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Old 11-28-2010, 04:36 PM   #1
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Basic question on income
In the "start here" page where you enter your income needs, is that income after taxes or before taxes?
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Prior to taxes.
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Old 11-28-2010, 09:11 PM   #3
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Yeah. FIRECalc deals with survival of your portfolio. How you spend it (including taxes) is after the fact.
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