Savings Calculator
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Your savings plan
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- Initial deposit$50,000
- Contributions$600,000
- Interest earned$260,367
Results are estimates for illustration only and assume a constant interest rate. They are not financial, banking, investment, legal, accounting or tax advice. Actual savings depend on your bank's rates, terms and rounding.
Goal progress
On this plan you reach your goal in 2 yrs 11 mo.
Growth over time
Compare scenarios
How your ending balance changes if you save more or earn a different rate — all over the same time period.
- Your plan$910,367
- Save 50% more$1,320,065
- +2% interest$1,025,712
- −2% interest$810,791
Savings schedule
| Year | Deposits | Interest | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | $0 | $0 | $50,000 |
| 1 | $60,000 | $4,762 | $114,762 |
| 2 | $60,000 | $8,756 | $183,518 |
| 3 | $60,000 | $12,997 | $256,515 |
| 4 | $60,000 | $17,499 | $334,014 |
| 5 | $60,000 | $22,279 | $416,293 |
| 6 | $60,000 | $27,354 | $503,646 |
| 7 | $60,000 | $32,742 | $596,388 |
| 8 | $60,000 | $38,462 | $694,850 |
| 9 | $60,000 | $44,535 | $799,384 |
| 10 | $60,000 | $50,982 | $910,367 |
How this is calculated
- Your 6.00% APR compounding 12× a year works out to a 6.168% effective annual yield.
- That becomes a 0.5000% monthly growth rate, applied to your balance every month.
- Over 120 months your starting balance and deposits (added at the End of period) grow with monthly interest.
- In total you put in $650,000 and earned $260,367 in interest.
Know what this estimate is based on
- Jurisdiction
- General mathematical model
- Scope and limitations
- Projection only. Actual APY, posting dates, compounding, taxes, withdrawal rules, deposit protection, and fees depend on the financial institution and country.
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- Jul 30, 2026
Built and regression-tested by Smart Tools Lab. It has not been individually reviewed by a licensed financial, tax, or legal professional.
How to use
- 01
Enter your starting balance, then choose a contribution amount and whether you add it monthly or annually, matching how you actually fund the account.
- 02
Set the interest rate and pick APR mode with a compounding frequency, or APY mode to enter the effective yield directly, using your bank's quoted figure.
- 03
Choose begin or end-of-period timing to match when your deposits truly land, and set the number of years you plan to keep saving.
- 04
Add optional details: a one-time extra deposit, any recurring withdrawals, an inflation rate for the real value, and a tax rate on interest.
- 05
Set a savings goal and optional deadline, then pick a solve-for mode to project the balance or work backward to the contribution, starting balance, rate, or duration you need.
- 06
Read the outputs: ending balance, total interest, after-tax interest, real value, and goal progress, then re-run with a lower rate and higher inflation for a cautious estimate.
Formula
The calculator steps the account forward one month at a time. It converts your rate and compounding frequency into an effective annual rate, then derives a monthly rate from it by taking the twelfth root of one plus that effective rate and subtracting one. Each month it credits interest at the monthly rate, adds contributions and any one-time deposit, and subtracts withdrawals without letting the balance go below zero. With begin-of-period timing, contributions are added before interest is figured, so they earn one extra period. Tax on interest is totaled and deducted yearly, and the final balance is divided by an inflation factor to express it in today's money.
Example
Take the calculator's starting point: 50,000 already saved, 5,000 added at the end of every month, at a 6% APR compounded monthly — a 6.17% effective annual yield — held for 10 years. Stepping the balance forward month by month, it grows to about 910,367. Of that, 650,000 is money you put in (50,000 to start plus 600,000 of monthly deposits) and roughly 260,367 is interest the account earned, a growth multiple of about 1.40×. Against a 250,000 goal the balance crosses the target in about 2.9 years. Add a tax on the interest and both the ending balance and its real value fall, because the tax is deducted from the account each year. Switch on a 3% inflation rate instead and the nominal ending balance is unchanged — only its real, today's-money value drops, since inflation discounts purchasing power without touching the statement balance. Every figure is an estimate that assumes the rate holds steady for the full 10 years.
Definitions
- Starting balance
- The amount already in the account at the beginning of the projection, before any scheduled contributions, one-time deposits, or interest are added.
- Contribution
- A deposit you add on a regular schedule, either monthly or annually, that increases the balance directly and then earns interest over the remaining horizon.
- Compounding frequency
- How often the bank credits interest to the account, such as annually, semiannually, quarterly, monthly, or daily; more frequent crediting raises the effective yield slightly.
- APR (nominal rate)
- The annual percentage rate stated before compounding is accounted for; combined with a compounding frequency it converts into the effective annual rate the engine uses.
- APY (effective annual yield)
- The annual percentage yield, the true yearly growth with compounding already included; for positive rates it is always at least as large as the APR.
- Effective annual rate
- The single yearly rate that captures all within-year compounding; this calculator reduces every rate and frequency to this figure before projecting.
- Begin-of-period timing
- An annuity-due assumption where each contribution arrives at the start of the period, earning one extra period of interest versus end-of-period timing.
- End-of-period timing
- An ordinary-annuity assumption where each contribution arrives at the close of the period, after that period's interest has already been credited.
- One-time extra deposit
- A single additional amount added on top of regular contributions, such as a bonus or gift, that compounds from the point it is deposited.
- Recurring withdrawal
- A fixed amount removed on the regular schedule, capped so the balance can deplete to zero but is never allowed to go negative.
- Nominal value
- The raw ending balance shown on a statement, expressed in future dollars without any adjustment for inflation or loss of purchasing power.
