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What tax optimization strategies can PortfolioPilot help with?

PortfolioPilot offers several tax optimization tools, available on Gold and above:

  • Tax-Loss Harvesting (Gold+): identifies positions with unrealized losses that could be sold to offset capital gains elsewhere, reducing your tax bill for the year. Go to Improve → Tax optimization.
  • Roth Conversion Scenarios (all plans): models the long-term impact of converting traditional IRA/401k funds to Roth, including the short-term tax cost vs. long-term tax-free growth. Go to Plan → Retirement Planning → "Taxes & withdrawals" tab → "Roth strategy" section → click "+ Add Roth conversion".
  • Asset Location Guidance (all plans): ensures recommendations account for account tax status - the system avoids suggesting tax-inefficient assets in taxable accounts when you have sheltered space available. Requires accounts to be correctly tagged in Track → Net Worth.
  • Fee Saver (Platinum+): identifies high-fee funds in your portfolio that are eroding returns and suggests lower-cost alternatives. Go to Improve → Fee saver.
  • Tax-Efficient Distributions (Platinum+): helps you decide where to sell your next $10,000 (or any withdrawal amount) in a tax-efficient way - taking into account which accounts and assets to draw from first to minimize your tax liability. Go to Improve → Recommendations → "Where to sell your next $10,000".

These tools work together to help you keep more of what your portfolio earns over time.

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