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Money and Finance Calculators

Plan your money with fast, focused calculators for salary, mortgages, loans, savings and retirement. Every one runs in your browser and lands with sensible defaults.

Plot No. 1 · Money & Finance

UK Salary Take-Home Calculator

Estimate your monthly take-home from a UK gross salary using simplified 2025 tax bands.

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Mortgage Repayment Calculator

See your monthly mortgage payment and total interest over the life of the loan.

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FIRE Retirement Calculator

Find out when you can retire based on savings, monthly investing and target spend.

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Loan Amortization Calculator

Year-by-year breakdown of principal and interest for any fixed-rate loan.

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Compound Interest Calculator

See how a lump sum grows over time with compounding using the A=P(1+r/n)^nt formula.

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Savings Goal Calculator

Work out how long it takes to reach a savings target from your balance and monthly deposits.

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Hourly to Salary Calculator

Convert an hourly wage into annual, monthly and weekly gross pay in seconds.

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Inflation Calculator

See the future value of money and cumulative price rise from an inflation rate over time.

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Break-Even Calculator

Find the units and revenue needed to cover fixed costs from your price and cost per unit.

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Car Loan Calculator

Monthly payment, total interest and total cost on a car loan from price, deposit, APR and term.

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Credit Card Payoff Calculator

See how many months to clear a card balance at a fixed monthly payment, plus total interest.

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Simple Interest Calculator

Interest and final balance using interest equals principal times rate times time. Does not compound.

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ROI Calculator

Total ROI percent, net profit and annualised ROI from amount invested, final value and years held.

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CAGR Calculator

Compound annual growth rate and total growth from a beginning value, ending value and years.

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Rule of 72 Calculator

Estimate years to double money by dividing 72 by the rate, with the exact doubling time too.

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Net Worth Calculator

Add your assets and subtract your debts to see your true net worth in pounds.

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Debt-to-Income Ratio Calculator

Divide monthly debt by gross monthly income to see your DTI percentage and band.

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Emergency Fund Calculator

See your target emergency fund, the shortfall and how many months you already cover.

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Mortgage Affordability Calculator

Estimate your maximum mortgage and property price from income, multiple and deposit.

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Down Payment Calculator

Turn a property price and deposit percentage into your deposit, mortgage and LTV.

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Rent vs Buy Calculator

Compare the net cost of renting and buying over your time horizon to see which wins.

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Life Insurance Needs Calculator

Work out how much life cover you need from debts, income replacement, education costs and existing savings or insurance.

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Crypto DCA Calculator

See how a regular dollar-cost averaging contribution could grow, with total invested, projected value and profit.

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Student Loan Repayment Calculator (UK)

Estimate your monthly UK student loan repayment from your salary and Plan 1, 2, 4, 5 or Postgraduate plan.

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US Paycheck Tax Calculator

Estimate US take-home pay from gross salary using simplified federal tax brackets, FICA and a state tax rate.

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Which finance calculator do you need?

Pick by the job you are trying to do rather than the name of the formula.

What you want to doCalculatorWhat it gives you
Turn a gross salary into monthly take-home payUK Salary Take-Home CalculatorAnnual and monthly net pay, with the income tax and National Insurance split out
See what a mortgage would cost each monthMortgage Repayment CalculatorMonthly repayment, total interest and total paid over the term
Find out what size mortgage a lender might offerMortgage Affordability CalculatorA maximum borrowing figure and property price from income, deposit and an income multiple
Decide between renting and buyingRent vs Buy CalculatorThe cumulative cost of each over the years you plan to stay
Clear a credit card balance and know whenCredit Card Payoff CalculatorMonths to zero and the interest paid at your chosen monthly payment
Check how a lender will read your existing debtsDebt-to-Income Ratio CalculatorYour DTI percentage against the bands lenders commonly use
Project savings or investments forwardCompound Interest CalculatorThe future balance and the interest earned, at your compounding frequency
See how long a savings target will takeSavings Goal CalculatorTime to reach the goal at your monthly contribution, and the interest earned on the way
Size an emergency fund against real outgoingsEmergency Fund CalculatorThe cash buffer for the number of months you want covered
Work out the pot needed to retire earlyFIRE Retirement CalculatorA FIRE number from annual spending and a safe withdrawal rate

What the money and finance calculators do

The finance plot covers the four things people actually do with money: earn it, borrow it, save it and invest it. The earning tools turn a headline figure into what lands in a bank account. The borrowing tools price a debt before you commit to it, so you can see the total interest as well as the monthly payment. The saving tools answer the question worth asking of a target, which is how long it takes to get there at a given monthly amount and starting balance. The investing tools project a pot forward and put different growth rates on a comparable footing.

