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Cetera Investment Advisers Llc

1450 American Lane 6Th Floor, Suite 650, Schaumburg, IL 60173-2096 • United States

Current Registrations

AuthorityCategoryStatusDate
NJ RA APPROVED 2025-09-05
  • NJ RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2025-09-05

Branch Locations

2443 Plainfield Ave Suite 2, South Plainfield, NJ 07080 • United States

Disclosures

No disclosure categories reported as “Yes” on this SEC record.

  • Regulatory action No
  • Criminal No
  • Bankruptcy No
  • Civil judicial No
  • Bond No
  • Judgment / lien No
  • Investigation No
  • Customer complaint No
  • Termination No
Employment History
OrganizationCityStateFromTo
Cetera Financial Specialists Llc Schuamburg IL 09/2006 07/2020
Public Service Electric And Gas Company Newark NJ 02/1994 Present
Cetera Investment Advisers Llc Schaumburg IL 01/2008 07/2020
Avantax Investment Services Inc South Plainfield NJ 08/2020 09/2025
Avantax Advisory Services South Plainfield NJ 08/2020 09/2025
Avantax Insurance Agency, Llc South Plainfield NJ 08/2020 09/2025
Taxsmiths Llc South Plainfield NJ 02/2010 Present
Real Estate - Residential Rental Property Plainfield NJ 07/2014 11/2021
Cetera Wealth Services, Llc South Plainfield NJ 09/2025 Present
Cetera Investment Advisers Llc Schaumburg IL 09/2025 Present
  • 09/2006 → 07/2020
    Cetera Financial Specialists Llc
    Schuamburg, IL
  • 02/1994 → Present
    Public Service Electric And Gas Company
    Newark, NJ
  • 01/2008 → 07/2020
    Schaumburg, IL
  • 08/2020 → 09/2025
    Avantax Investment Services Inc
    South Plainfield, NJ
  • 08/2020 → 09/2025
    Avantax Advisory Services
    South Plainfield, NJ
  • 08/2020 → 09/2025
    Avantax Insurance Agency, Llc
    South Plainfield, NJ
  • 02/2010 → Present
    Taxsmiths Llc
    South Plainfield, NJ
  • 07/2014 → 11/2021
    Real Estate - Residential Rental Property
    Plainfield, NJ
  • 09/2025 → Present
    Cetera Wealth Services, Llc
    South Plainfield, NJ
  • 09/2025 → Present
    Schaumburg, IL
Previous Registrations
  • 2020-08-24 → 2025-09-05
    Avantax Advisory Services
    Dallas, TX
    South Plainfield, NJ
  • 2008-01-21 → 2020-07-24
    Plainfield, NJ
    South Plainfield, NJ
Other Businesses

1) TaxsmithS LLC 2443 Plainfield Ave Suite 2~South Plainfield~NJ~07060~Accounting Services/Tax Preparation~Other~2/25/2010~80hrs~40hrs~The majority of my time is spent on providing individual and business income tax preparation. I also engage in tax planning and related business services, client booking, and student financial aid consulting. 2) Public Service Electric and Gas Company 80 Park Plaza~Newark~NJ~07102~Other~Employee~2/28/1994~160hrs~110hrs~I process and manage new business project requests for large industrial and commercial customers. Process decorative lighting requests. Assist customers with billing and tariff inquiries. 3)TaxsmithS LLC (1); Other; ~; The business activities include tax preparation and related services including tax planning, and student financial aid assistance; IR; 40; ; 2443 Plainfield Ave Suite 2 South Plainfield NJ 07060; ~; The majority of my time is spent on providing individual and business income tax preparation. I also engage in tax planning and related business services, client booking, and student financial aid consulting. 4)Public Service Electric and Gas Company (1); Employee; ~; This company provides gas and electric services to residential, commercial and industrial customers. It is a franchised utility in the State of NJ.; NIR; 110; ; 80 Park Plaza Newark NJ 07102; ~; I process and manage new business project requests for large industrial and commercial customers. Process decorative lighting requests. Assist customers with billing and tariff inquiries.

Exams
CodeExamDate
S65 Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination 2008-01-18
S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination 2006-11-02
  • S65 Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination
    2008-01-18
  • S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination
    2006-11-02
Other Names
  • Samuel Tyrone Smith
  • Samuel Tyrone Smith

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