Basics

How are inflation rate and nominal rate of return determined and used in MaxiFi?
To learn more about how we determine safe inflation and return rates, see Inflation and Rate of Return Data (includes spreadsheet data). Taxes, Social S...
Sun, 23 Jan, 2022 at 9:07 PM
Why does the maximum age of life default to 100?
You can't count on dying on time -- at your life expectancy. Your life expectancy is the number of more years you will live, on average. But essentially...
Thu, 18 Apr, 2024 at 7:34 AM
End of Year
The program is calculating the nominal return on the beginning of the year balance inputs and showing in the reports the end of the year balance. Earnings o...
Mon, 27 Nov, 2023 at 3:09 PM
First-Year Accounting for Assets
All of the reports are presented in current year real dollars and show end-of-year balances. Every model assumes three important variables: prior end-of-...
Fri, 11 Sep, 2020 at 5:14 AM
Cares Act
We are not planning to incorporate CARES Act rules in MaxiFi since they are optional or require more information than is currently in MaxiFi and users can e...
Thu, 25 Jun, 2020 at 7:53 AM
Maximum Indebtedness
If you enter a dollar amount in this field, the program (not you) will determine what years the borrowing occurs and to what extent or how much debt you tak...
Sun, 11 Dec, 2022 at 4:08 PM
Depreciation on Real Estate and Land
When entering real estate investment property, the value of the building and the land can be entered separately. Land value is not depreciable, but building...
Wed, 3 May, 2023 at 1:07 PM
Pension Rollover vs Lump Sum
Using the Lump Sum option when creating a pension will create taxable income. That's one option for those with pension options. But creating a rollover...
Sun, 21 Mar, 2021 at 4:18 PM
Using Social Security Maximization
To discover the optimal Social Security benefit collection strategy with the highest lifetime present value, go to the Profile Dashboard and run a Maximizat...
Tue, 3 Oct, 2023 at 9:19 AM
Progress Tracker
An introduction to using Progress Tracker to track annual income and spending. The MaxiFi progress tracker is a tool that helps you track the current-ye...
Thu, 9 Jul, 2020 at 7:57 AM