Sample household

A fictional two-member household you can explore read-only. Every figure is computed by the same engines the household tools run, using sample holdings. No sign-in and no data entry required.

The sample cast

Jordan and Riley Rivera, filing jointly, hold 4 accounts worth $1,274,100 across a joint taxable brokerage, a traditional IRA, a Roth IRA, and a 401(k). Their holdings carry both embedded gains and harvestable losses, so each tool has something real to show.

Sample data

Exhibit 01 / Dashboard

Where has this household drifted from its targets?

Current holdings across all four accounts, measured against the household's target allocation.

Total market value

$1,274,100

Gain/loss

$514,670

Taxable share

19.9%

Drift from target

19.4%

Accounts

Joint taxable brokerage

Taxable · 5 lots

$254,100

Traditional IRA (Jordan)

Tax-deferred · 2 lots

$450,100

Roth IRA (Riley)

Tax-free · 2 lots

$119,950

401(k) (Riley)

Tax-deferred · 3 lots

$449,950

Allocation drift

BND

Current 22.7%

Target 25.0%

-2.3%

VNQ

Current 4.7%

Target 10.0%

-5.3%

VTI

Current 64.4%

Target 45.0%

+19.4%

VXUS

Current 8.2%

Target 20.0%

-11.8%

Exhibit 02 / Tax opportunities

What can this household harvest before year end?

Harvestable losses come from the taxable lots. Bracket room and distance to the net investment income tax threshold come from the household's filing status and income, which is why the same lots produce different answers for different households.

Harvestable losses

$21,440

Embedded gains

$53,600

LTCG 0% room

$0

LTCG 15% room

$465,900

NIIT distance

$64,000

Blocked candidates

0

Status

taxable_joint
BND1,200$83.00$70.00

2026-05-01

2021-02-081908
LT
$84,000$15,600
None
taxable_joint
VNQ240$101.00$85.00

2026-05-01

2021-09-201684
LT
$20,400$3,840
None
taxable_joint
BND500$74.00$70.00

2026-05-01

2025-11-12170
ST
$35,000$2,000
None
LotBasis → priceLoss

BND

LT

Joint taxable brokerage

$83 → $70

$15,600

of $84,000

VNQ

LT

Joint taxable brokerage

$101 → $85

$3,840

of $20,400

BND

ST

Joint taxable brokerage

$74 → $70

$2,000

of $35,000

Exhibit 03 / Asset location

Which account should hold the bonds?

The optimizer holds the household's current asset mix fixed and moves those same holdings between accounts, so the avoidable drag below is the cost of placement alone. Drifting back to target is a separate decision, shown in Exhibit 01.

Current annual tax drag

$12,487

Optimized annual tax drag

$11,442

Avoidable each year

$1,046

Suggested account placement

This is a household-level target, not a list of account transfers. Each account keeps its current total value while the assets held in it change.

AccountAssetTarget weightTarget value
Roth IRA (Riley)VTI100.0%$119,950
Joint taxable brokerageVTI100.0%$254,100
Traditional IRA (Jordan)VNQ13.4%$60,350
Traditional IRA (Jordan)VTI86.6%$389,750
401(k) (Riley)BND64.3%$289,100
401(k) (Riley)VTI12.5%$56,200
401(k) (Riley)VXUS23.3%$104,650

Exhibit 04 / Roth conversions

How much should they convert before Medicare?

A modeled conversion schedule for the low-income years before Medicare and required minimum distributions, plotted against the IRMAA and ACA income lines.

Exhibit 04

Recommended conversion schedule

Per-year recommended conversion, stacked by owning member.

Exhibit 05

Income measures against the cliffs

Taxable ordinary income, total taxable income, IRMAA MAGI, and ACA household income under the proposed schedule.

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