Method and apparatus for enabling small investors with a portfolio of securities to manage taxable events within the portfolio
First Claim
1. A method for enabling a user to determine tax consequences from selling a plurality of assets/liabilities, said method comprising the steps of:
- a) determining a plurality of potential tax consequences that would result from trading various combinations of the plurality of assets/liabilities, wherein each of the plurality of potential tax consequences represents the potential tax consequence that would result from trading one particular subset of assets/liabilities from among the plurality of assets/liabilities;
b) determining a plurality of potential proceeds for each of the plurality of potential tax consequences that would result from trading the various combinations of the plurality of assets/liabilities; and
c) displaying the plurality of potential proceeds and the plurality of potential tax consequences in a graph having at least two dimensions.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus enables an investor with a portfolio of securities to manage taxable events created by trading securities in the portfolio. A database stores information regarding securities purchased by the investor. A presentation and graphical display format directly linked to the system managing the portfolio of securities enables the investor easily to make a selection as to the shares to be sold for the desired cash and tax results. A graphical display interface provides the investor with a graph having at least two axes showing cash to be received on one axis, and the tax result on another axis, with the investor permitted to click on points that are available. In generating the graph, each point available for selection represents an intersection of a cash and tax result based on the investor'"'"'s purchases and the current expected sales price for the securities. Once the investor selects his preferred outcome, the system notes those securities (by specific lot, price, date and other identifying means) that correspond to that outcome for sale. The graphical user interface and connection and linkage to a system for managing a portfolio of securities or some other record keeping, order handling and execution system resolves the problem of making complex and difficult determinations to achieve a cash/tax goal with a simple and single click of a mouse.
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80 Claims
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1. A method for enabling a user to determine tax consequences from selling a plurality of assets/liabilities, said method comprising the steps of:
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a) determining a plurality of potential tax consequences that would result from trading various combinations of the plurality of assets/liabilities, wherein each of the plurality of potential tax consequences represents the potential tax consequence that would result from trading one particular subset of assets/liabilities from among the plurality of assets/liabilities; b) determining a plurality of potential proceeds for each of the plurality of potential tax consequences that would result from trading the various combinations of the plurality of assets/liabilities; and c) displaying the plurality of potential proceeds and the plurality of potential tax consequences in a graph having at least two dimensions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69)
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26. A computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to participate in actions comprising:
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maintaining a tax basis registry storing a basis for each asset/liability; calculating a potential tax consequence for each asset/liability in the registry selected by the user for potential trade and the potential proceeds from the potential trade; presenting a graphical representation of at least two dimensions of an overall tax consequence for each possible combination of trade of the selected assets/liabilities and potential proceeds resulting from each possible combination of trade; and interacting graphically with the user to enable the user to indicate a desired combination of tax consequences and potential proceeds. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80)
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34. A system for enabling a user to determine tax consequences from selling a plurality of assets/liabilities comprising the steps of:
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a processor determining a plurality of potential tax consequences that would result from trading various combinations of the plurality of assets/liabilities, wherein each of the plurality of potential tax consequences represents the potential tax consequence that would result from trading one particular subset of assets/liabilities from among the plurality of assets/liabilities, said processor also determining a plurality of potential proceeds for each of the plurality of potential tax consequences that would result from trading the various combinations of the plurality of assets/liabilities; and a display coupled to the processor and displaying the plurality of potential tax consequences and the potential proceeds corresponding with each of the plurality of potential tax consequences determined by the processor in a graph having at least two dimensions. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. An apparatus for enabling a user to determine capital asset tax consequences from selling a plurality of securities within a portfolio of securities and to obtain a desired capital asset tax consequence and a desired proceeds, said apparatus comprising:
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means for calculating a potential capital asset tax consequence and a potential proceeds resulting from trading each of the plurality of securities; means for determining a series of sums of the capital asset tax consequences that would result from various combinations of trades of particular subsets of the securities from among the plurality of securities; means for ascertaining potential proceeds associated with each of the series of sums resulting from the various combinations of trades of the particular subsets of the securities from among the plurality of securities used by the determining means; means for displaying to a user in a graph having at least two dimensions the series of sums and the associated potential proceeds, wherein one axis represents the capital asset tax consequence and another axis represents the proceeds resulting from trading the securities, each of the sums being plotted as a point in a graph, and each point having an attribute related to a potential capital asset tax consequence and another attribute related to the potential proceeds resulting from a trade of the securities underlying each of the points. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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