Penny, your AI planner · Included in Income Lab Pro

Roth conversions. IRMAA. Inherited IRAs.
Answered in the meeting, not after it.

What used to take three days of prep now takes thirty seconds. Ask in plain English. Penny pulls your client’s actual plan, runs verified tax math, and hands you specific dollar amounts with sources cited.

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Penny Marginal Tax Rate analysis showing Roth conversion impact, effective rate, bracket size, and bracket-by-bracket visualization across adjusted gross income

A client mentions a Roth conversion. Penny pulls the household, runs the bracket math, and surfaces the IRMAA fallout. All before you finish your coffee. And this is one of dozens of analyses Penny handles in seconds.

Your planning tool shows the 30-year picture. Who handles the last mile?

Tactical analysis belongs inside your planning software. That’s where the data is. That’s where the context is. That’s where Penny is.

How It Works

Ask the question. Get the math. Act on the answer.

1

Pick a household

Penny already knows the plan. Guardrails, brackets, Social Security timing, account balances. No setup required.

2

Ask in plain English

Type your question or pick from the menu. Taxes, Roth conversions, Medicare, Social Security, estate planning. Penny classifies and routes it.

3

The math runs, not the AI

Deterministic tax engines validate every answer. AI handles classification and explanation. The math handles the numbers. That’s why you can trust them.

We don’t do math with AI.

4

Act on the answer

Specific dollar amounts. Bracket impact. Multi-year projections. Clear enough to explain to your client right now, not buried in a 40-page report.

In Action

“How far can the Hendersons convert before they trigger the next IRMAA tier?”

You type the question. Penny pulls the Henderson plan, runs it through the Marginal Rate Explorer, and shows you:

  • At a $72K Roth conversion, they stay in IRMAA Tier 1
  • At $73K, they cross into Tier 2 and pay an extra $1,737 per person
  • The exact dollar where the cliff hits, not a rough estimate
  • IRMAA impact two years out, automatically modeled
  • Every number verified. Every source cited.

Tax analysis emails achieved 18% click-through rate. This is the question advisors care about most.

Penny Marginal Rate Explorer showing a $72K Roth conversion staying in IRMAA Tier 1 with a 25.8% total marginal rate
Penny Marginal Rate Explorer showing a $73K Roth conversion crossing into IRMAA Tier 2 with $1,737 per person in additional surcharges
In Action

“One extra thousand dollars just cost your client $1,737 per person in Medicare surcharges.”

IRMAA thresholds are invisible cliffs. A $72K Roth conversion keeps the Hendersons in Tier 1. At $73K, they cross into Tier 2 and the surcharge jumps by $1,737 per person, per year. Penny maps every threshold against your client’s projected income and flags the danger zones before they become expensive mistakes.

  • IRMAA bracket visualization with income projections
  • The exact conversion amount where each cliff hits
  • SSA-44 appeal instructions when life changes qualify
  • Two-year lookback modeled automatically
Inside Penny

What Penny brings to every client meeting

Each capability surfaces answers in the meeting, not after it.

Trust

Verify Button

One-click audit of any response. On-demand verification so you never have to wonder.

Trust

Source Citations

Every analysis shows sources with verification indicators. Trace any number back to the tax code.

Trust

Per-Field Notes

Attach notes to any input explaining why a number was chosen. Build a documentation trail for every decision.

Workflow

Document Analysis

Upload a 1040 without selecting a household. Perfect for prospect meetings when you don’t have a plan yet.

Workflow

Natural Language

Type changes in plain English. Penny classifies, updates analysis, shows before and after.

Workflow

Tax Detail Tool

Override plan assumptions with actual current-year numbers. Interest, dividends, capital gains. Precision no other tool offers.

Depth

Estate Planning

Beneficiary optimization, gift vs. step-up analysis, charitable giving optimizer (QCD, lifetime giving, bequest).

Depth

Inherited IRA

Distribution optimizer for inherited accounts. Even, front-loaded, or back-loaded strategies with tax impact.

Depth

State Tax Comparison

Side-by-side comparison of moving between states. Penny enables county-level tax detail for granular analysis.

Under the Hood

We don’t do math with AI. Here’s what we do instead.

AI Layer

Classification, Explanation, Natural language

Interprets the question. Explains the answer. The AI handles the conversation so you stay in the meeting.

Math Layer

Tax models, Calculations, Verified numbers

Runs every number through deterministic tax engines built from actual tax code. The math is the math.

AI interprets your question and explains the results. Deterministic tax engines do every calculation. The AI proposes; the math checks. Every answer you see has been validated by models built from actual tax code, not trained on internet data.

Verifiable

Every number traceable to source

Auditable

One-click verification on any response

Secure

SOC 2 Type II certified, enterprise-grade security

Only in Income Lab

The more households you add, the smarter it gets.

Practice Intelligence doesn’t just analyze one client. It helps identify planning opportunities across your practice that drive revenue and better outcomes for your clients.

Scans

Every household, every opportunity type

Surfaces

Roth windows, IRMAA cliffs, SS timing, QCDs, estate gaps

Grows

More households = more intelligence = more revenue

“It’s like having the best wholesaler that ever walked the earth. Walks into your practice, looks at every client, and tells you exactly where the opportunities are.”

How advisors describe Practice Intelligence
Questions Advisors Ask

Frequently Asked Questions

No. Penny analyzes and recommends. You review and apply every change. The advisor is always the senior partner.

Yes. SOC 2 Type II certified. Enterprise-grade security with SSO available on Pro. The AI does not train on your client data.

Penny is not an AI chatbot. Penny is a tactical planning tool augmented by AI. ChatGPT does math with AI. Penny doesn’t. Every calculation runs through deterministic tax models built from actual tax code. The AI handles classification and explanation; the math handles numbers. That’s why every answer is verifiable.

No. You can start a free trial and upload a 1040 immediately, without building a full plan. Penny works with prospect documents from day one.

Penny can make mistakes. We built her with deterministic tools and verification to avoid hallucination, but you are always the senior partner. Penny does the legwork. You check the work and make the decisions. Every response has a Verify button for one-click audit, and source citations let you trace any number back to the tax code.

No. Support staff seats are meant for administrative work like building and updating plans and producing reports. If a team member needs access to Penny, they will need an advisor-level Pro seat.

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