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Switching

Move your Cash Balance work without a lost season.

Most firms start with new plans and the coming valuation year, then bring existing clients across as their valuations come due.

The move

How firms make the move

1

Walkthrough

We run a valuation together on a plan like yours.

2

Set up the firm

Firm settings, report wording, plan templates, and invite the team.

3

Bring in clients

Create clients and plans. Paste census data from a spreadsheet with a header row and it is validated row by row.

4

Run in parallel

Run your first valuations alongside your current tool and compare results before you rely on them.

Your data

What carries over and what does not

Carries over

  • Census data pasted from spreadsheets
  • Your plan designs, as templates
  • Your firm's certification and disclosure wording

Does not carry over

  • Proprietary files from desktop tools are not imported directly
  • Prior-year valuations stay in the system that produced them

Why switch

What changes day to day

Installs and licenses

Equaplan
None. Sign in from any desktop browser.
Legacy desktop tools
Local installs, license files, manual renewals
Spreadsheets
None, but nothing is shared

IRS limits and tables

Equaplan
Maintained centrally in the platform
Legacy desktop tools
Updated by hand or by patch
Spreadsheets
Copied in by hand

Calculation logic

Equaplan
Same logic for every plan
Legacy desktop tools
Consistent, tied to one machine
Spreadsheets
Formulas drift between copies

History

Equaplan
Every valuation keeps its inputs and plan rules
Legacy desktop tools
Separate files per plan or year
Spreadsheets
Depends on file naming and discipline

Team access

Equaplan
One firm workspace with admin and user roles
Legacy desktop tools
Shared drive or a single machine
Spreadsheets
Whoever has the latest copy

Output

Equaplan
Proposal PDFs, reports, and Schedule SB from the same data
Legacy desktop tools
Often assembled across several tools
Spreadsheets
Manual formatting

See it with your own plans

Book a walkthrough of Equaplan

We'll walk through a valuation from census to Schedule SB, and talk about how your firm works today.

What the demo covers

  1. 1A live walkthrough from census to Schedule SB
  2. 2A look at templates, calculators, and team roles
  3. 3Time for your questions about setup