This powerful KiwiSaver calculator will help you plan for your retirement by showing you exactly how much you will have in your investment fund, with a breakdown by year and by month with the respective balance changes. This retirement calculator allows the users to switch funds twice throughout the savings scheme to better fit the changes that people go through in life. This superannuation calculator also allows the user to use the fund balance to purchase a fit home during the saving scheme. The results show the absolute balance and the inflation-adjusted balance at the time of retirement to allow the true quantification of the value of the fund. This KiwiSaver calculator is powered by Calculate.co.nz which has over 55 New Zealand specific calculators and tools which are free for Kiwis to use.
BASIC INFORMATION
What is your current KiwiSaver Balance?
What is your date of birth?
On your next birthday, you will be:
At which age do you think you will retire?
You have this many rounded years until you retire at
You have this many rounded months until you retire at
CONTRIBUTION AND FUTURE EXPECTATIONS
What is your current annual income before tax?
What is your anticipated annual income growth per year %?
What is your current employee KiwiSaver contribution level?
What is your current employer KiwiSaver contribution level?
What level of inflation do you want to apply?
OPTIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS
What level of voluntary contribution will you be adding?
At which frequency would you like to add the voluntary contribution?
FUND SPECIFICS
Which KiwiSaver fund would you like to use?
Return rate applied across balance in Cash fund:
What is your KiwiSaver Prescribed Investor Tax Rate (PIR)?
Yearly KiwiSaver account management fee percentage
NZ Government contribution per year:
FIRST HOME BUYER?
Will you use your KiwiSaver balance to purchase a property?
TACTICAL FUND CHANGE BEFORE RETIREMENT?
Will you change your fund type before retirement?
| Age | Start of year Balance | Fund Type | First Home Purchase | Balance Change |
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| Month and Age | End of Month Balance | Government Contribution Month | First Home Purchase | Balance Change |
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KiwSaver Calculator Methodology:
For each period (month), the following components of the calculation are taken into consideration:
- the fund types available for this KiwiSaver and their respective expected return on investment rates are as follows: Cash 1.00%, Conservative 2.50%, Balanced 4.00% and Growth 7.00%.
- the specific return on investment rate by month is used in each calculation to adjust for the ability for the user to change the fund at any age.
- the specific salary and the expected increase is used in each calculation. This is adjusted after every year to the new salary as expected by the user.
- the compounding of the respective investment gains occurs at the month level, as seen in the month by month KiwiSaver balance schedule.
a. The opening balance of the month, which contributes to the previous balance calculations for the compound interest investment gains and investment tax to provide the previous balance adjustment moving forward.
b. The employment additions, which relates to the employee and employer contributions. Tax is then applied to the employer contribution value only before the net add from the employment addition is calculated. From there, the month specific investment gains and investment tax are calculated to provide the KiwiSaver contribution balance moving forward.
c. The employee additional contribution, which relates to the optional regular top-up from the user. From the per period addition the month specific investment gains and investment tax are calculated to provide the additional contribution balance moving forward.
d. The government contribution, which is a $521.43 bonus to accounts that contribute to the required threshold every 12 months. From the per period addition, of which 11 out of 12 months is zero, the month specific investment gains and investment tax are calculated to provide the Government contribution balance moving forward.
e. The account fees as declared are removed for every period.
f. The first home buyer reset trigger is applied if the month is assigned as the period of a balance change for the first home purchase. This resets to the balance to $1,000.
The formula for calculating the balance at the end of each respective period throughout the saving scheme is:
- If not a flagged period for first home buyer reset: (a. previous period balance + investment gains) + (b. employment contribution for period) + (c. employee additional contribution for period) + (d. government contribution for period [if any]) - (e. account fees for period)
- If a flagged period for first home buyer reset: (a. previous period balance reset to $1000 + investment gains) + (b. employment contribution for period) + (c. employee additional contribution for period) + (d. government contribution for period [if any]) - (e. account fees for period)
NOTE: this KiwiSaver calculator is meant to be used as a guide only.
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