Douglas M. Salaway

Current Employers

Employment History

• 05/2014 → 09/2025
  Avantax Investment Services, Inc.
  Scottsdale, AZ
• 05/2015 → 09/2025
  Avantax Advisory Services
  Scottsdale, AZ
• 10/2017 → 09/2025
  Avantax Insurance Agency, Llc
  Scottsdale, AZ
• 01/2021 → Present
  Dks Financial Strategies
  Scottsdale, AZ
• 08/2011 → Present
  Emerald Tax And Financial Services, Inc.
  Scottsdale, AZ
• 09/2025 → Present
  Cetera Wealth Services, Llc
  Scottsdale, AZ
• 09/2025 → Present
  Cetera Investment Advisers Llc
  Schaumburg, IL

Previous Registrations

• 2015-05-19 → 2025-09-05
  Avantax Advisory Services
  Scottsdale, AZ

Other Businesses

1) DKS ADVISORS POSITION: Owner NATURE: This is just a change in the DBA name for the business I do related to HD Vest INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 0 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 12/11/2017 ADDRESS: 7125 E. Shea Blvd, Suite 103, Scottsdale AZ 85254, DESCRIPTION: This is just a change in the DBA name for the business I do related to HD Vest 3) DKS FINANCIAL STRATEGIES POSITION: Owner NATURE: This is a DBA for Emerald Tax and Financial Services, Inc. INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 160 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 130 START DATE: 01/06/2021 ADDRESS: 7125 E. Shea Blvd, Suite 103, Scottsdale AZ 85254, DESCRIPTION: DBA for Avantax business 4) THE SALAWAY FAMILY REVOCABLE TRUST DATED MARCH 21, 2013; POSITION: Trustee NATURE: Trustee of a revocable trust for which I am also the grantor along with my wife. INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 1 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 03/21/2013; ADDRESS: 12027 N 62nd Place, Scottsdale AZ 85254, United States DESCRIPTION: Manage assets of the trust. 5) EMERALD TAX AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.; POSITION: President and Owner NATURE: Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, Consulting, Medicare Insurance INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 160 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 120 START DATE: 08/01/2011; ADDRESS: 7125 E. Shea Blvd., Suite 103, Scottsdale AZ 85254, United States; DESCRIPTION: I manage the H&R Block franchise. Under our franchise agreement with H&R Block we operate 15 H&R Block offices in the Phoenix metropolitan area. The office listed in this disclosure is the office that functions as our administrative office. Our primary line of business as a franchise is income tax preparation. We also provide Medicare insurance services working with various health insurance companies. 6) EMERALD TAX AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. POSITION: President and Owner NATURE: Provide management services to DKS Financial Strategies, including providing office space, employing the assistant for DKS Financial Strategies, and providing marketing services.Provide management consulting services, with a focus on the tax preparation market.Services previously provided (tax preparation, bookkeeping, Medicare), ceased when we sold our tax business to H&R Block.New: Provide personal and financial organization services. INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 160 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 40 START DATE: 08/01/2011 ADDRESS: 7125 E. Shea Blvd., Suite 102, Scottsdale AZ 85254, United States DESCRIPTION: Provide management services to DKS Financial Services and consulting services related to the tax preparation industry.New: Assist clients who need help organizing their homes (e.g., decluttering, donating personal items), organizing their financial records (e.g., review files of old bills, bank statements), consolidating accounts (e.g., bank accounts, credit cards), and acting as a liaison with other experts (e.g., estate planning attorneys, real estate agents). I would begin this activity in December 2022.

Exams

• S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination
  2014-07-23

Designations

Other Names

• Douglas Malcolm Salaway