Events & Webinars
Willis Johnson & Associates offers seminars, webinars and events specifically tailored to the complex financial needs of the corporate professionals we serve, many of whom are executives at Houston’s leading energy companies. If you have interest in a specific area of financial planning or investing, but don’t see it covered on the calendar, please contact us directly; our advisors may be able to help with a one-on-one discussion.
Financial Planning Events
FINANCIAL PLANNING WEBINAR | THURSDAY, OCT. 24, 2024 AT 12:00 PM CT
Q4 2024 Stock Market Update
Understanding where the market is headed, why certain asset classes are outperforming others, and which policy changes will impact you is fundamental for today's investors. Join Nick Johnson, CFA®, CFP®, President of Willis Johnson & Associates, as he presents an in-depth analysis of our current economy and offers actionable tactics to consider for your investment strategy.
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ON-DEMAND FINANCIAL PLANNING WEBINAR
2024 Elections & the Markets
What the Outcome Could Mean for Your Finances
Between recently passed legislation and what’s currently pending in Congress, there's no shortage of topics to discuss regarding the upcoming election mid-terms. With so many potential policy changes in a close race for control of the Senate and the House, it's important to think about how you should save, invest, and plan for your best long-term outcome regardless of the election results. Register for our upcoming webinar where WJA President and Wealth Manager Nick Johnson, CFA®, CFP®, dives into the potential financial implications of each party's proposed policies and how your financial planning should pivot to make the most of it.
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ON-DEMAND FINANCIAL PLANNING WEBINAR
5 Benefit Elections That Can Impact Your Taxes After Leaving BP
Many BP retirees will have multiple income sources to consider in their final months or years of work, with the most common being salary and bonuses, restricted stock units, excess compensation payouts, pensions, unused benefits, and severance. Navigating these complex financial opportunities related to retirement from BP can be time-consuming and difficult to discern. Every situation is different, and delaying retirement might not fit every retiree’s personal situation; however, this webinar will cover the financial reasons to consider when choosing a specific date or time of year for retirement from BP.
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ON-DEMAND FINANCIAL PLANNING WEBINAR
Timing Your Chevron Retirement
As a Chevron employee, do you know the retirement date you choose can have a major effect on your retirement funds? After a long career at Chevron, picking a retirement date can actually be quite complicated. Let’s face it: if you’re not thinking about your employee benefits, taxes, and income distribution when selecting your Chevron retirement date, you're likely to be leaving money on the table. Strategically choosing your retirement date can be the key to maximizing your Chevron retirement benefits and efficiently minimizing your overall tax burden.
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ON-DEMAND FINANCIAL PLANNING WEBINAR
Shell Retirement Planning: 6 Crucial Timing Decisions to Get Right
For Shell professionals, the difference between retiring at the end of one year and the beginning of the next can be hundreds of thousands of dollars in missed savings. Let's face it: if you’re not thinking about your pension, taxes, and other benefit payouts when selecting your retirement date, you’re potentially leaving money on the table. In this webinar, WJA's Managing Director, Wealth Management, and Shell benefits expert, Alexis Long, MBA, CFP®, dives into the misconceptions surrounding Shell executive's benefits.
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ON-DEMAND FINANCIAL PLANNING WEBINAR
How to Use Retirement Withdrawal Strategies to Lower Your Taxes
While many professionals think retirement signifies the end of their financial planning needs, financial planning is more crucial than ever because making just one or two wrong decisions can create a significant headache and higher tax bills in retirement. For many retirees, planning how to make savings last and trying to make tax-efficient choices in each of these financial areas can bring anxiety and stress. We’ll walk you through common scenarios we see with retirees so you can make the necessary decisions with confidence and keep more of what’s yours.
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ON-DEMAND FINANCIAL PLANNING WEBINAR
How the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act Expiration, Secure Act 2.0 & the 2024 Election Impact Your Taxes and Retirement Planning
With the onset of the Secure Act 2.0 coinciding with the expiration of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, it’s more crucial (and confusing) than ever to have a tax-efficient financial plan in place. Why? Without one, in 2026, taxes are likely to go up as many of the tried-and-true strategies to reduce taxable income come off the table for high-income professionals. Nick Johnson, CFA®, CFP®, President of Willis Johnson & Associates, presents an in-depth analysis of how today’s professionals can expect their taxes to evolve in the coming months and offers actionable strategies that may lessen their impact before these changes take hold.
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ON-DEMAND FINANCIAL PLANNING WEBINAR
The 3 Biggest Tax Mistakes High-Income Earners Make Every Year
Overlooked and often unknown errors can result in double taxation, an incorrect or incomplete tax return, or expensive penalties. As a corporate executive, you have unique factors to consider before submitting your taxes — Do you have company stock? Do you have foreign financial assets? Have you submitted all the forms you need and done so correctly? In this webinar, we'll discuss the frequent errors we encounter within tax returns from high-income earners, and how to prevent or correct these costly mistakes.
