Financial Planning Retirement Calculators

The web is full of high-quality, free financial planning retirement calculators and there is no good reason not to take advantage of them as financial planing tools. Here is a list of some great financial planning calculators that I have found on the web. I will update this post as I continue to find more.

Financial Planning Calculator Retirement Links

Motley Fool - Includes a great calculator that estimates how much your monthly expenses will change after retirement. Also includes the following calculators:

• How will retirement affect my expenses?
• Am I saving enough? What can I change?
• How will this account be used?
• What will I earn with this account?
• How advantageous is increasing my savings?
• Which savings or income source will be the largest?
• How much can I invest before taxes each year?
• What if I underestimate my expenses?
• What will my income be after I retire?
• What will my expenses be after I retire?
• What happens if tax laws change?
• How much of an effect can inflation have?
• Which savings should be used first?
• How much will Social Security provide?
• What if Social Security no longer exists?

Yahoo Finance - Includes a nice current cash flow calculator plus the following:

• How much will I need to save for retirement?
• When should I begin saving for retirement?
• What is my current cash flow?
• What is my projected cash flow?
• What may my 401(k) be worth?
• Self-employment Retirement Plan Maximum Contribution calculator
• How much can I contribute to my IRA?
• Should I convert to a Roth IRA?
• Social Security retirement income estimator
• What is the impact of increasing my 401(k) contribution?
• How will retirement impact my living expenses?
• Income generated by a savings plan
• Value of reducing or foregoing expenses
• How does inflation impact my retirement income needs?
• How should I allocate my assets?
• What is my current net worth?
• What is my projected net worth?

Kiplinger Find out how much your 401K will grow and how much income Social Security will provide.

• How much will my 401(k) grow?
• Am I saving enough for retirement?
• The power of boosting 401(k)
• Which will provide the most retirement income?
• How much income will Social Security provide?
• What is my minimum required IRA distribution?

Money Central on MSN - Provides a fairly simple retirement calculator.