I have a design flaw based on my lack of MVC4 experience.
The issue is that I have a model in my Layout...
@model BasicFinanceUI.Models.LoginModel
First build the view like you have it but instead of using helpers just build the html fields. Make sure you put an id or a class on the fields that we can use as a selector
etc
then make sure you have jquery referenced on the page and put this on the bottom of your screen
then on your controller you need to have a method set up to receive the ajax call
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Login(string UserName, string Password){
//Check the user name and password against the database
//from here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10608198/asp-net-mvc3-returning-success-jsonresult
var result=new { Success="True", Message="Success"};
return Json(result, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
}