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Reinvestment of Dividends and Interest

  • Date updated 2022-10-04
  • By Support Carey

Does the program automatically assume that interest payments and dividends are reinvested?

Yes, the program assumes all dividends and interest payments are reinvested in the investment they came from unless the dividends and/or interest are needed to pay for expenses [...]

Change the Annual Return by Each Investment

  • Date updated 2025-07-11
  • By Support Carey

I want to change the annual return assumption for just one investment account. How do I do this?

You can overwrite the annual return assumption for any investment account. Go to Cash Flow Inputs-->Investment Assets. Select the investment account you want to change. The screenshot below shows where to edit the annual return. src="https://cdn.livehelpnow.net/clients/21145/kb/areturn2_9429a961-bcf0-4ed9-a50a-6e5479d4c134.png" id="3076f673-b20f-47d3-b05e-5cdd639ba1d7" alt="areturn2" [...]

Designate a Portion of a 401(k) to a Roth

  • Date updated 2025-07-11
  • By Support Carey

I have an account that is mostly in a regular 401(k), but a portion is in a Roth 401(k). How do I tell the program that a portion of the account is in a Roth?

You can designate the portion of a 401(k) plan that is in a Roth 401(k) as seen in the screenshot below. src="https://cdn.livehelpnow.net/clients/21145/kb/rothp1_9c41a2d0-0b92-4b32-885f-7074cb710385.png" id="d30e299d-c826-4a1b-809d-41f99428e353" alt="rothp1" width="90%" height="auto" data-image="d30e299d-c826-4a1b-809d-41f99428e353 [...]

Tax Rate Settings and Assumptions

  • Date updated 2025-07-11
  • By Support Carey

Where do I change federal and state income tax rates and capital gains tax rates?

The program defaults to calculating federal income tax rates based on taxable income each year. But you can override this with your own average federal income tax rate. You must also enter your average state income tax rate. The program also calculates capital gains tax rates each year and assumes all capital gains tax rates are long-term rates. You can override this with your own rate as well. [...]

How to Model a REIT and MLPs

  • Date updated 2025-07-11
  • By Support Carey

I have a lot of income securities. Many of these should be taxed as ordinary income (REITs), some are return on capital (MLPs), and others are regular qualified income. How best to model this?

You would want to create custom asset classes for these. Let's look at modeling a REIT as an example. Say that you project 80% of the future returns will be from the dividend, which is taxable at ordinary income tax rates. First, select your username at the top right and go to 'Account'. Then go to the 'Asset Class Assumptions' section. Look at the screenshot below. In this example I assigned an [...]

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