents, and potential changes in future years that could subject many more estates to the federal estate tax than under current law.

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