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🤓 Xplan Hint: Balancing your SMSF in Xtools+
Did you know that you need to enter both sides of an SMSF's balance sheet in Xtools+? For the SMSF to be modelled correctly, TOTAL ACCOUNTS must equal NET ASSETS, meaning you need to enter the accounts of the SMSF (including existing SMSF Pensions) as well as its assets and liabilities. To help you balance the SMSF, we now…
🤓 Xplan Hint: Other SMSF members
Wondering how to enter details for other SMSF members? We’ve made it easier and more intuitive. Financial planners and paraplanners told us that navigating around to find inputs for additional SMSF members was clunky. This change optimises the navigation so you can manage all of the inputs for Other SMSF members from a…
🤓 Xplan Hint: Archiving Client Notes Using Tags
Did you know you can use the note tagging feature in Xplan to build a functional archive system that removes historical clutter from a client's note page? Why? Over several years, a client's file accumulates hundreds of automated email logs, system notifications and old task records. This volume of data makes it difficult…
🤓 Xplan Hint: Recording AML/CTF Risk Ratings
Did you know Xplan now includes a native AML/CTF Risk Rating workspace to help you manage the latest AUSTRAC outcome-based reforms and NZ mandates? Why? Compliance reporting often means digging through old file notes or jumping between different screens. This update centralises that data directly within the client record.…
🤓 Xplan Hint: Tracking Super Contributions
Did you know that there is an element that summarises Super Contributions. It gives you a clear and consolidated view of your client's superannuation contributions, making tracking and compliance easier than ever. Key Features at a Glance Tracking : The element calculates the total sum of concessional (CCs) and…
🤓 Xplan Hint: Risk Researcher Merge Syntax
Did you know that we just launched a full Risk Researcher Merge Syntax library directly within Risk Researcher itself under Scenarios > Tools > Merge Syntax. We wanted to reduce the time you spent switching between tools or referencing external documentation to build templates. You can now find, copy, and run scenario…
🤓 Xplan Hint: Colour Coding Document Note Tags
Did you know you can apply colour coding to your Xplan Document Note tags to turn them into visual cues instead of plain text? Why? Practices use tags to categorise client correspondence, compliance documents and advice files. When tags are just text, they blend into the background screen. Colour coding makes your core…
🤓 Xplan Hint: Relocated Minimum Balance on Reboot
Did you know the "Minimum Balance on Reboot" setting has been moved out of the "Other Transactions" menu and into the Pension pop-up and EOP Transactions Input screen where it belongs? Why? Finding this setting used to feel like a game of hide-and-seek. It was buried deep in the menu tree, which added unnecessary friction…
🤓 Xplan Hint: Auto Tagging via Note Templates
Did you know you can attach tags directly to your Document Note templates so that client notes are automatically categorised the moment a template is used? Relying on the team to remember to manually add the right tags every time they create a file note or log an email is a recipe for missed data. Automating the process…
🤓 Xplan Hint: Optimising Task Hub with Saved Views
Did you know you can streamline your workflow by saving your preferred Task Hub views, sharing them with your team, and setting a preferred view as the default when the screen loads? Whether you frequently monitor tasks for specific advisers or manage a collective team workload, saving these views eliminates the need to…
🤓 Xplan Hint: How often do you check for unallocated notes?
Did you know that most Xplan sites I see have hundreds of unallocated notes? 😱 These are the notes that have been added from outside a client record and forgotten to be linked to a client, the forwarded emails that couldn’t find a matching email address or the notes that have been accidentally unlinked from an entity.…
🤓 Xplan Hint: Why not try a dynamic benchmark?
