Flexible Retirement Planner Support Forum

One other thing you can try in this case is to reduce the captial gains tax rate to account for a more tax efficient portfolio. Instead of the default 15%, you might try 10% or 12%

Jim

ice2,

Thanks for reporting this. Unfortunately, when I tried this myself I couldn't reproduce the problem. I always seem to get the mouseover popup just fine.

Do you see this every time you use the app or does it start to happen only in certain circumstances?

Thanks,

Jim

Hi John,

If you send an email to me at info@flexibleRetirementPlanner.com, I'd be happy to give you the details for getting the beta version of FRP standalone.

Jim

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