Some of these are UK-specific because the rules are. The salary take-home, paycheck tax and student loan repayment calculators apply 2025/26 thresholds for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and Scottish taxpayers sit on a different set of income tax bands. Everything else is arithmetic that does not care what the currency is called. Compound interest, ROI, CAGR, the rule of 72, net worth, debt to income and the loan schedules all work the same in pounds, dollars or euros as long as you stay consistent inside one calculation.

Every figure here is an estimate for planning, not a quote and not advice. The tax tools ignore pension salary sacrifice, benefits in kind, an unusual tax code and the Scottish bands. The mortgage tools use a straight repayment formula and know nothing about a lender's stress test, your credit file or the fees bolted onto a deal. Use the number to decide whether something is worth pursuing, then check anything that matters against a payslip, a mortgage illustration or an adviser.

UK income tax and National Insurance, 2025/26

These are the thresholds the salary take-home and paycheck tax calculators apply for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Both taxes are charged in slices, so crossing into a higher band only taxes the part of your income that lands above the threshold, never the whole salary.

BandAnnual incomeIncome taxEmployee NI
Personal allowanceUp to 12,5700%0%
Basic rate12,571 to 50,27020%8%
Higher rate50,271 to 125,14040%2%
Additional rateOver 125,14045%2%

The personal allowance is reduced by 1 pound for every 2 pounds earned over 100,000, so it has gone entirely by 125,140. That taper is why the slice between those two figures behaves like a 60 percent marginal rate even though no band says 60. Scotland sets its own income tax bands, while National Insurance is UK-wide.

Money & Finance guides

Free Legal & General life insurance calculator alternative

How Calc Garden's DIME-method life insurance needs calculator compares with the Legal & General cover calculator, Aviva and Drewberry, with a worked UK example and an honest table of where each one wins.

Best free UK student loan repayment calculator

Which free UK student loan repayment calculator to use, with the 2026/27 thresholds for Plans 1, 2, 4, 5 and Postgraduate and an honest table comparing Calc Garden, student-loan-calculator.co.uk, The Salary Calculator and your SLC account.

Best free simple interest calculator (no signup)

Which free simple interest calculator to use, with an honest table comparing Calc Garden, Calculator.net, CalculatorSoup and NerdWallet on reverse-solving, time units, charts and privacy.

Best free ROI calculator (no signup)

Which free ROI calculator to use, with an honest table comparing Calc Garden, Calculator.net, Omni and CalculatorSoup on annualised ROI, dates, cost fields and privacy.

Free Zillow down payment calculator alternative

How Calc Garden's free, no-signup down payment calculator compares to the Zillow down payment calculator, with an honest feature table and where each one wins.

Best free emergency fund calculator (no signup)

Which free emergency fund calculator to use, with an honest table comparing Calc Garden, Empower, NerdWallet and PNC on shortfall, months covered and savings plans.

Best free mortgage affordability calculator (UK)

Which free mortgage affordability calculator to use to see how much you can borrow, with an honest table comparing Calc Garden, MoneyHelper, MoneySavingExpert and bank calculators.

Best free net worth calculator (no account needed)

Which free net worth calculator to use, with an honest table comparing Calc Garden, Empower, NerdWallet and Bankrate on signup, account linking, privacy and tracking.

Free Bankrate credit card payoff calculator alternative

How Calc Garden's free, no-signup credit card payoff calculator compares to the Bankrate tool, with an honest feature table and where each one wins.

