Annual Savings Run for Life of Plan or Till Retirement?

[rchow]

Question on the various annual savings inputs (taxable, tax deferred, and tax free): do these inputs run for the life of the plan or just till retirement?

Thank you.

[rchow]

Also for the tax deferred annual savings input - does FRP automatically deduct that amount from the taxable income? i.e. - as in what happens in real life against 401k contributions that can be deducted against W2 income?

Thank you.

[jimr]

The annual savings cashflows on the main input window only continue up to retirement.

You can check out the year-by-year cash flows by clicking on the 'Detailed View' tab. Annual savings show up in the 'New Investments' column. If you click the 'show more details' radio button on the top right of the screen, you can see the investment by portfolio type.

[jimr]

Also for the tax deferred annual savings input - does FRP automatically deduct that amount from the taxable income? i.e. - as in what happens in real life against 401k contributions that can be deducted against W2 income?

It doesn't. Generally, FRP doesn't track income and expenses before retirement, so it just assumes you earn enough after tax to fund the Annual Savings amounts that you specify.