Chris Hardy, CFP®, EA, ChFC®, CLU®, NTPI Fellow®
Chris has been in the financial industry for the past 18 years, which includes working with investments, insurance, mortgages, taxes and financial planning. He is a native of Mobile, Alabama, and a graduate of Lee University in Cleveland, TN with a B.S. in Business Administration. He also has earned the Chartered Financial Consultant and Chartered Life Underwriter designations from The Solomon S. Huebner School at The American College in Bryn Mawr, PA. He has also earned the privilege to be a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® professional and an Enrolled Agent (EA) for the Internal Revenue Service. In 2013, Chris completed the Fellowship of National Tax Practice Institute® which is a rigorous three-year curriculum which has uniquely prepared them to effectively represent their clients before all administrative levels of the IRS. Having successfully completed coursework covering all variances of examinations, audits, collections and appeals, and having studied best practices and case studies, Fellows know the entire process from both the client and IRS perspective. While earning the EA license denotes competence and the right to represent taxpayers, Fellows have made the commitment to a higher level of knowledge and excellence which sets them apart.
Some of his experience includes upon moving to Atlanta in 1996, working for a major restaurant company opening new units and bringing them to profitability across the Southeast. He later joined State Farm Insurance at the Regional Headquarters working in Operations and Public Relations. After several years with State Farm he left for a private investment firm. After coordinating the purchase and sale of five businesses in three years, he started his own companies in the financial and tax services arena. Chris is owner of Paramount Investment Advisors, Inc., Paramount Tax and Accounting, LLC and North Georgia Accounting, LLC.
You can reach him via email or by phone at (678) 865-4227.
Some of his experience includes upon moving to Atlanta in 1996, working for a major restaurant company opening new units and bringing them to profitability across the Southeast. He later joined State Farm Insurance at the Regional Headquarters working in Operations and Public Relations. After several years with State Farm he left for a private investment firm. After coordinating the purchase and sale of five businesses in three years, he started his own companies in the financial and tax services arena. Chris is owner of Paramount Investment Advisors, Inc., Paramount Tax and Accounting, LLC and North Georgia Accounting, LLC.
You can reach him via email or by phone at (678) 865-4227.