Retirement Fund Calculator / FIRE Calculator | Spending and Required Fund Simulation

Compare projected retirement assets with the required retirement fund using assets, savings, retirement age, life expectancy, and spending assumptions. The existing FIRE view remains available.

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Design your journey toward FIRE (Early Retirement)

FinMap FIRE Simulator analyzes your FIRE timing and post-retirement sustainability using real after-tax returns.

FINMAP · FIRE MODEL · REAL RETURN BASED

Example FIRE curve (real return)

FIRE Rule

Spend ÷ WR

Key Inputs

Return · WR · Infl

Model Based

Real Return

How to use this FIRE calculator

FinMap FIRE calculator estimates FIRE timing and post-retirement asset sustainability using real after-tax returns.

  • FIRE Target = Annual spending ÷ Withdrawal rate (e.g., 4% rule)
  • Real Return reflects actual investment growth after tax, fee, and inflation adjustments.
  • Simulates the accumulation and retirement phases separately.
  • Provides visual curves to highlight FIRE timing and depletion risk.
  • Adjust return, inflation, and withdrawal assumptions to check how sensitive the result is.

Assumption base date: 2026-04-30

This simulation uses your inputs for assets, savings, returns, tax, fees, inflation, and withdrawal rate in a simplified model. Results are estimates for planning, not investment advice or a guarantee of retirement readiness.

Not modeled: pension cash flows, tax-law changes, healthcare costs, medical/family support expenses, and post-retirement spending growth.

Verified calculation core

Detailed retirement inputs

Enter age, retirement age, life expectancy, monthly expense, savings, and returns to compare projected assets with the retirement fund needed.

Money inputs are in Korean won (KRW).

A-D are the same verified samples used by the test script.

Key summary

Projected retirement assets

₩943,638,754

Required retirement fund

₩1,308,767,883

Surplus / shortfall

-₩365,129,129

Achievement rate

72.10%

Retirement-date expense

Current monthly expense₩2,500,000
Monthly expense at retirement₩4,634,860
Inflation increase₩2,134,860
Years to retirement25y

Sustainable spending

Sustainable monthly expense at retirement₩3,341,795
Sustainable monthly expense in today's value₩1,802,533
Gap vs target monthly expense-₩1,293,065

Required monthly saving

Required monthly saving

₩1,613,137

Current monthly saving

₩1,000,000

Additional monthly saving

₩613,137

This is a simulation based on the inputs. Additional monthly saving: ₩613,137

Interpretation: Adjust saving, retirement age, or spending

This is a simulation based on the inputs. Changing return, inflation, retirement timing, or spending can materially change the result.

Sensitivity analysis

ScenarioProjected retirement assetsRequired retirement fundSurplus / shortfallAchievement rate
Pre-retirement return -1pp₩785,506,063₩1,308,767,883-₩523,261,82060.02%
Base pre-retirement return₩943,638,754₩1,308,767,883-₩365,129,12972.10%
Pre-retirement return +1pp₩1,139,490,944₩1,308,767,883-₩169,276,93987.07%
Base retirement age₩943,638,754₩1,308,767,883-₩365,129,12972.10%
Retirement age +3 years₩1,134,763,544₩1,249,203,927-₩114,440,38290.84%
Retirement age +5 years₩1,279,033,067₩1,198,865,098₩80,167,969106.69%
Monthly expense -10%₩943,638,754₩1,177,891,095-₩234,252,34180.11%
Base monthly expense₩943,638,754₩1,308,767,883-₩365,129,12972.10%
Monthly expense +10%₩943,638,754₩1,439,644,671-₩496,005,91865.55%

Year-by-year asset path

AgeElapsed yearsProjected assetsCumulative savingEstimated investment gainTarget progress
400y₩100,000,000₩0₩07.64%
411y₩117,395,045₩12,000,000₩5,395,0458.97%
422y₩135,680,054₩24,000,000₩11,680,05410.37%
433y₩154,900,559₩36,000,000₩18,900,55911.84%
444y₩175,104,421₩48,000,000₩27,104,42113.38%
455y₩196,341,951₩60,000,000₩36,341,95115.00%
466y₩218,666,033₩72,000,000₩46,666,03316.71%
477y₩242,132,258₩84,000,000₩58,132,25818.50%
488y₩266,799,059₩96,000,000₩70,799,05920.39%
499y₩292,727,861₩108,000,000₩84,727,86122.37%
5010y₩319,983,229₩120,000,000₩99,983,22924.45%

Simple FIRE calculator

Simple FIRE calculator: estimate target assets and asset longevity using annual spending and withdrawal rate.

Input assumptions

All values in selected currency units.

Example presets

Only return, inflation, withdrawal, tax, and fee assumptions change. Not investment advice.

Current status

Your investable assets

Enter current assets or at least one savings amount to run the simulation.

Accumulation inputs

Monthly investment
Bonus / lump-sum
Monthly × 12 + annual
Before tax
Years before retirement

Retirement assumptions

Post-retirement spending

Annual spending must be greater than 0.

4% rule etc.
Spending ÷ withdrawal rate

Tax, fee & inflation

Simplified tax rate on gains
Fund/trading costs
Purchasing-power drag
((1 + nominal_after_tax) ÷ (1 + inflation)) – 1

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FIRE Calculator FAQ

How is the FIRE target calculated?

FIRE target = Annual spending ÷ Withdrawal rate (e.g., 4% rule).

What is nominal return?

Return before adjusting for tax, fees, and inflation.

How does the withdrawal rate affect FIRE?

Higher withdrawal rates require larger FIRE target assets and increase depletion risk.

How is tax applied?

Tax is applied to investment returns. This calculator uses nominalAfterTax = (nominal return - fee) × (1 - tax), then real return = (1 + nominalAfterTax) ÷ (1 + inflation) - 1.

What does the fee represent?

ETF/fund fees and brokerage costs that reduce long-term growth.

Why is inflation important?

Inflation reduces purchasing power and must be included in FIRE assumptions.

How is real return calculated?

Real return = (1 + (nominal return - fee) × (1 - tax)) ÷ (1 + inflation) - 1. It reflects purchasing-power growth after estimated tax, fees, and inflation.

Why show real vs nominal assets?

Nominal = account balance, Real = inflation-adjusted purchasing power.

What does depletion year mean?

The year assets reach zero after withdrawals and growth.

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