VeriPlan Overview: Part 6 of 7
VeriPlan’s 10 financial planning tools and retirement planning calculators
Retirement Planning Calculator Tool:
With this retirement planning tool, you can set individual retirement ages for Earners 1 and 2. You can select whether or not to retire simultaneously. You can also adjust your expected ordinary living expense budget in retirement and the growth rate of those expenses. Concerning Social Security retirement calculator payments, you can set current levels of your entitlements and adjust the age at which you would first begin to receive Social Security payments. Furthermore, you can scale back the amount of your projected Social Security payments, if you wish. Finally, because much older workers can face significant erosion of real dollar wage rates, with this retirement income calculator you can adjust VeriPlan’s assumptions about real dollar wage erosion for earnings at ages over 65.
Tax-Advantaged Retirement Planning Calculator:
A customer comment from the sidebar: "VeriPlan is a big help. I'm in my mid 50's and have been a diligent saver and passable investor for many years. I am going through a work transition from salaried corporate employee to independent consultant, and my aging parents are needing financial help. Financial planning is particularly important to me and my family now. Thanks for making your product available. I've recommended it to a number of folks and will continue to do so." J.H. in Portland, OR
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A customer comment from the sidebar: "VeriPlan has been a very flexible home financial planning tool. It took me a few hours on a weekend to understand what VeriPlan could do and to enter our financial data. Our family financial affairs were scattered all over, and we lacked a comprehensive picture of what the future might hold for us. I wanted a clear understanding of our projected lifetime and retirement income, expenses, taxes, debts, real estate, financial assets, college investments, retirement investments, and everything else all together." S. L. in Altadena, CA
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A customer comment from the sidebar: "You have done a great job of including the necessary instructions in VeriPlan, located close to where the modeling is happening. The thing I like about the VeriPlan User Guide is that it adds substantial additional commentary that I personally find very valuable. I was hunting for a capable and reasonably priced financial planning package, and VeriPlan is an awesome tool. The more I play around with it, the more valuable I find it. Your free user guide was what made me decide to get VeriPlan." C. A. in North Royalton, OH
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A customer comment from the sidebar: "One of the stories that VeriPlan tells me is how much of my money could be lost to excessive investment costs. I just switched to some lower cost funds in my 401k. I loved updating VeriPlan with the new cost values just to see the red bar on the Total Assets chart get significantly thinner - quite a shocking difference." M. W. in Tulsa, OK
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A customer comment from the sidebar: "I am extremely impressed with the depth of information that VeriPlan asks for and provides. VeriPlan seems much more detailed than one would expect for the very reasonable price. Although I am not a financial professional, I consider myself more financially educated than the most people of my age (62). I find that VeriPlan's depth to be just what we need for our retirement planning. I am glad I purchased it. Thanks." J. W. in Gainsville, FL
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A customer comment from the sidebar: "I have been very happy with this software. I will put VeriPlan to work to help optimize our IRA to Roth conversions, while avoiding the IRMAA penalties if we can. We are in an opportunistic window for the next several years. I have been appalled by the lack of professional knowledge available with respect to the tax burden that will fall upon us when RMDs take effect. Most of the information I have found suggests that it isn't a problem. Luckily, this software will be of great benefit to chart our course." J. S. in Louisville, KY
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A customer comment from the sidebar: "I am a recently retired engineer, and I created a cash flow Excel spreadsheet for 25 years of retirement. So, I fully appreciate the data and potential variances that must be accounted for. Yet, mine is so very simple compared to VeriPlan. I love VeriPlan's concept of total control over inputs and parameters. Veriplan's objectives are very much like mine, but it has many, many more input and control options, and the price is spot on." L. G. in Southbridge, VA
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A customer comment from the sidebar: "I've been using VeriPlan for a few weeks now, and it is everything I was looking for plus a whole lot more of what I didn't even know I needed. By simply switching VeriPlan to a state that does not have a state income tax, I can see how much I could save on traditional IRA distributions in retirement by moving to a state without income taxes. It is a real education in personal finance, and I think just about everyone would benefit from using this tool." T. H. in Silicon Valley CA
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Your settings on this sophisticated combination retirement planning calculator, IRA retirement calculator, and 401k retirement calculator will control your projected tax-advantaged plan contributions that would be funded from your future positive net income and/or your future taxable investment portfolio assets, up to the current legal annual limits, which are user-adjustable. This retirement plan calculator tool allows you to determine the portion of your projected annual contributions that would be deposited automatically into either traditional retirement accounts or Roth IRA and other Roth retirement accounts. It also can easily handle 403b, 457, Simple, Keogh, and other types of defined contribution employer-sponsored retirement plans and pension plans.
- The Total Contribution Limitation Tool of this retirement fund calculator software allows you to set your personal limitation on overall tax-advantaged account deposits, as a percent of your future annual positive net cash flows.
