Friday, October 28, 2011

What Lump Sum Will Provide Real Income of $100,000 Per Year for 30 Years?

A present value (PV) amount of $1.96 million in a pre-tax retirement account is required today to fund a future payment stream of 30 years of $100,000 annually (with a +2.5% cost of living / inflation increase for maintenance of purchasing power) assuming that a +6% rate of return (ROR) can be maintained into the future.

If the ROR falls to +5%, the PV amount rises +13% to $2.21 million.  If the ROR rises to +7%, the PV falls -11% to $1.75 million.

These calculations do not account for the payment of federal income taxes which would be due as a result of withdrawals from any pre-tax retirement funds.

Source: BTN Research


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