Planit:Add Objective

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There is more than one way to learn about PlanPlus Planit. Check out our other Training options, from structured tracks around planning types, to self-serve, mix-and-match topics. In this Video you will Learn... How do I add another of my clients' personal objectives? • Add • Detailed objective fields • Don't forget to rank Keep on Track! Continue training on... Life Planning Integrated Planning Goals & Objectives Screen Getting Started Other Related Topics Introduction to the Goals and Objectives Screen Ranking Objectives Funded From Education Goal (Modular) Education Goal (Life Planning) Goals on Death and Disability

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When you first come into this screen, you will notice that the system has created the Current Lifestyle for clients who are not yet retired and the Retirement Lifestyle record. And any Educational Goals that you identified for dependents on the Personal Information screen. The first thing you need to do upon entering this screen is to review the Retirement Lifestyle record and edit it as appropriate. The initial record that’s created here is based on the first save you do on the Cash Flow screen. From that point forward the retirement lifestyle will not be changed when you make any changes in the cash flow screen. This is because you typically will edit the retirement lifestyle objective based on either goal that your client has identified, or your estimate of the appropriate amount given your discussions with your client. This number should be considered as a starting point and will likely need to be adjusted to reflect a somewhat lower objective since typically client’s don’t require the same spendable income in retirement as they do during their accumulation years when they are paying off mortgages, other debts and supporting dependents.

Details of Entering in Goals

"Goal Type" - You have two choices here, either Other or Education.

'Education'

These are created for any dependent the client's may have. When you select this option another field below it will open up to allow you to select the dependent in which you are creating the goal for. These are the dependents that you have entered in on the Personal Information screen. The dates it uses for the goals is derived from the birth date of the dependent. Should the child be likely to start school earlier, or later, these dates can be edited while in the "Detailed Objective" screen.

Institutions: This is a database of many educational institutions. If your client indicates they want to fund educational costs for their children but don’t have a sense of what it will cost, you can ask them if they have any suggestion of where they might want to see their children go relative to which university.

When you click on the "Institutions" button is launches a database of hundreds of educational institutions in about 10 countries. For example, let’s look for the University of Toronto. When you find the institution you want, click on it, identify if you want to include room and board or not and the system will advise you of the costs. You then can click on Save to capture these costs and populate the detailed objective screen. It will even capture the currency type if you select an institution from another country.

The information on these costs come from a variety of sources, for Canada, primarily from the MacLean’s study on Canadian Universities. This is a nice little value add for your clients’ to help them set realistic goals relative to their children’s educational funding.

Amount & Duration Info: If you have already choosen a Institution then this amount will be poplulated for you. If your clients already know the amount they want to fund this goal for, then you can enter in the amount here. Also the Duration date fields populate automatically, these dates for the education goal comes from the birth date of the child from the Personal Information screen. If you wish different to and from years, you can change this on the screen.

Death & Disability Info: When it comes to entering in your goals you should be aware of if your client's were to die tomorrow or become disabled, what percentage of this goal continue.

'Other Goal'

In addition to the standard objectives set up by the system automatically, you can provide a very powerful life goals analysis if you explore your client’s other goals in life. A few additional objectives could be home renovations, purchase of a boat, roof on a house or maybe a retirement cruise.

When you choose these types of goals the fields are a little different that the education fields. One of the biggest differences is the From and To years. Here you can choose if you want the goal to start at retirement or maybe a fixed date where you can edit the start year and end year.

Need For – Objectives can be set up to be applicable for both the client and spouse (joint) or just for the client or just for the spouse. In the retirement life goals analysis that’s done, all goals will be incorporated. However in the Death or Disability analysis, goals for the Client will only apply on the Spouse’s death, not on the client’s death since the spouse isn’t concerned with that goal.

Index Rate – Defaults to the inflation rate set on the Planning Assumptions screen however if you uncheck the "Default" you can enter in your own index rate.

% On Death or Disability – Allows you to identify how each objective will be impacted by death or disability.