DOUG THORBURN

Taking the Enrolled Agents exam in 1979, Thorburn scored in the top 21 in the country out of over 5,000 candidates on a test that only 30% typically pass. Furthering his knowledge in the financial arena, he became a Certified Financial Planner® licensee in 1983, and has been licensed in various related fields, including real estate (1978 to 2000), life and disability insurance, and securities sales. More recently Mr. Thorburn became the first person to systematically describe how early-stage alcoholism results in the financial abuse of others, and what those affected can do about it... A popular speaker among tax and financial professionals for over fifteen years, Doug Thorburn has an uncanny ability to dissect a complex subject into small bites and then bring the pieces together in a meaningful fashion. Throughout his professional career, Mr. Thorburn has given talks on topics as diverse as the tax consequences of divorce, the complexity and loopholes of the alternative minimum tax..