The websites of the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards (cfp.net) and the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (napfa.org), have membership directories, listing hundreds of advisers in all parts of the country, that allow users to search by name or location.
In the past taxpayers generally had to pay the IRS the total value of all their assets plus 60 times their net monthly income after using the IRS strict allowable expense standards.