Medical Professional Financial Planning for Salt Lake City LGBTQ+ households
SLC has a large healthcare-sector employer base — Intermountain, University of Utah Health, Huntsman Cancer Institute, and Primary Children's. For LGBTQ+ physicians, PhDs, and healthcare professionals here, the planning surface combines high income, meaningful student debt, and Utah's specific LGBTQ+ legal considerations.
Schedule a free intro callWhy Salt Lake City LGBTQ+ households approach medical professional planning differently
A mid-career SLC physician or academic-medicine PhD often carries meaningful student debt (PSLF eligible or not), high income, a 403(b) + 457(b) or 401(k) at a large employer, and possibly a moonlighting 1099 side. Optimizing all of it together — including whether PSLF is realistic, whether to refinance, and how to stack retirement contributions — is where the largest year-over-year decisions live.
For LGBTQ+ medical professionals in Utah, the additional planning weight is around family-planning cash flow (IVF, surrogacy, adoption) at a stage of career where income is high but debt is still material, and around the estate + parental documents needed to protect a same-sex spouse and children under Utah law.
Aequitas coordinates the whole picture — PSLF vs. refinance, retirement-plan design, moonlighting income, family-planning cash flow, and estate/parental documents — in one plan.
Medical professional planning rolls up into the broader Salt Lake City city plan, which covers city, state, and federal tax and legal context in more depth.
What we plan for Salt Lake City medical professional planning
PSLF vs. refinance modeling
Actual after-tax comparison of PSLF forgiveness vs. private refinance, including IDR payment modeling and career-plan risk.
403(b) + 457(b) + moonlighting Solo 401(k)
Contribution stacking across employer plans and any 1099 moonlighting income — often the biggest tax-advantaged capacity in the household.
Family-planning cash flow
IVF, surrogacy, and adoption modeled honestly into a physician's cash flow — including the PSLF window and debt-payoff timeline.
Utah LGBTQ+ estate & parental documents
Second-parent adoption, guardianship nominations, and healthcare directives drafted to be portable and defensible.
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State income tax, property tax, estate tax, and LGBTQ+ planning overlays specific to Salt Lake City.
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- LGBTQ+ estate planning in Salt Lake City
Trust structure, healthcare directives, and beneficiary audits specific to Salt Lake City.
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About the advisor
Aequitas Financial was founded by Taylor Bell, a fee-only fiduciary planner. LGBTQ+ planning isn't a side specialty here — it's the practice.
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