All the reports show that at my death at 89 my 401k funds have been depleted and the withdrawals end. The problem is, I inputed that my wife would live to be 95 and we would like the smooth withdrawals to extend to her expected year of demise.
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Tags: real estate folder
I am creating an updated profile from an existing one, but I recently sold one of my rental properties.
Tags: 2021 update
When will the 2021 update for ESPlanner be released? Yes, this year I'll get over to MaxiFi! Thanks. - Mark
Tags: IRA Withdrawals
I'm working through the Excel sheets to better understand how each cell is calculated. I can track most of them back towards what I input or can rationally impute. I believe that Total Income must equal Total Spending.
Tags: fixed spending amount
I want to understand the effect of spending less than the esplanner 'smoothed consumption' amount. For example, say my smoothed consumption number is 100,000, but I only have expenses of 70,000 - what is the impact? What is the best way to see this?
Tags: State Income Tax
When 401k withdrawals start for me, I see that Federal Income taxes in ESPlanner goes up which I would expect. However, the state income taxes are zero. Why would that be the case? I live in Illinois and I would expect to pay state income taxes on the 401k withdrawals.
Tags: state taxes
I am modeling moving into a Continuing Care community. 30% of the entry fee and 30% of the monthly fee is tax deductible as a medical expense the first year. As expected, This profile shows zero Fed tax due the first year but several thousand $ of Califoria Tax.
Tags: newrelease
I'm wondering if there should be updates for 2020 tax rates, medicare, social security, etc. Seems the current version (2.38.6) is close but not exact, but maybe that's good enough?
Tags: Inputting Assets
In the first week of a new year I withdraw the cash I need for that year from my retirement assets by selling off positions thereby reducing the total value of my Retirement Assets accordingly. The cash received from those transactions I then account for as cash in my Regular Assets.
Tags: Real Estate
The program reports $87,751 in real estate receipts. The receipts for the 5 individual properties in the real estate folder add up to $71,075. I uploaded the most recent update today and the error carried over.
Tags: Roth conversion
I would like to use ESPlanner to see whether making large Roth conversions that would put us in a higher tax bracket would result in an overall higher Standard of Living. My wife and I are both 63, and have been retired for 4 years.
Tags: saving
The question of when to take Social Security still bothers me, despite hearing the arguments and seeing the impact in ESPlanner. I'm curious to see what ESPlanner would say if I took Social Security now and invested the monthly payments, versus waiting and potentially getting less, or nothing.
Tags: Social Security
This question was address in 2014 in "Social Security Inflation Rate unrealistic" but what to do about the issue was not addressed.
Hello, I am a 3-week user trying to confirm ESP aligns to some degree with my simple spreadsheet planning.
I own:
Rental property A (single family home) that has zero mortgage balance.
Rental property B (single family home) that has a current $80K mortgage balance.
Primary residence property C that has a current $150K mortgage balance.
Tags: buy-in
My mother is retired and is going to move to a retirement community. The retirement community has a buy-in fee ($267k).
Tags: Solar Tax Credit
I plan on installing a home solar system this year (2019) and capture the Federal Solar Income Tax Credit among other incentives. The tax credit may roll over to following years if one doesn't have enough income tax liability to offset it immediately. How should I enter this in ESP?
Tags: survivors report isssue
I am 68 and my wife is 60. I am running the program with the assumption that both of us have not collected or applied for Social Security as of yet and we both planning on claiming on our own SS accounts, I at 70 she at 62.
Why very often in the first year Savings goes into Discretionary expense ?
Thank you, Max
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