Free alternative to the NYT rent vs buy calculator

How Calc Garden's free, no-signup rent vs buy calculator compares to the paywalled New York Times rent versus buy tool, with an honest feature table and where each one wins.

Free Bank of England inflation calculator alternative

How Calc Garden's forward-projection inflation calculator compares to the Bank of England's official historical CPI lookup, with an honest feature table and where each tool wins.

Free alternative to the Bankrate savings goal calculator

How Calc Garden's savings goal calculator, which shows how long a target takes to reach, compares to the Bankrate tool that solves for the monthly amount, with an honest feature table.

The 4% Rule: How Big a Pot You Need to Retire

What the 4 percent rule means, why it implies a pot of about 25 times your annual spending, how inflation fits in, and the caveats to plan around.

APR vs Interest Rate: What's the Difference?

Understand APR vs interest rate: why APR includes fees, what representative APR means, and how to compare loans on the true yearly cost.

How Compound Interest Works

A plain-English guide to compound interest: the formula, why compounding frequency matters and how to use it to grow savings over time.

Free alternative to NerdWallet and SmartAsset calculators

Free mortgage, loan and retirement calculators that show the full numbers behind the answer, with no sign-up and no account required.

Best free mortgage calculator that shows total interest

See your monthly mortgage payment and the total interest over the full term, not just the headline rate. Free, instant, no sign-up.

Free alternative to Empower retirement planner

Project when you could retire from your savings, monthly investing and target spend. Free retirement planning guide and calculator.

Free alternative to the Bankrate auto loan calculator

Work out monthly car loan repayments and the total interest you will pay over the term. Free auto loan guide and calculator.

Free alternative to the BLS inflation calculator

See how inflation changes the buying power of money over time, with a clear worked example. Free inflation guide and calculator.

Free alternative to The Salary Calculator (UK)

Estimate your UK take-home pay after income tax and National Insurance from your gross salary. Free, instant, no sign-up.

Free alternative to the SBA break-even calculator

Find the break-even point for a small business from fixed costs, price and variable cost per unit. Free guide and calculator.

Free Investor.gov compound interest calculator alternative

See how savings grow with compound interest over time, with the formula and a worked example. Free guide and calculator.

Free alternative to the Talent.com salary converter

Convert an hourly wage to a yearly salary, or a salary back to an hourly rate, in seconds. Free salary converter guide and calculator.

The Rule of 72: How Fast Does Money Double?

How the Rule of 72 estimates doubling time, why 72 is the magic number, when to use 69.3 or 70 instead, and a quick mental-maths table for common rates.

CAGR vs Average Return: Why They Differ

Why CAGR is almost always lower than a simple average return, the +100% then -50% example that proves it, and which measure to trust for real investments.

What Is a Good Debt-to-Income Ratio?

What counts as a healthy debt-to-income ratio, the exact formula, the under-36% / 37-43% / over-43% bands, and how clearing a card lowers your DTI.

Debt Avalanche vs Snowball: Which Pays Off Faster?

The avalanche targets the highest APR, the snowball the smallest balance. A worked three debt example shows the interest gap and how fast each clears.

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Frequently asked questions

Are these UK calculators or international ones?

Both, and each page says which it is. Salary take-home, paycheck tax, student loan repayment and the mortgage affordability tools apply UK rules and pounds. Compound interest, simple interest, ROI, CAGR, the rule of 72, net worth, break-even and the loan schedules are currency-agnostic, so pounds, dollars or euros all work as long as you use one currency throughout a calculation.

Do the calculators keep the numbers I enter?

The maths runs entirely in your browser and the figures never reach our servers. Your last inputs are saved in your own browser so the page is still filled in when you come back, and the Copy link button writes them into the URL so you can share a result. Clearing this site's data in your browser removes both. The anonymous usage event we record notes only which calculator ran, never what you typed.

Why does a mortgage calculator here give a different figure from my bank?

A lender's number includes its own stress test, product fees, your credit file and its lending policy, none of which a public calculator can see. Ours applies the standard repayment formula to the rate and term you enter, which is the right way to compare two deals against each other but not a substitute for a decision in principle.

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