Paycheck & Taxes
Your real take-home pay, withholding, and what you owe, across every state.
- Take-Home Pay, Your real paycheck after federal, FICA, state, and local taxes, across all states.
- W-4 Withholding & Refund Check, A refund is an interest-free loan to the government: tune your W-4 to land near zero.
- Hourly ↔ Salary, Convert pay rates with overtime and multiple jobs.
- Federal Income Tax, Marginal and effective breakdown, standard vs itemized.
- Marginal Rate Explorer, What does my next $1,000 of income actually cost?
- Paycheck Optimizer, See how 401(k) and HSA contributions move your take-home.
- AMT Screener, A quick check on whether you might owe the Alternative Minimum Tax.
- Gift Tax Checker, Whether a gift is taxable, or sits under the annual exclusion and lifetime exemption.
Self-Employed & 1099
Self-employment tax, quarterly estimates, freelance rates, and the W-2 vs 1099 call.
- Self-Employment Tax, SE tax plus the quarterly estimated payment schedule.
- Quarterly Taxes & Set-Aside, How much of every 1099 payment to keep for taxes, and what to pay each quarter.
- What Should I Charge?, Work backward from the take-home you want to the hourly rate to bill.
- 1099 Contract vs W-2 Salary, Translate a contractor rate into the equivalent employee salary.
- Self-Employed Retirement, How much you can stash tax-advantaged: SEP-IRA vs Solo 401(k).
Investing
Capital gains, cost basis, tax-loss harvesting, growth, and the dollar over time.
- Capital Gains, Short- and long-term gains with a cost-basis helper.
- Cost-Basis Lot Picker, FIFO or specific-ID cost basis for a stock sale.
- Tax-Loss Harvesting, Turn investment losses into a tax saving, deterministically.
- Child Tax Estimator, How a child's investment income is taxed across the three IRC §1(g) bands.
- Compound Growth, Contribution growth at a rate you choose.
- Treasury I Bond, What a Series I savings bond earns and is worth.
- CPI Inflation Adjuster, What a past dollar is worth today, from BLS data.
Retirement
Contributions and the match, Roth moves, Social Security, RMDs, and drawdown.
- Retirement Contribution Optimizer, 401(k), IRA, and HSA against the current IRS limits.
- Roth Conversion Ladder, Schedule penalty-free Roth access with the 5-year rule.
- Backdoor Roth, Backdoor and mega-backdoor Roth math, with the pro-rata rule.
- IRA Deduction Checker, Whether your traditional-IRA contribution is deductible at your income.
- Required Minimum Distribution, Your RMD schedule from the IRS Uniform Lifetime Table.
- Retirement Drawdown & RMD Timeline, How long your savings last, with required distributions.
- Social Security Claiming Age, Compare your benefit at 62, full retirement age, and 70.
- Social Security Taxation, How much of your Social Security benefit is taxable (the IRC §86 0/50/85% rule).
- Downshift Point, When continued saving becomes optional.
Borrowing & Debt
Loans, mortgages, refinancing, payoff order, and a clear debt-free date.
- Debt Freedom Planner, Compare the debt snowball and avalanche, and find your debt-free date.
- Loan & Mortgage Amortization, Full schedule with extra-payment what-ifs.
- Refinance Break-Even, When refinancing pays for itself.
- Auto Loan & True Cost of Credit, APR to nominal rate and the real cost of borrowing.
- Balance Transfer Break-Even, Does moving a balance beat the transfer fee?
- Freedom Date, When your debts are gone, at a payment you choose.
Budgeting & Cash Flow
The 50/30/20 split, your month's cash-flow timeline, and sinking funds.
- 50/30/20 Spending Plan, Split your take-home into needs, wants, and savings.
- Cash-Flow Timeline, Map income and bills across the month to spot tight days.
- Sinking Fund Planner, Save for a goal by a date: your monthly target.
Home & Big Purchases
What home you can afford, rent vs buy, and saving for college.
- Home Buying Readiness, How much house you can afford, all-in, on the 28/36 rule.
- Rent vs Buy, Compare renting and buying over a horizon you choose.
- College Cost Planner, Project college costs and the monthly savings to fund them.
Insurance & Protection
Health plan choice, life and disability cover, umbrella liability, and estate basics.
- Health Plan Chooser, Compare two health plans for a year of expected care.
- Life Insurance Needs, A transparent, needs-based coverage estimate.
- Disability Insurance Needs, The monthly income gap if you couldn't work.
- Umbrella Liability Coverage, Size personal umbrella coverage to your net worth.
- Estate & Beneficiary Checklist, Track the estate basics that protect your family.
Benefits & Aid
Benefits, credits, and aid you may be owed, screened in one place.
- What Am I Owed Screener, Enter your situation once; see every program you likely qualify for.
- Federal Poverty Level, Your income as a percentage of the poverty line, the key to most programs.
- Earned Income Tax Credit, EITC from the published phase-in and phase-out.
- Child Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit and the refundable Additional CTC.
- ACA Premium Tax Credit, Marketplace subsidy from the applicable-percentage table.
- Saver's Credit, Eligibility and amount for retirement savers.
- SNAP Eligibility, Gross and net income tests against the poverty line.
- Medicaid Threshold, MAGI thresholds by state, expansion vs non-expansion.
- FAFSA Student Aid Index, Estimate the dependent-student SAI from the federal methodology.
- Pell Grant, Estimate your Pell Grant award from your Student Aid Index.
- Education Credit Comparison, AOTC vs Lifetime Learning Credit — which education credit saves more this year.
Where You Stand
Your calm overview, your runway and net worth, and a sabbatical you can fund.
- Peace of Mind, Your cushion, runway, net worth, and Enough Number, one calm overview.
- Sabbatical Planner, Can I afford a break, and what does it cost?