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by trfrp
Fri Apr 22, 2016 4:35 pm
Forum: General questions and comments
Topic: Capital gains - tax treatment
Replies: 13
Views: 29539

Re: Capital gains - tax treatment

My understanding is that FRP calculates taxes annually on the returns on your "tax deferred" savings using the ordinary tax rate (because it assumes that these are all distributions from IRAs and tax deferred retirement accounts that are taxed at ordinary income tax rates). FRP calculates ...
by trfrp
Sun Apr 17, 2016 5:50 pm
Forum: General questions and comments
Topic: Floating start and end years
Replies: 3
Views: 17346

Re: Floating start and end years

Thanks, Jim. I think this would open up a lot of possibilities for income and expense flows that key off either retirement or death dates.
by trfrp
Sun Apr 17, 2016 5:41 pm
Forum: Problems installing and running the program
Topic: Sensitivity analysis will not run
Replies: 6
Views: 22732

Re: Sensitivity analysis will not run

Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but couldn't floating dates help with this? If this "other income" item could be set to start at "Retirement Year" and end at "Retirement Year+5", then it would not conflict with a sensitivity analysis that varies the Retirement Year.
by trfrp
Sat Apr 16, 2016 10:41 pm
Forum: General questions and comments
Topic: Floating start and end years
Replies: 3
Views: 17346

Floating start and end years

I have added an "additional input" to cover five years of long-term care expenses. The issue that I have with the setup is that I have to associate this entry with specific ages, which means I have to modify them if I fiddle with the life expectancy. Moreover, having an entry that is tied ...