Financial calculators that show their working.
Every calculator
50 calculators
Calculators
Mortgage
- Amortization calculatorMonth by month, how much of each payment is principal.
- Debt-to-income ratio calculatorBoth DTI ratios against conventional, FHA and VA limits.
- FHA loan calculatorThe FHA payment with upfront and monthly mortgage insurance.
- HELOC payment calculatorThe interest-only payment, the repayment payment, and how far it jumps.
- Home affordability calculatorWhat price a lender's debt-to-income limits actually allow.
- Home equity loan calculatorHow much you can borrow against your home, and the fixed monthly payment.
- Mortgage calculatorThe whole monthly payment, not just principal and interest.
- Refinance calculatorHow long until the closing costs pay for themselves.
- Rent affordability calculatorYour rent ceiling under three common rules, and which one binds.
- Rental property calculatorCash flow, cap rate and cash-on-cash return on a rental.
- VA loan calculatorYour VA payment with the funding fee and no mortgage insurance.
Debt
- APR calculatorThe real rate once the fees are financed into the loan.
- Auto lease calculatorA lease payment split into depreciation, rent charge and tax.
- Auto loan calculatorThe payment once tax, fees and a trade-in are in the price.
- Credit card payoff calculatorHow long a balance takes to clear, and what the minimum costs.
- Loan calculatorThe payment, the total interest and the date it is gone.
- Personal loan calculatorThe payment, the cash you really get and the true APR once the fee is counted.
Investing
- CD calculatorWhat a CD pays at maturity, and what breaking it early costs.
- Compound interest calculatorWhat a balance becomes, and how much of it is growth.
- Inflation calculatorWhat a sum will be worth after years of rising prices.
- Investment calculatorContributions, growth and tax, each kept separate.
- Savings goal calculatorThe monthly amount that reaches a target on time.
Retirement
- 401(k) calculatorWhat your 401(k) grows to, with the employer match counted.
- Annuity payout calculatorThe level monthly income a lump sum pays over a set number of years or over IRS life expectancy.
- Retirement calculatorWhether the balance gets there, and what it pays out.
- RMD calculatorWhen your required minimum distributions start and how much to take each year.
- Roth IRA calculatorWhat a Roth IRA grows to, within the 2026 limits for your income.
- Traditional IRA calculatorHow much of a traditional IRA contribution you can deduct in 2026, and the tax it saves.
Tax
- Hourly to salary calculatorAn hourly wage as a yearly salary, or back, before and after tax.
- Raise after tax calculatorWhat a raise adds after tax, and which bracket it lands in.
- Take-home pay calculatorWhat a salary pays after federal tax, FICA, state tax and 401(k).
Compare two options
Side-by-side answers to “should I do this or that?”
Mortgage
- 15-year vs. 30-yearWhether the shorter term beats the longer one plus investing.
- Biweekly vs. monthly extraWhether biweekly payments beat simply paying a bit more.
- Down payment calculatorFour down payments on one home, compared side by side.
- Mortgage payoff vs. investThe return an investment must beat to top paying the house off.
- Mortgage pointsBuy points, or put the same cash toward the down payment?
- Recast vs. refinance vs. extraThree ways to put a lump sum against a mortgage, compared.
- Rent vs. buyHow long you have to stay before buying comes out ahead.
Debt
- Balance transfer breakevenWhether the fee is cheaper than the interest it avoids.
- Car loan payoff vs. investThe return an investment must beat to top clearing the loan.
- Cash back vs low APRWhether the dealer rebate or the promotional rate costs less.
- Consolidation vs. paying directWhether one loan beats paying the cards down directly.
- Snowball vs. avalancheWhich order clears your debts faster, and by how much.
- Emergency fund vs. debtCash in reserve or a smaller balance: which comes first.
- Savings vs. debt paydownWhether savings interest beats the rate you are paying.
- Student loan payoff vs. forgivenessPaying in full against waiting for a forgiven balance.
Retirement
- 401(k) loan vs. withdrawalSee whether borrowing from your 401(k) or withdrawing early leaves you better off.
- 401(k) match vs. debtWhether the employer match beats clearing expensive debt.
- Pension lump sum vs annuityWhether a pension lump sum can pay you as much, for as long, as the monthly payments.
- Social Security claiming ageThe age at which waiting to claim Social Security starts to pay more.
What you are trusting
- Every formula, stated
- Not a black box that returns a number.
- Every assumption, listed
- Including the ones that flatter the answer.
- Every source, linked and dated
- So you can tell when it has gone stale.
How this is worked out — the modelling choices, what is deliberately left out, and how corrections are handled.