Thanks, I actually have Plus. I will make some of those adjustments. Thanks

"Chris Cowles" wrote:

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You didn't clarify the version year. Is it 07 or Plus (08)? Or an
earlier version? The LTP did lose some functionality (IMO) in 07 when
Microsoft added the 'Savings and Spending' budget. Before that, tax
line categories were excluded from the LTP expenses carried over from
budget, then added back in by the average tax rates based on your
state.

In 07 and later, all categories are included in expenses carried over
from budget. For accuracy, you can no longer 'use this budget
estimate' but have to calculate the numbers and enter the result
manually. The 'Estimate expenses' button does display a means to do
that. It may behoove you to customize some expense and budget reports
to better estimate the number and gain some confidence in what the
model predicts.

The LTP is, after all, just a model. It can be made more
representative by tweaking the inputs but, in the end, it's still a
WAG.
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Chris Cowles
Gainesville, FL

I recently upgraded to the new Money Deluxe and after setting up bills and
budget again I am trying to now set up the Lifetime Planner. The problem I'm
running into is that it seems to be accounting for income taxes twice. I set
up the budget using gross paychecks and therefore taxes as part of the
committed expenses. However when I run the planner it has a line item for
taxes that is significantly higher than we pay in taxes PLUS the committed
expenses include the taxes from our budget.

Any suggestions?

THANKS!