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Financial Planning Associates
Filed as FINANCIAL PLANNING ASSOCIATES · Legal name McCourt, Daniel Irvin
Financial Planning Associates is a state-registered investment advisory firm in Aptos, CA, registered since 2022, with no regulatory assets under management reported in its Form ADV filing dated February 20, 2026.
Quick answers
From the filingHow is Financial Planning Associates compensated?
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Financial Planning Associates reports these compensation arrangements: hourly charges; other.
Where is Financial Planning Associates located?
Financial Planning Associates' principal office is in Aptos, CA, according to its Form ADV.
Is Financial Planning Associates registered with the SEC or a state?
Financial Planning Associates is a state-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2022. Status as filed: APPROVED. CRD 317454.
What types of clients does Financial Planning Associates serve?
By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (90); high net worth individuals (30).
Does Financial Planning Associates report any disciplinary disclosures?
Reports 4 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.E(1) (self-regulatory organization's finding of a false statement or omission), 11.E(2) (self-regulatory organization's finding of a rule violation), 11.E(3) (self-regulatory organization's finding of causing a business's authorization to be denied, suspended, revoked, or restricted), and 11.E(4) (self-regulatory organization's expulsion, suspension, bar, or restriction). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's public record on IAPD: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/317454
From the Form ADV filing
Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.
How the firm is compensated
Item 5.E- Hourly charges
- Other
Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ
Regulatory assets under management
Item 5.FNot reported.
A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means
Who the firm serves
Item 5.DA firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.
Advisory services
Item 5.G- Financial planning services
- Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
Registration and firm details
Items 1, 2, 5- Legal name
- McCourt, Daniel Irvin
- Registration
- State-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: APPROVED.
- Registered since
- 2022 (4 years)
- Employees
- Total: 2. Performing investment advisory functions: 1.
- Wrap fee program participation
- No.
- States registered or notice-filed
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1 state or jurisdiction
State-registered investment advisers are examined by their state securities regulator. SEC, state, and exempt registration
Disclosures
Item 114 Reports 4 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.
Questions answered yes on this filing
Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G
- 11.E(1) Has a self-regulatory organization (such as FINRA) or a commodities exchange ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate made a false statement or omission?
- 11.E(2) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of its rules, other than a minor rule violation under a plan the SEC approved?
- 11.E(3) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was the cause of an investment-related business having its authorization to do business denied, suspended, revoked, or restricted?
- 11.E(4) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever disciplined the firm or an advisory affiliate by expelling or suspending it from membership, barring or suspending it from association with other members, or otherwise restricting its activities?
Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures
Changes in the filing
Last 12 monthsNo changes to these filed facts in the last 12 months of filing data.
Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.
Websites listed on Form ADV
Item 1.INot reported.
Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."
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AdvisorCensus. Financial Planning Associates (CRD 317454): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/financial-planning-associates-aptos-ca-317454