James Michael Taylor

Current Employers

Employment History

• 07/2006 → Present
  Dgn, Llc
  Traverse City, MI
• 09/2018 → 10/2019
  1St Global Advisors, Inc.
  Traverse City, MI
• 10/2019 → 09/2025
  Avantax Investment Services, Inc.
  Traverse City, MI
• 10/2019 → 09/2025
  Avantax Advisory Services
  Traverse City, MI
• 09/2018 → 10/2019
  1St Global Capital Corp.
  Traverse City, MI
• 09/2025 → Present
  Cetera Wealth Services, Llc
  Petoskey, MI
• 09/2025 → Present
  Cetera Investment Advisers Llc
  Schaumburg, IL

Previous Registrations

• 2019-10-25 → 2025-09-05
  Avantax Advisory Services
  Traverse City, MI
  Petoskey, MI
• 2019-01-21 → 2019-10-25
  1St Global Advisors Inc
  Traverse City, MI

Other Businesses

1) DGN REALTY, LLC POSITION: Member NATURE: Rental building - leased to CPA practice and other tenants. INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 1 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 1 START DATE: 01/01/2017 ADDRESS: 415 Munson Ave, Traverse City MI 49686, United States DESCRIPTION: no day to day responsibilites - voting member of board. 2) DGN WEALTHCARE ADVISORS LLC POSITION: Advisor NATURE: Will join DGN Wealthcare after being licensed. INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 10 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 10 START DATE: 01/01/2019 ADDRESS: 415 Munson Avenue, Travese City MI 49686, United States DESCRIPTION: advisor 3) EIGER INVESTMENTS, LLC POSITION: Member NATURE: Rental Condo in Traverse City INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 3 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 01/04/2018 ADDRESS: 11980 Cabana Shores Rd., Williamsburg MI 49690, United States DESCRIPTION: support/strategy; my wife makes decisions and operates this rental. 4) DEARTH FAMILY TRUST UAD FEBRUARY 6, 2007 FBO JENNA MARIE GUTHRIE; POSITION: Co-Trustee NATURE: serve as co-trustee INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 1 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 05/29/2019 ADDRESS: 415 Munson Ave., Traverse City MI 49686, United States DESCRIPTION: work with co-trustee to make regarding trust administration for benefit of Jenna Marie Guthrie. 5) EIGER INVESTMENTS, LLC POSITION: Member NATURE: Holds rental property and investments. Only current holding is brokerage account held at Avantax. INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 3 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 01/04/2018 ADDRESS: 11980 Cabana Shores Rd., Williamsburg MI 49690, United States DESCRIPTION: support/strategy; my wife makes decisions and operates any rental. 6) NAXOS HOLDINGS, LLC POSITION: Member NATURE: My wife and I purchased a vacant parcel near our home and it is held in this LLC. INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 1 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 10/16/2023 ADDRESS: 11980 Cabana Shores, Williamsburg MI 49690, United States DESCRIPTION: Maintenance of property 7) DGN, LLC POSITION: Partner NATURE: CPA Firm I primarily work as a tax partner providing the following top 5 services: Tax compliance, filing corporate, individual, estate/gift returns, tax planning, business consulting services, planning for the tax structure of transactions and planning for the business succession for owners. INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 180 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 100 START DATE: 01/01/2017 ADDRESS: 415 Munson Avenue, Ste 201, Traverse City MI 49686, United States DESCRIPTION: Tax Partner My top 5 duties as a tax partner, include client / relationship management, tax department oversight, new business acquisition, firm management, providing tax compliance and planning services.

Exams

• S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination
  2019-01-21

Designations