One of the most important steps in building a tax strategy or wealth strategy is choosing the right tax advisor who can help you formulate and execute those strategies on an ongoing basis. Every dollar you spend in taxes is a dollar that you cannot spend personally or invest. The right tax advisor will help you keep more of your own money. It’s a complex challenge. In the U.S., the federal tax code plus all of the related regulations and case law spans tens of thousands of pages. Add state and local taxes on top of that, plus other countries’ taxes if you’re doing business internationally, and it’s easy to see why a tax advisor is critical.