Just realized that it makes a difference if you use your gross or net amounts for income sources.
I guess that since the program subtracts "income" from your target "spending" as its initial step that you need to enter the net amount after taxes.
But doesn't that create a recursive problem -- the "spending" amount you enter in step 1 is a gross figure, before taxes.
But if you enter the gross pension income amount, that clearly is an error.
So you need to enter in step 1 your desired income _after_ taxes, and enter net of tax amounts for any income sources outside of the portfolio.
But if the portfolio gains are taxable, then the output will be erronous because it is not allowing enough "extra" gain to pay the taxes due on the gross gain used for determining portfolio success.
Am I confused or right?
I guess that since the program subtracts "income" from your target "spending" as its initial step that you need to enter the net amount after taxes.
But doesn't that create a recursive problem -- the "spending" amount you enter in step 1 is a gross figure, before taxes.
But if you enter the gross pension income amount, that clearly is an error.
So you need to enter in step 1 your desired income _after_ taxes, and enter net of tax amounts for any income sources outside of the portfolio.
But if the portfolio gains are taxable, then the output will be erronous because it is not allowing enough "extra" gain to pay the taxes due on the gross gain used for determining portfolio success.
Am I confused or right?