Syed Nishat is a partner at Wall Street Alliance Group. He specializes in ERISA 401(k)s and defined benefit plans and focuses on asset protection, retirement planning, and common financial mistakes made by physicians.
He holds FINRA Series 7, Series 63, and Series 66 licenses, along with life, disability, and long-term care insurance licenses. Syed earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Nevada, Reno, and has been awarded the Behavioral Financial Advisor (BFA) designation.
Syed’s articles, interviews, publications, and quotes have appeared in Medscape, Medical Economics, MedPage Today, Forbes, U.S. News, PLANSPONSOR, 401(k) Specialist, and BenefitsPRO. He is the author of "8 Mistakes to Avoid When Administering a 401(k) Plan" and "SECURE Act 2.0 Could Be a Game Changer for Retirement Planning." He shares updates on LinkedIn and X. For disclosures, visit Wall Street Alliance Group.
There were many tax code changes in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) when it was signed into law in 2025. Many of these changes affected taxpayers at different income levels, and with so many changes, it can be a challenge to know which items can best benefit physicians and their families. One of the provisions in OBBBA was an update to the SALT deduction, a change that can …
SALT deduction for physicians: the $500,000 magic number
This article is sponsored by Wall Street Alliance Group, specializing in physician financial planning.
Often, physicians only give minimal attention to their financial futures, but potential federal changes could make tax planning even more important. The proposed infrastructure …
Tax planning tips for physicians
While chatting with a physician client of mine recently, an important topic came up that she hadn’t really asked about previously. My client is in her late 40s and is currently single with no plans of getting married. She’s the only child of her aged parents, and after working as a physician for over 15 years, she has become financially successful enough to slow her career down a bit. Her …
Estate planning and asset protection challenges and strategies for single physicians
As another autumn pulls the pages off the 2021 calendar, it’s already time to start planning for the end of the year. The days get shorter but often busier as the weather cools down. This can be a vital time when preparing for taxes, and it’s good to know what the best savings strategies are for you to implement now, which will put you in a good spot for your …
12 year-end tax planning tips for physicians
For married physicians looking into estate planning strategies, one thing to keep in mind is how to make best use of spousal benefits in reducing taxes or providing for a surviving spouse or other beneficiaries. For wealthy physicians, a spousal lifetime access trust, or SLAT, may provide a viable vehicle for avoiding estate taxes for both spouses and protecting assets from creditors while at the same time providing distributions that …
SLAT: An important estate planning strategy for physicians to lower President Biden’s estate tax
High earners such as physicians often focus on pre-tax contribution and may overlook some of the advantages in contributing to a nondeductible IRA account.
The basic premise of contributions made into a traditional IRA is that those contributions are pre-tax dollars, meaning the investor will pay taxes when the funds are withdrawn from the account at a later date. On the other hand, Roth IRA accounts are funded with post-tax money; …
Why physicians should use a nondeductible IRA
When I sat down to write this article, my thoughts immediately went to the tragic loss of one of my best clients, a physician who recently passed away after battling COVID-19. I remember him not only as an excellent physician but even more so as a great person.
Unlike many physicians I speak to in the course of my work, this client had the foresight to do some careful estate planning. …
8 estate planning mistakes for physicians to avoid
Recently, I was talking on the phone to a physician client of mine about the COVID-19 vaccine and how thrilled I was that everyone over the age of 30 is now eligible in New York, which meant I could now schedule my own appointment.
We discussed the current market, and just when I was about to end the call by wishing him a happy National Doctor’s Day, his younger son, who …
12 tax deductions physicians overlook
A gastroenterologist client of mine in Florida is very business savvy. From the beginning of our 12-year relationship, we planned to include real estate as part of his overall diversified portfolio alongside the equity investments in his retirement account.
Slowly but surely, with the savings leftover after deferring the maximum amount he could into retirement plans, he built up portfolios of real estate for income purposes that included buying an office …
Cost segregation: an underutilized strategy for physicians who own real estate
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