- The Roth Contribution Limitation Tool of this retirement planning software allows you to set the percentage that Roth IRA and Roth 401k contributions would be of your total annual contributions into both traditional retirement accounts and Roth IRA and 401k retirement accounts. Designated Roth contributions for 403b and 457 plans can be projected, as well.
Living Expense and Retirement Savings Calculator:
This financial calculator allows you to change your current expense budget levels and future expense budgeting growth rates prior to and after retirement. VeriPlan’s budget planning worksheets also allow you to enter major planned expenses and their growth rates for any future years. You can also enter positive and negative expense adjustments and growth rates for any projection year. This education finance tool explains how VeriPlan can be used as a Children’s Education Expenditure and College Savings Tool. It also provides a section on how to use VeriPlan as a Mid-Career Education Planning Tool to model the financial trade-offs associated with returning to school for career advancement.
Real Estate Buying Calculator:
A customer comment from the sidebar: "VeriPlan's financial projection graphics simply lay out what the future might hold for my family. Also, VeriPlan is a very fast and automated financial investment calculator that allows me to change anything and to test alternate investment decisions rapidly. Its integrated documentation explains clearly how it works, and it also includes a wealth of well-researched personal finance and investment information that has been very helpful." T. F. in Muncie, IN
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A customer comment from the sidebar: "I do most of my own financial modeling, and I like the way VeriPlan generates “what if” scenarios that I like to compare, such as possibly buying a rental property, selling my house and renting, moving social security retirement age payment timing, and pulling out IRA money after taxes. Plus, I like VeriPlan for its automated projection of detailed investment costs. Thanks for making a great product." K. W. in Naperville, IL
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A customer comment from the sidebar: "I am 10 years out from retirement, and I needed to start thinking more seriously about having enough to retire on. I'm following the suggestions of you and others in opting for more hands-on retirement planning. I am also using lower cost index investing. There are too many wealth management companies out there, all ready to charge an arm and leg for what should be straightforward financial planning work." G. B. in Smith Mountain Lake, VA
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A customer comment from the sidebar: "Larry, Hello again! I've continued to work with VeriPlan, and the more I work with it the more I'm amazed at how much it does. It's an incredible decision support tool for my financial planning. Since I have already built a model of my lifetime finances, it is easy to test new ideas as they come to me. Thanks again." M. W. R. in Austin, TX
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A customer comment from the sidebar: "I first learned about the zero federal taxes on long term capital gains when under the 25% marginal income tax rate from working with VeriPlan a number of years ago. I’m no longer working but not yet receiving RMD’s or social security so my ordinary income is relatively low. So I’ve been taking full advantage of zero federal capital gains taxes by selling off my high expense ratio mutual funds which have a lot of capital gains built in since I’ve held them a long time and then I reinvest them in index mutual funds which don’t generate as much capital gains distributions. So the education that you and VeriPlan provide has saved me thousands in taxes, not to mention the expenses on high cost mutual funds. Thanks again." M. D. in El Paso, TX
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VeriPlan provides this real estate buying calculator and mortgage debt calculator for users who plan to purchase real estate in the future. For your future home purchases, this financial planning tool automatically takes into account: a) the planned purchase price, b) closing costs, c) settlement cash required, d) mortgage debt to be assumed, e) expected interim price changes, and f) subsequent expected price appreciation.
Automatic Asset Allocation Calculator:
Asset allocation strategies allows you to align the risk of your investment portfolio with your relative risk tolerance. The VeriPlan retirement investment calculator software provides five user selectable and adjustable asset management methods for your lifetime projections. Fixed, variable, and age-based asset allocation mechanisms are provided by this investment calculator tool. Re-allocations of your assets are performed automatically at the beginning of all subsequent projection years.
Investment Cost-Effectiveness Calculator:
Excessive investment costs are a huge problem for the average individual investor. VeriPlan’s automated and fully integrated financial planning calculators automatically analyze the impact of five types of investment expenses across your lifetime: 1) asset purchase fees, 2) asset management fees, 3) marketing fees, 4) securities trading costs, and 5) investment account custody fees. VeriPlan automates the comparison of your full lifetime investment costs. The VeriPlan cash flow analysis software compares the lifetime investment costs of your current financial asset portfolio to lifetime investment costs that you believe are reasonable to pay.
Historical Investment Returns Calculator:
VeriPlan’s automated “centerline” retirement planning projections are based on the very long-term, historical securities market rates of return that have been achieved in the cash, bond / fixed income, and stock / equity investment asset classes over approximately the past 75 years. You can adjust these projected rates of return, using VeriPlan’s portfolio risk investment calculator. VeriPlan’s future value calculator projections automatically deduct your taxes and investment costs from your investment asset returns. Furthermore, across your lifetime, the VeriPlan investment planning tool will automatically project the value of your real estate, property, and other assets, which are not priced currently on real-time securities markets. The VeriPlan investment planning tool will use the current fair market value and future growth rate estimates and adjustments that you provide for these real estate, property, and other assets.