Are you using Benchmark Sets in your Cases? Have you found that sometimes, some benchmarks are simply not applicable or relevant to the client's scenario? For example, why would you complete a Risk Researcher scenario when you are providing advice on a Family Trusts investments only? You should try Dynamic Benchmarks!…
🤓 Xplan Hint: Compare Xtools+ Scenarios
Did you know you can visually compare multiple Xtools+ scenarios side-by-side using the Compare Charts function? When presenting financial strategies, viewing the potential outcomes of different options is key to help make informed decisions. The Xtools+ Compare Charts function is a powerful tool designed for exactly this.…
🤓 Xplan Hint: Automated regular rollovers between super accounts
Did you know you can now set up automated regular rollovers between super accounts to maintain a specific target balance in Xtools+? Modelling regular transfers between super accounts used to be quite clunky, requiring you to enter dollar amounts for every single period of a projection. This new feature acts as an…
🤓 Xplan Hint: Automatically file your emails to Xplan from gmail, outlook or any email client
Did you know that you can forward an email to your Xplan Group’s ‘inbox’ and Xplan will automatically find the correct client and file it for you? Xplan will even set the correct note type and subtype. If you’re not a fan of the plug in or use gmail or another email client, this one is for you. Some of you already know…
🤓 Xplan Hint: Xtools+ Super & Pension Strategies revisited
Did you know we just released some awesome updates to Super & Pension modelling in Xtools+? It’s no secret that our Product Manager, Lana Graham, is obsessed with ensuring paraplanners have access to the best modelling tools in our industry. And one of the ways she does this is by staying close to those using the tools and…
🤓 Xplan Hint: Smarter Defaults for Super Contributions
Did you know we’ve updated the system defaults for super contribution indexation in Xtools+ to better reflect how most of you actually model strategies? Why? Previously, the system defaulted to "Salary Inflation" for Concessional and Non-Concessional contributions. We heard that most of you were manually changing this to…
🤓 Xplan Hint: Automating Retirement "Transfer" Workflows in WealthSolver
Did you know you can automate the process of contributing non-super assets into super before rolling them into a retirement income stream? Manually modelling the sale of an investment account, the contribution into super, and the subsequent rollover to a pension is a multi-step process that usually involves a lot of manual…
🤓 Xplan Hint: A New Way to Consolidate Super.
Did you know you can now roll multiple super funds into a single account on one screen without having to pass the money through a "transfer account" first? Why? The old way of moving money between funds was a bit of a treasure hunt and involved way too many steps. This update lets you consolidate Superfund 1, Superfund 2…
🤓Xplan Hint: Demystifying Performance Calculations
Did you know you can now export calculation details? Ever looked at a client’s performance in Portfolios and wondered where the figures came from? In case you missed this (relatively) new feature, you can now export all the data that makes up the calculation at the press of a button. To do this, go to Portfolios >…
🤓 Xplan Hint: Customising Life-Stage Spending in Retirement Income
Did you know you can model "active" and "passive" retirement phases in Xplan’s Retirement Income solution by stepping down a client's target income at a specific future date? Why? Most clients spend more in the first decade of retirement (the "go-go" years) than they do in their 80s. Modeling a flat $50,000 p.a. for 30…
🤓 Xplan Hint: Managing "Planning Horizon" Confidence in Retirement Income
Did you know that increasing your Planning Horizon years in our in Retirement Income solution actually increases the "confidence percentage" of your strategy? Setting a level of confidence defines how much longevity risk you are willing to buffer for. For a couple, Xplan tracks the probability of at least one person being…
🤓 Xplan Hint: Insurance Datafeeds | Tips for managing Corporate Policy Owners
Did you know that there is a critical best practice process for mapping insurance datafeeds to ensure everyone on your site has access to the insurance policy data that they need? While a simple one-to-one relationship between a policy owner and a life assured client maps easily, things get tricky with corporate owners.…
🤓 Xplan Hint: Easier Key Date Modelling
Did you know you can now add or change Key Dates directly from the Superannuation SOP Transactions and EOP Transactions Input screens without navigating away to projection settings? The workflow used to feel a bit disjointed if you realised halfway through entering data that you forgot to add a "Buy a Home" or "Retirement"…
🤓 Xplan Hint: End of Period Transactions Screen
Did you know there is a brand new input screen in Xtools+ specifically for actions that happen at the very end of the financial year? We noticed a lot of workflow friction because things like personal deductible contribution top-ups or spouse splitting were buried in nested menus or only accessible from display screens.…
🤓 Xplan Hint: Automating Marketing Unsubscribes
Did you know you can configure Xplan to automatically handle client unsubscribe requests by using boolean fields to automatically update their subscription status without any manual data entry? Staying compliant with Australian anti-spam regulations is a non-negotiable part of running a practice. Usually, this involves a…
🤓 Xplan Hint: A better way to manage your datafeeds
Did you know that with a bit of TLC, your datafeeds can become your competitive advantage rather than your nemesis? And it all begins with appointing a dedicated Datafeed Administrator. Most of us want datafeeds to be "set and forget" but they need regular attention to stay accurate. When each adviser tries to manage their…
🤓 Xplan Hint: Unbundling SMAs for better client clarity
Did you know you can "unbundle" SMA holdings within your WealthSolver scenarios to show the underlying investments instead of just a single line item? Why? Separately Managed Accounts (SMAs) are great for efficiency, but sometimes a client wants to see exactly what they own, or you need to demonstrate the granular asset…

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