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My budget is bigger than my take-home pay
If your budget is more than your take-home pay, the plan shows a budget deficit. It draws the gap from unassigned savings, then cash, then your emergency fund. Anything those can't cover is shown as unfunded budget: in real life, that's borrowing.
Check that take-home pay is monthly-correct (×12 for a year, and 26 paychecks if paid every two weeks), and that no line is counted twice. Then look at wants first.
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- About the Monte Carlo simulation
- How each number is calculated
- IRS limits in the plan
- Reading the plan ribbon
- Today's dollars vs future dollars
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