IncomeMax Features  
 
Clients Supported Mid-market clients, pre and post retirement

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Common client needs
Retirement (growth and distribution), College Funding, Survivor, LTC, Disability
Program Focus
Goal Based with pertinent cash flow tables for each needs area.
Wizard based user interface
Users are guided step-by-step through client interview, analysis and results.
Time Required
Develop cases for your clients in 20 minutes.
Training Required Users are very productive after attending our 90 minute Quick Start Training.
 
Detailed Features  
Consolidated Financial Statements  
Net Worth in Current Year Quickly generate graphical consolidated Net Worth Report for current year
Cash Flow in Current Year Quickly generate graphical consolidated Cash Flow/Budget Report for current year
Discretionary Funds Analysis Identify and communicate client's discretionary funds available to implement your recommendations.
Retirement Needs Analysis  
Accumulation planning Model qualified and unqualified retirement savings. Quickly determine if clients are on track.
Distribution Planning Model retirement income streams, asset depletion, annuitization strategies, etc.
Model exceptional income, expense requirements during retirement Quickly model any exceptional income or expense requirements. Create requirements in any year or range of years.
Compare alternate scenarios side by side Create alternate retirement scenarios to reflect different assumptions, your recommendations etc. View side-by-side comparisons inline or print retirement scenario comparison report
Solve for additional savings required. Develops additional savings estimates based on selected rate of return.
Graphical results Quickly view graphical results that communicate your clients scenarios.
Survivor Needs Analysis
 
Compute additional capital required
Compute additional capital required to meet specified immediate and income replacement needs. Module is straightforward and easy to use and easy for clients to understand
Social Security benefits
Include accurate estimates of clients social security benefits in needs analysis.
What-if scenarios
Quickly create and compare alternate client scenarios. CLient can help you arrive at a recommendation that they will buy into.
Graphical results Quickly view graphical results that communicate your clients scenarios. View graphs and spreadsheets that quickly communicate results to your client.
College Funding Analysis
 
Database of annual costs by region and institution type
Annually updated database of college costs by region and institution type. Overrides supported.
Option to calculate results based on saving until end of college
Some clients may have waited to long. Optionally you can Compute additional funds required if client is saving until the end of college. Effectively lengthen their savings time horizon.
Compute additional lump sum required or additional monthly payments Identify the lump sum required to fund college today for life insurance purposes or the additional monthly savings required.
Disability Needs Analysis
 
Model alternate income streams
Capture additional income streams available should a disability occur.
Model existing disability policies
Capture clients current policies. Benefit amount, annual premiums, waiting period, benefit duration, tax status.
Adjust for impacts to non-disabled spouse’s wages
A disability event can impact the non-disabled spouses wage earning ability. Model this often overlooked impact.
Compute additional annual income required to meet specified needs Identifies and graphically illustrates how much additional income is required to address a potential disability.
Long Term Care Analysis
 
Database of average LTC daily costs
Annually updated database of daily LTC costs by region/city. Overrides supported.
Model existing LTC policies
Capture clients current policies. Daily benefit, annual premiums, waiting period, benefit duration, tax status.
Compute future LTC cost, future benefits, and projected shortfall Graphically illustrate the magnitude of an uncovered LTC event. Automatically import results into clients retirement scenario and illustrate the impacts.
Social Security Benefits Enter benefit estimates directly or utilize ball-park estimator
Taxation of benefits Social security benefits taxation accounted for
Income Taxes Utilizes estimated effective tax rates for federal and state both pre and post retirement
Retirement Assets  
Model qualified and un-qualified assets
Full support for all asset types.
Vary rates of return over time
Model investment strategies that become more conservative as clients approach and reach retirement.
Unlimited contribution and withdrawal transactions for each asset Model contribution and withdrawal strategies that match real life.
Early withdrawal penalties Supported
Income Streams Model any retirement income streams. Pensions, part-time wages, misc. income, Taxable or not, inflation adjustments, available to survivor.
Life Insurance Model permanent and term, cash value and future income.
Annuities
Accurately model fixed annuity assets. Support for accumulation and annuitization. Quickly model laddering concepts as part of a client’s complete retirement portfolio.
Model fixed annuities
Immediate, Single premium deferred, Flexible premium deferred
Model annuitization
Single life, joint life, period certain
Exclusion Ratios Accurately model taxation of annuitized income streams
Asset Allocation
Optional Feature. Purchased as a separate add-on.
Asset Classes
User can define unlimited number of asset classes
Client Risk Profiles
User customizable
Allocation Percentages User customizable
Audit Module
A built in review module records client interactions, recommendations, meeting notes, etc.
hold-harmless agreement Auto-generated hold-harmless agreement protects you and your organization from future E&O claims.
Additional Tools  
Product Comparison Tool
Compare and graphically illustrate performance of any 2 investments over time. Generate powerful client-friendly comparison report.
Reverse Mortgage Calculator Generate income stream estimates for this alternate funding strategy.
Life Insurance Policy Comparison
Quickly compare and graphically illustrate future performance of permanent and term life insurance policies.
Buy Term and Invest the Rest Quickly compare and graphically illustrate future performance of permanent and term life insurance policies assuming that client will in fact invest the policy premium difference in a side investment account. Quickly dispel common opinions about future performance.
PV/FV Calculators Quickly compute present and future values of any investment.
Fact Finders Customizable client surveys included. Short and long forms available.
Results Colorful graphics and supporting spreadsheets can be viewed inline rather then having to generate a report. Save time viewing what-ifs and alternate scenarios.
Reports
Professional, easy to understand and explain client reports for each needs area.
pdf formatted reports
View, print, e-mail pdf formatted reports.
Editable disclosure text
Edit disclosure text included with reports to meet your compliance department requirements.
Insert your corporate logos Users can import their business logos.
Data Import/Export
Client cases stored in industry standard xml format.
Integration with other applications Currently integrated with Act4Advisors. Integration with other CRM applications available upon request.
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