<title>Enter income information for you and your partner</title>
<category>lifeplan</category>
<klink type="prcdr">How do I enter income information for me or for my partner?</klink>
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<li>On the <emph>Planner</emph> menu, click <emph>Lifetime Planner</emph>.</li>
<li>In the left pane, click <emph>Income</emph>.</li>
<li>Click <emph>Your Name Career</emph> or <emph>Your Partner's Name Career</emph>.</li>
<li>If you've already used the Paycheck wizard to enter your gross pay in Money, link your salary to your paychecks.</li>
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<li>Click <emph>change the link to your paychecks</emph>.</li>
<li>Click <emph>Calculate my salary by adding the paychecks selected below</emph>.</li>
<li>Select the paychecks that apply to your primary career.</li>
<li>Click <emph>OK</emph>.</li>
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<li>If you haven't used the Paycheck wizard before, and don't want to now, do one of the following:</li>
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<li>If you know your annual salary, enter it in the <emph>Annual gross salary</emph> box.</li>
<li>If you know your regular amount of pay and bonuses, click <emph>quick calculation</emph>, enter the requested information, and then click <emph>OK</emph>.</li>
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<li>If you want to use the Paycheck wizard to enter your gross pay, go to the <emph>Manage scheduled bills and deposits</emph> page in the Accounts & Bills area.</li>
<li>After you enter the paycheck, click <emph>Back</emph> to return to the Lifetime Planner.</li>
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<p>You'll be able to link the paycheck you just entered to your lifetime plan.</p>
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<tease>What should I do if my career won't start until sometime in the future?</tease>
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<li>In the list of career events, click <emph>Start career</emph>.</li>
<li>Click <emph>Edit</emph>.</li>
<li>In the <emph>Starts</emph> list, click an option to specify when your career will start.</li>
<p>You can specify a particular date or tie the start of your career to another event in your plan.</p>
<li>In the <emph>Annual gross salary</emph> box, enter an estimated salary.</li>
<li>Click <emph>Finish</emph>.</li>
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<tease>How do I choose between the three ways to enter my annual salary?</tease>
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<p>It's best to enter information about your paycheck using the Paycheck wizard, and then clicking <emph>change the link to your paychecks</emph> on the <emph>Career</emph> page. This way, as you update information about your paycheck, Money updates your lifetime plan automatically. You can also schedule your paycheck deposits. <alink type="prcdr" href="Schedulemypaycheckdeposit.xml"/></p>
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<tease>Is it OK to enter an estimated annual gross salary?</tease>
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<p>Sure. Perhaps you don't receive regular paychecks or you're paid on commission. Just estimate what you'll earn. You can always adjust the amount later.</p>
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<tease>I'm retired now. How do enter my income?</tease>
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<p>Money handles post-retirement income differently than your pre-retirement salary. Post-retirement income is entered as other income. <alink type="prcdr" href="Enterotherincome(notfrommycareer).xml"/></p>
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<tease>What if I'm not working now, but might work in the future?</tease>
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<li>In the <emph>Annual gross salary</emph> box, enter zero.</li>
<li>In the list of events, click <emph>Start career</emph>.</li>
<li>Click <emph>Edit</emph>.</li>
<li>Enter the date you plan to start working and how much you think you'll earn, and then click <emph>Finish</emph>.</li>
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<tease>What if my partner and I work together and have a combined income?</tease>
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<p>Enter your combined income under one partner's name.</p>
