Chad Edward Shafer

Current Employers

Employment History

• 08/2005 → Present
  Shafer Financial Services
  Baldwin, WI
• 06/2004 → Present
  United Fire & Rescue
  Baldwin, WI
• 10/2007 → 09/2025
  Avantax Investment Services, Inc.
  Baldwin, WI
• 01/2019 → Present
  Headed North, Llc
  Baldwin, WI
• 12/2023 → Present
  Tax-Smart Advisory Group Llc
  New Richmond, WI
• 08/2005 → Present
  Shafer Financial Services, Sc
  Baldwin, WI
• 09/2025 → Present
  Cetera Wealth Services, Llc
  Baldwin, WI
• 09/2025 → Present
  Cetera Investment Advisers Llc
  Schaumburg, IL

Previous Registrations

• 2021-02-04 → 2025-09-05
  Avantax Advisory Services
  Baldwin, WI

Other Businesses

1) SHAFER FINANCIAL SERVICES, SC POSITION: President NATURE: Tax Preparation/Accounting INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 150 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 100 START DATE: 08/16/2005 ADDRESS: 550 10th Avenue, Suite 101, Baldwin WI 54002, United States DESCRIPTION: Tax preparation, bookkeeping, managing staff 2) United Fire & Rescue~1580 10th Avenue~Baldwin~WI~54002~Firefighter~Other~6/28/2005~10hrs~0hrs~Member of Volunteer Fire Department since 2005. In 2009 started receiving compensation for accounting and payroll consulting. 3) HEADED NORTH, LLC POSITION: Owner NATURE: Kayak rental and storage INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 1 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 01/01/2019 ADDRESS: 1380 Franklin Street, Baldwin WI 54002, United States DESCRIPTION: meeting with customers, collecting fees, paying bills, all financial and tax reporting 4) UNITED FIRE & RESCUE DISTRICT, INC. POSITION: Firefighter NATURE: 501c3 volunteer fire department INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 10 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 10 START DATE: 06/28/2004 ADDRESS: 1580 10th Avenue, Baldwin WI 54002, United States DESCRIPTION: Respond to emergency calls as requested, primarily fires and vehicle accidents. Attend monthly trainings and meetings. Also, help with monthly bookkeeping tasks, and attend monthly board meetings, but that is as a separate activity/client for my separately disclosed accounting business. Also, provide info to assist with grant application for equipment purchases as requested. 5) TAX-SMART ADVISORY GROUP LLC POSITION: Advisory Representative NATURE: Tax-Smart Advisory Group LLC is financial advisors shared services INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 4 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 4 START DATE: 12/22/2023 ADDRESS: 246 Tierney Drive, New Richmond WI 54017, United States DESCRIPTION: deal with day to day activities for financial advisors, and provide services that facilitate maintenance and growth of advisory business 6) SHAFER FINANCIAL SERVICES, SC POSITION: President NATURE: Tax Preparation/Accounting INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 150 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 100 START DATE: 08/16/2005 ADDRESS: 550 10th Avenue, Suite 101, Baldwin WI 54002, United States DESCRIPTION: Tax preparation, bookkeeping, managing staff

Exams

• S65 Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination
  2021-01-22
• S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination
  2007-11-16

Designations