New Analysis Finds Nearly 99% of UMA Tax Overlay Accounts Benefited from Active, Holistic Tax Management in 2025
BERWYN, Pa., Sept. 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Envestnet, the leading Adaptive WealthTech company, continues to enhance year-round, holistic tax management within its platform, empowering advisors to help deliver tax-aware investment management at scale while improving after-tax outcomes for clients through its unified managed account (UMA) Tax Overlay program.
Envestnet’s unified managed account (UMA) Tax Overlay program delivers active, holistic tax management across virtually any equity separately managed account (SMA) or Fund Strategist Portfolio (FSP) sleeve available within the UMA. The program combines tax-lot-level trading, capital gains budgeting and deferral, and ongoing tax-loss harvesting to manage taxes across a client’s full taxable portfolio, all year.
Envestnet’s UMA Tax Overlay is complemented by the Fund Strategist Tax Management (FTSM) service for model portfolios and reflects the firm’s broader commitment to helping advisors manage taxes throughout the year – and not only during year-end planning cycles.
Internal analysis of accounts utilizing the UMA Tax Overlay service throughout the full 2025 tax year found that participating accounts generated an average after-tax return of +1.96% above what they would have had if they had not deployed the Tax Overlay, with approximately 99% of accounts benefiting from the program.
“Tax management is not about what you make. It’s about what you keep,” said Erik Preus, CFA, Group Head of Investment Management at Envestnet. “For more than two decades, we’ve helped advisors navigate the complexities of tax-efficient investing. Our UMA Tax Overlay service takes an active, holistic approach – managing taxes at the tax-lot level across a client’s full taxable portfolio* – so advisors can deliver sophisticated, comprehensive tax management while helping preserve long-term wealth.”
The UMA Tax Overlay service continues to gain momentum across the Envestnet platform:
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Envestnet now automates tax management across approximately $26 billion in assets across its UMA Tax Overlay and Fund Strategist Tax Management programs, as of March 31, 2026.
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The usage by clients of UMA Tax Overlay has achieved a three-year compound annual growth rate of approximately 29%.
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The average UMA Tax Overlay account size is approximately $2 million, with the program designed for higher-net-worth clients typically funded with individual securities, including concentrated equity positions.
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Based on 2025 account analysis, the average UMA Tax Overlay account incurred approximately $1,700i in annual service costs, while avoiding an average estimated tax liability of more than $25,000ii if the service were to be removed.
