Pension Lump Sum Versus Annuity Calculator

Pension Lump Sum Versus Annuity: a planned Super Calculator tool. Covers lump sum offered (currency). Stub page while the tool and its worked example are.

Pension Lump Sum Versus Annuity Calculator is a planned calculator in the finance section of Super Calculator, covering retirement.

What this calculator will compute

Inputs: lump sum offered (currency), monthly pension offered (currency), age, life expectancy, survivor percentage (%), indexation (%) and discount rate (%).

Outputs: implied return on the pension (%), break even age and present value of each option (currency).

Formula, recorded as scope and not yet verified against a primary source: Computes the implied internal rate of return on forgoing the lump sum in exchange for the pension income stream over a life expectancy, then compares against a market rate for a comparable guaranteed income, accounting for survivor benefits and any inflation indexation.

Status

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