11/29/2022
If you are 50 years or older and have thought about planning for your retirement? or if you already have 401K retirement account with your employer or even have your own Roth 401(K) plan, do you manage and control their performance to see how far you have reached into your retirement goal?
Do not worry, Hanna Consulting Services has developed a tool (excel sheet) that will make it easy for you to calculate how much you need to save to reach your retirement goal.
The attached image (excel sheet) reflects an individual who had 150,000 saved at age 55 and wanted to generate $40,184 in fixed annual income at age 65. In the model we assumed that this person would save $886 monthly which amounted to $10,632 annually and invest this money in an investment vehicle that would yield 8% annually.
The combined total investment savings (retirement account) after the 10th year add up to $502,303 which include principal payments of 256,320 and compounded interest of 245,983.
Note: the $256,320 amount includes the original saved amount of 150,000.
I suggest, although your cash flow may not allow you to fully fund your plan, making contributions at least equal to your employers matching contribution to maximize the intake amount of your plan account. The Maximum 401(k) contribution limits are $20,500 for 2022 and $22,500 for 2023, with those who are over age 50 allowed to contribute an additional $6,500 in 2022 and $7,500 in 2023. Depending on your situation, you may want to consider taking advantage of a Roth 401(k) feature if offered by your employer. Utilizing a Roth 401(k) will result in higher current income taxes, but will provide you with tax-free, as compared to tax-deferred for 401(k) plan.
If you are eligible, consider funding a Roth IRA instead of a traditional IRA. Roth IRAs grow tax-free and are not subject to RMDs, compared to traditional IRAs that grow tax-deferred and are subject to RMDs once you reach age 72.
Send me the following:
1) The total amount of your savings, current balance of your savings account.
2) The amount of money you could save monthly.
3) Your age, and fixed income you desire to receive at 65 your retirement age.
4) Payment of $50 USD to cover my fee, and
I will answer you back with the investment amount you need to generate such fixed income at your retirement age, and how many years at what percentage of interest yield required to accumulate such wealth to generate such fixed income.