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- TAX CALCULATION
-
- The tax calculation/projection features of PHASAR are contained the
- program called PHTAX.
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- PHASAR can compute a tax liability using the information contained in the
- category sums. Since there is the ability to establish budget amounts for each
- category for each month, PHASAR can use the budgeted category sums for the
- months where actual data is not yet available to do a mid-year tax projection.
-
- For the program to know which incomes and expenses affect taxes, you must
- keep categories which contain taxable items separate from non-taxable items.
-
- In general, any tax schedule or form or table can be easily entered.
- PHASAR will then plug actual (or budget) numbers in by income or expense
- category to arrive at a projected or actual tax liability. PHASAR also allows
- you to modify or create tax tables to customize the program for your use or to
- update it as the tax rates change.
-
- After defining a new form or making changes to the calculations contained in
- a pre-defined form it is recommended that you "Validate" the tax file. This
- will guarantee that there are no loose ends in any of the inter-cell
- references.
-
- Normally, all changes and additions to the tax file are saved when you quit
- PHTAX. Because of this you do not have to explicitly save the tax file but you
- must be sure that you quit the program and wait for all disk activity to finish
- before turning off the computer. Doing an explicit "save tax file" is a safety
- measure in case you forget to quit the program before turning off the computer
- or in case the computer crashes while you are in PHTAX. It's a good idea to use
- this selection occasionaly if you are making extensive changes to the tax file.
-
- If you want to do tax calculations using different scenarios you can make a
- copy of the PHASAR.TAX data file with a different name. Modify this new copy
- to calculate your tax liability another way and compare the outcome with the
- original approach to find the most favorable. You may also define several
- scenarios in the same tax file for more direct comparison. The disadvantage to
- having one large file is that is will take longer to read it in and to re-
- calculate new results when you change something. If you do want to define
- several different scenarios in one file the "Clone Tax Form" function will
- come in handy.
-
- A word of CAUTION is probably appropriate here. The program does not have
- any ability to judge whether the tax setup you specify is reasonable. You need
- to use plenty of "common sense" and care to set up a realistic tax calculation.
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