Investment Cost Basis Master Shareware Description

- A menu\mouse driven, database application, which runs under Windows XP and Vista.

- Has complete, per screen, per field, on-line help (can be printed if needed).

- Designed to run in 640 X 480 screen resolution. Will run at higher resolution but fields are smaller.

- Does not have interface to any current income tax preparation program. Does prepare detailed income tax liability reports but you must re-key data into tax software you are using.

- Does not have an Internet interface for automatic download of any type of data from investment institutions.

- Define an investor, investment and enter all transactions related to investment (Purchase, reinvested dividends, reinvested capital gains distributions, etc). Can define unlimited number of investors and investments in all sorts of account types to include: trust, IRA, SEP, estate, etc.

- Define parameters of merger, split, spin-off, transfer to estate, gift and other financial transactions that can occur.

- Enter the values of your investments on a per share basis or per bond dollar value once per quarter into system share price table.

- Enter your effective income tax rates (Federal, state and local), once per year, into system tax rate table.

- Creates an electronic database of all investment transactions, easily recalled, edited and printed. Does not do away with keeping trade slips but certainly automates the process of tracking investments.

- Given parameters of a merger, spin-off, split, etc. automatically recalculates share price of effected shares. In some cases, equity shares can split, merge, and spin-off and try performing the required cost basis adjustment by hand.

- Allows you to determine best income tax cost basis method to use when selling.

- Provides an up-to-date report of income tax liability of a defined portfolio.

- Given valid system share price and income tax rate tables, calculates pre or post tax return on investment (ROI).

- With a valid system share price table, creates asset allocation table or graph of a defined portfolio.

- Creates table or graph of share price history for any investment known to system.

- Stores investment history for merger, spin-off, split, investment name change, holding account change, etc, so you know where any one investment went to or came from.

- Allows you to run Monte Carlo (multiple loops with parameters varying each loop) driven projections as to future worth of portfolio.

- Allows you run Monte Carlo driven projections as to minimum required retirement withdraws.

Intel based architecture processor (AMD is ok), the faster the better and Windows XP or Vista. Note that the application is not designed to host more than one user at a time and although it will work over a network, a single user at a time limitation still holds.

On your computer, create a folder, which will host your pending Investment Cost Basis Master software download. Once you have created this folder, left mouse button click on the download link below and then click on "Save" and then browse until you find the folder you have just created on your computer to host the download and save the zip file there. Once the zip file has been saved to your computer, browse to the folder holding it and double mouse click on it to get it to unzip. Now scroll down until you find setup.exe and double click on it. Finally, during installation, you will come to a small window that says install now and there will be a small pc\terminal icon in the left side you must click on to get the installation to finish. Once the system says that it has installed, click on Start and then move up until you see Money and then move over to the right to find Investment Cost Basis Master and click on it.

Windows XP, Vista Full Install (Revision 12 June 2007)

(Note: If you have a previous version of the software on your system, do not use the full install version as it will overwrite all your unique investment data.)

Windows XP, Vista Update (Revision 12 June 2007)

(Note: If you already have the application on your system and version is prior to date of this update, download and install this version. It will not damage in any way your unique investment data. When asked, install in same folder as original installation.

This update removes the following functions: backup to a floppy disk; export of a single investor; import of a single investor and deletion of all system data. Other small user interface changes have also been made.

As the program does not make any Windows registry entries, you can simply delete the folder in which the Investment Cost Basis Master was installed and any shortcuts on the Start menu and on your Desktop.