Online planning resources
● Here's what you need to know, or estimate, before using a retirement calculator:
Your pretax income.
Check your last pay stub of the year.
An estimate of
your Social Security benefits at retirement from the annual statement the Social Security Administration sends you.
Call 1-800-772-1213 or go to www.ssa.gov.
An estimate of
your pension income, if any, from your employer.
How much you've saved
for retirement.
How many years
you are from retirement.
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Your age and
your best guess at life expectancy.
If you're married,
this same info about your spouse.
● Here are some online retirement calculators and retirement planning tools. It's good to sample several.
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Sources: Vanguard Group,
Dallas Morning News