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ON-DEMAND FINANCIAL PLANNING WEBINAR
How Expats Can Avoid 10 Common Mistakes Surrounding Taxes & Foreign Earned Income
Whether you're juggling tax forms and credits, purchasing real estate, or managing various financial accounts, living in a different country as a U.S. resident can be a lot to manage. Overlooked and often unknown errors can result in double taxation, an incorrect or incomplete tax return, or expensive penalties. In this webinar, we discuss the frequent errors we encounter within tax returns from high-income earning expatriates or those who've immigrated to the U.S., and how to prevent or correct these costly mistakes.
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ON-DEMAND FINANCIAL PLANNING WEBINAR
Chevron Professionals Can Save Over $69,000 In The ESIP This Year
As you make financial decisions now, you probably realize they’ll have a significant impact on your financial future and retirement security. Chevron employees have access to a host of generous retirement savings options and tax-efficient savings strategies that you can leverage to get up to a total of $84,300 into tax-preferential retirement savings ($94,800 for married couples age 55 and above) this year!
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BP Professionals Can Save Over $69,000 In The ESP This Year
As a BP employee, you may wonder how to make sure you’re saving enough for retirement, or if you should be using different savings options to make the most of your retirement. If you’ve built a career at BP, you should ensure you’re building a retirement future using the options it provides to get up to a total of $84,300 into tax-preferential retirement savings ($94,800 for married couples age 55 and above) this year!
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ON-DEMAND FINANCIAL PLANNING WEBINAR
Shell Professionals Can Save Over $69,000 In The Provident Fund This Year
If a successful retirement from Shell is part of your long-term plan, this webinar will provide you with plenty of useful, actionable information to put into practice as you plan for the future. We'll also discuss how to lessen the tax impact of your pension and excess benefit plan payouts and how you can combine strategies and planning tools to get up to a total of $84,300 into tax-preferential retirement savings ($94,800 for married couples aged 55 and above) this year!
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ON-DEMAND FINANCIAL PLANNING WEBINAR
How to Start a Consulting Business
There are many benefits to starting a consulting practice — if you know what to expect. If you're not fully versed in the tax implications of being self-employed, how to protect your assets, and the rules around structuring self-employment benefits, you could potentially lose benefits and affect the savings you've built up over your career. You've worked hard to develop the skills needed for consulting. Let us walk you through the primary considerations and common mistakes of self-employment, so you can enhance, not hinder, your upcoming venture.
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Navigating Open Enrollment at BP
How to Make the Right Elections for You & 3 Common Mistakes to Avoid
BP benefits expert and Director, Wealth Management, Sarah Sikorski, CFP®, CPA, walks you through the considerations to evaluate when choosing your medical and insurance plans, the common mistakes we see each Open Enrollment season, and how to avoid them. The choices you make during Open Enrollment can have a long-term impact on the costs you and your family face over time, and what’s available to take care of you all if unexpected circumstances arise.
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Navigating Open Enrollment at Shell
How to Make the Right Elections for You & 3 Common Mistakes to Avoid
Join us for our upcoming webinar where Shell benefits expert Alexis Long, CFP®, will walk you through the considerations to evaluate when choosing your medical and insurance plans, the common mistakes we see each Shell Open Enrollment season, and how to avoid them. Many people neglect to make changes during Open Enrollment, but it’s about so much more than just picking a plan. The choices you make during Open Enrollment can have a long-term impact on the costs you and your family face over time, and what’s available to take care of you all if unexpected circumstances arise.
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Navigating Open Enrollment at Chevron
How to Make the Right Elections for You & 3 Common Mistakes to Avoid
Many people neglect to make changes during Open Enrollment, but it’s about so much more than just picking a plan. The choices you make during Open Enrollment can have a long-term impact on the costs you and your family face over time, and what’s available to take care of you all if unexpected circumstances arise. Join us for our upcoming webinar where Chevron benefits expert, Steven Chambers, CFA®, CFP®, will walk you through the considerations to evaluate when choosing your medical and insurance plans, the common mistakes we see each Open Enrollment season, and how to avoid them.
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3 Key Strategies to Being a Successful Investor
Many investors wonder what the key to success is when investing. How can you beat, or at least match, the market? WJA President, Nick Johnson CFA®, CFP®, answers these questions and provides an in-depth analysis of where investors go wrong and how to avoid these mistakes when creating your own strategy. Register for the webinar to learn the best way to create a custom investment strategy that can help you reach your long-term financial goals.
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How to Prepare for an Upcoming Retirement from Shell:
7 Things Smart Retirees Do in Their Last 6 Months
In the final months before your last day at Shell, there are numerous benefit elections, investment, savings, and tax decisions to make. Each of these financial decisions impacts and compounds off of one another, so making even just one wrong decision can create a significant headache and tax bill in retirement. Join Director of Wealth Management, Alexis Long, MBA, CFP®, as she covers the most important considerations and action items Shell professionals need to address as they prepare to move into retirement.