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Highlight the Retirement Tax Landscape

Tax Clarity allows you to quickly identify sub-optimal tax situations and show clients how to make retirement decisions in the most tax-efficient way. Calculate your client's effective marginal tax rate and identify dangerous points where just one additional dollar of income can push clients into much higher effective marginal tax rates.

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Tax Clarity Key Features

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Marketing Materials
Access to professionally created marketing materials: strategy, emails, videos, presentation deck with script, and graphics
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Access to Expert Support & Customer Success
Unlimited free access to our live expert support team who can help make the most of your subscription.
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Unique Tax Map
Identify tax opportunities. Determine which account to draw from, and when, and find key opportunities for converting to a Roth.
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Self-Employment Tax Feature
Calculate the impact of paying both the employee and the employer's share of Social Security and Medicare taxes for self-employed clients.
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Pass-Through Tax Feature
Demonstrate the impact of the deduction for pass-through income and the phase-out of the deduction under the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
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Saver’s Credit Feature
The Saver's Credit has become more important following the passage of the SECURE Act. Demonstrate the impact the Saver's Credit can have on a client’s retirement plan
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Create Multiple Scenarios
Look at the tax landscape for any given year without creating a new case. Compare different withdrawal strategies on-screen and save and communicate the results with your clients.
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Side-by-Side Comparison
Compare alternate tax distribution strategies.
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Deep Integration with Income InSight
Seamlessly navigate from multi-year Tax Maps in Income InSight into Tax Clarity for deeper Tax Map analysis of any given year.
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CPA Referral Letter
Created by advisors, for advisors, use our CPA referral letter template to build better relationships.
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Quick & easy data entry
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Printable PDF report

Watch a Demonstration 

Use Tax Clarity during every annual client review meeting to look at the tax landscape for any given year without creating a new case. Easily show the tax impact of different plan decisions. Compare different withdrawal strategies on-screen and save and communicate the results with your clients.

Pricing FAQs

Can I take a trial of Tax Clarity? 

Do you have a demo video of Tax Clarity? 

Yes, we do. Learn how to use Tax Clarity in your financial planning practice by watching this recorded demonstration.

Do you have a guided product walkthrough? 

Yes! View our product tour to get a detailed walkthrough of some of Tax Clarity's key features.

Can someone demonstrate Tax Clarity for me? 

A member of our customer success team would be happy to demo Tax Clarity for you. Choose the time and date that works best for you. Click here to schedule a live demo. 

Can I subscribe monthly or annually? 

Choose the subscription that's right for you at $79.99/per month or $899/per year.

Can more than one advisor use one subscription to Tax Clarity? 

Your Tax Clarity subscription is intended for the sole use of one user, as outlined in our End User License Agreement (EULA). If you plan on utilizing our tools for multiple users, please reach out to sales@covisum.com for pricing.

Is there an enterprise version of Tax Clarity? 

Yes. Covisum powers some of the largest financial institutions in the United States. Contact sales for more information about our enterprise solutions.

Can I see your data security statement? 

Our data security statement is designed to answer the most common questions Covisum is asked in a vendor due diligence review and to provide supporting documentation for your file. Click here to access our data security statement.

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Tax Clarity FAQs

What is Tax Clarity? 

Tax Clarity is a type of tax optimization software that allows financial advisors to identify sub-optimal tax situations, demonstrating to clients how to make the most effective and tax-friendly retirement decisions. By utilizing different scenarios, Tax Clarity can calculate the impact of current year Roth conversions or the harvesting of capital gains, predicting how those decisions will hit the return in terms of tax consequences and the effective marginal tax rate.

What unique features does Tax Clarity offer? 

Tax Clarity allows financial advisors to conduct annual tax assessments based on factual tax data inputs, utilize comparative scenario analysis, and identify marginal tax rates and Medicare thresholds. A self-employment tax feature calculates the impact of paying both the employee and the employer's share of Social Security and Medicare taxes for self-employed clients. A pass-through tax feature demonstrates the impact of the deduction for pass-through income and the phase-out of the deduction under the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and a saver’s credit feature showcases the impact that the saver's credit may have on a client’s retirement income plan.

How is the effective marginal rate defined? 

The effective marginal tax rate is the tax rate on the next dollar of income. It is influenced by individual circumstances including types of income, capital gains, benefit distributions, overall deductions, and more. It is often higher than the tax rate suggested by ordinary tax brackets.

 

What is the difference between marginal and effective tax rates? 

Tax planning software can help determine a client’s effective tax rate and marginal tax rate. Effective tax rate refers to an individual’s average tax rate, or the percentage of their total yearly income that’s taxed. Marginal tax rate is the total amount of taxes that are added to any additional levels of income.

How are Social Security benefit taxes calculated?  

Many financial planning software programs assume that 85% of Social Security benefits will be taxed once the minimum income threshold is met, but that isn't always the case. The rate is variable depending on many factors. Tax Clarity can assist with these calculations to ensure your clients are prepared for their tax rates.

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