Portfolio Risk Investment Projection Calculator:
VeriPlan provides two automatically combined methods to develop projections with asset class return assumptions that differ positively or negatively from VeriPlan’s “centerline” historical assumptions:
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- The VeriPlan investment projection calculator Variance Tool allows you to vary asset class returns upward or downward automatically in proportion to their historical volatility or investment risk.
- The VeriPlan investment projection calculator Asset Class Return Adjuster allows you to vary investment portfolio growth rates automatically on a one-by-one basis.
The VeriPlan retirement investment calculator software also provides a Current Portfolio Revaluation Tool to help users understand the potential effects of substantial near-term changes in securities market values.
Portfolio Safety Investment Calculator:
A customer comment from the sidebar: "I am a recently retired engineer, and I created a cash flow Excel spreadsheet for 25 years of retirement. So, I fully appreciate the data and potential variances that must be accounted for. Yet, mine is so very simple compared to VeriPlan. I love VeriPlan's concept of total control over inputs and parameters. Veriplan's objectives are very much like mine, but it has many, many more input and control options, and the price is spot on." L. G. in Southbridge, VA
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A customer comment from the sidebar: "Thanks for developing a great product. I have looked at Money Tree, Money Guide Pro, and some other FP software, and I have used Right Capital (a good product also, but still $100 per month). Yours is just as robust for a much more affordable price. I also extensively use Quicken for my finances, but the planning tool in it is kind of basic, so VeriPlan will complement Quicken very well." E. Z. in San Mateo, CA
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A customer comment from the sidebar: "I spent parts of the past several days entering data into the VeriPlan workbook while digesting as much of the methodology as possible. My takeaway is that VeriPlan is an extraordinary tool, especially in its ability to generate projections based on detailed alternate scenarios. During the learning process, I also found it to be a wonderful financial education in its own right." S. N. in Sammamish, WA
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A customer comment from the sidebar: "Previously I used some consumer retirement planners like New Retirement. What they offer is a projection of your financial situation that is wildly generalized. A generalized projection is probably better than having no projection at all and could very well be used for rough, long-term planning. However, for fine grained planning, such a system is wholly inadequate. VeriPlan is vastly superior in comprehensiveness and flexibility." T. D. in Edison, NJ
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A customer comment from the sidebar: "I purchased VeriPlan for the Roth conversion features. I enjoy VeriPlan and appreciate the thoroughness of the design and excellent commentary. I now work for (financial company name redacted) since retiring from (computer company name redacted) in a Retirement and Workplace Planning role. The accuracy, conciseness, and utility of the information presented by VeriPlan is great." M. S. in White Plains, NY
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A customer comment from the sidebar: "I've been using VeriPlan for a few weeks now, and it is everything I was looking for plus a whole lot more of what I didn't even know I needed. By simply switching VeriPlan to a state that does not have a state income tax, I can see how much I could save on traditional IRA distributions in retirement by moving to a state without income taxes. It is a real education in personal finance, and I think just about everyone would benefit from using this tool. I am going to tell everyone I know about VeriPlan. Thank you very much for creating it. Your web sites are great, too." T. H. in Silicon Valley CA
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A customer comment from the sidebar: "I thought I would let you know that VeriPlan was the primary decision support tool in my decision to retire early, which was about 4 years ago now. And it has worked out really well. Since then I got married, and we have traveled to 10 countries -- some on mission trips. I had used the lifetime planners in Microsoft Money and Quicken but they were not robust enough to make a major decision with. In retrospect they are toys compared to VeriPlan. So VeriPlan has been a very big help to me. Also, I recently read your Lowest Cost Mutual Funds book, which was great. It brought a few things to my attention that I need to work on." Email update from T. H. in Silicon Valley
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Individual investors face a dilemma. Both less risky and more risky investment strategies may not achieve desired results for different reasons. When assessing investment strategies with different risk levels, it can be helpful to understand how the “safer” portion of your investment portfolio assets might evolve across your lifetime. VeriPlan’s Portfolio Safety Tool automatically projects how long your cash and shorter-term fixed income assets would cover your projected expense budget, if all your expected income sources ceased. This investment planning calculator tool automatically measures your projected financial capacity to weather financial planning risks that might materialize in the future.
Future Debt Calculator:
Excess consumption and the attendant costs of debt can be very destructive. This debt management calculator allows you to set an interest rate for future unfunded consumption. VeriPlan automatically accumulates an unfunded debt with unpaid interest, when your projected expense budget exceeds your projected income and your cash, bond / fixed income, and stock / equity investment assets are projected to be fully depleted. If subsequent positive net income becomes available, VeriPlan will automatically retire some or all of this unfunded consumption debt.
Regarding any current loans that you have, VeriPlan’s loan calculator automatically repays required interest and principal. You can also use this VeriPlan facility as a debt management calculator to analyze and plan for the accelerated repayment of any or all of your current loans.
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