- Real value
- The ending balance discounted by the assumed inflation rate, expressed in today's purchasing power; it can fall below total deposits when inflation outpaces the rate.
- After-tax interest
- The interest that remains after the annual tax on interest is deducted; only this portion stays in the account and compounds forward.
- Growth multiple
- The ending balance divided by everything deposited; it shows how far credited interest stretched the money beyond the raw amount put in.
Good to know
How a savings balance grows: deposits plus compound interest
A savings balance grows from two engines working together. The first is the money you put in: a starting balance plus the deposits you add on a schedule, either every month or once a year. The second is the interest the account pays on whatever balance is sitting there. Each period, the bank credits interest, that interest joins the principal, and the next period's interest is calculated on the slightly larger total. This rolling-forward of interest onto interest is what people mean by compounding, and it is why a balance that is left alone tends to curve upward rather than rise in a straight line. This calculator estimates the ending balance by stepping the account forward one month at a time. It starts with your initial deposit, adds each scheduled contribution, credits the period's interest, and carries the new total into the next month. After the chosen number of years it reports the future balance along with a breakdown so you can see where the money came from: total contributions you deposited, total one-time deposits, total interest credited, and any withdrawals taken out. Two inputs dominate the outcome. Larger or more frequent deposits raise the balance directly, dollar for dollar. A higher interest rate raises it indirectly but powerfully, because every extra dollar of interest also starts earning. Early in the timeline most of the growth is simply your own deposits; later, if the rate is meaningful and the horizon is long, credited interest can become a larger share of each year's growth. The growth multiple output, which divides the final balance by the total you put in, makes that shift visible at a glance. Every figure here is an estimate based on the numbers you enter and a constant assumed rate. Real accounts have rates that move, promotional periods that expire, and fees that this tool does not model, so read the outcome as a planning sketch rather than a promise from any bank.
Compounding frequency and how it changes the result
Compounding frequency is how often the bank actually credits interest to your account: once a year, twice a year, every quarter, every month, or every day. The headline interest rate can be identical across two accounts, yet the one that credits more often will leave you with slightly more, because interest that lands sooner starts earning its own interest sooner. The gap is real but usually modest, and it shrinks as the rate falls. This calculator handles frequency in a consistent way. It first converts your stated rate and its compounding frequency into a single effective annual rate, the true yearly growth once all the within-year crediting is accounted for. It then derives a monthly-equivalent rate from that effective annual figure, so the month-by-month simulation reproduces exactly the yearly growth the frequency implies. The monthly step is the engine; the frequency setting tunes how fast that engine runs. A concrete sense of scale helps. At a low single-digit rate, moving from annual to monthly compounding might change a multi-year ending balance by a fraction of a percent. Daily compounding adds a little more on top of monthly, but the additional benefit gets smaller with each step up in frequency, because you are slicing an already-small effect into finer pieces. The difference between annual and daily compounding is far smaller than the difference made by raising the rate itself or adding a few more dollars to each deposit. Because the tool always works through an effective annual rate, two accounts that you describe with the same rate but different frequencies will produce results that differ only by that compounding effect, never by anything hidden. If you are comparing real offers, check what frequency each bank quotes, since a higher headline rate with annual crediting can still beat a lower rate compounded daily. The numbers shown remain estimates tied to the rate you assume staying fixed for the whole horizon.
APR versus APY: which rate are you entering
Banks advertise savings accounts with two different rate ideas, and confusing them is one of the easiest ways to misjudge an account. APR, the annual percentage rate, is a nominal rate: it states the yearly rate before accounting for how often interest is compounded within the year. APY, the annual percentage yield, is the effective rate: it already folds in the compounding, so it tells you the true percentage your balance grows over a full year if nothing is added or withdrawn. This calculator lets you choose which kind of number you are entering. In APR mode, you supply the nominal rate and a compounding frequency, and the tool converts them into an effective annual rate before running the projection. In APY mode, you supply the effective yield directly, and the tool treats it as the effective annual rate with no further conversion, because the compounding is already baked in. Either way the engine ultimately works from one effective annual rate, so the two modes are just two doors into the same room. A key relationship follows from the math: for any positive rate that compounds more often than annually, the APY can never be smaller than the APR, and it is strictly larger whenever crediting happens more than once per year. Annual compounding makes them equal. So if you enter the same numeric value as an APR with monthly compounding versus as an APY, the APR version will grow slightly less, because the APY version represents a higher true yearly rate. The effective annual yield reported in the outputs lets you read the account's real growth rate regardless of which mode you used. When comparing bank offers, line up like with like: compare APY to APY, since that is the figure designed for apples-to-apples comparison. The projection is an estimate, and the rate you enter is assumed constant; a bank can change a variable savings rate at any time, which no fixed-rate projection can foresee.
Contribution timing: beginning versus end of period
When you add money on a schedule, the exact moment within each period that the deposit lands changes the result a little. Beginning-of-period timing assumes each contribution arrives at the start of the period, so it sits in the account for that whole period and earns interest on it. End-of-period timing assumes the deposit arrives at the close of the period, after that period's interest has already been figured, so the fresh deposit waits until the next period to start earning. The first arrangement is sometimes called an annuity due; the second is an ordinary annuity. The practical consequence is straightforward: with everything else held equal, beginning-of-period contributions produce a larger ending balance than end-of-period contributions. Every deposit collects one additional period of interest across the whole timeline. Over many years and many deposits, those extra slivers of interest accumulate into a visible, though rarely dramatic, difference. The longer the horizon and the higher the rate, the more the timing choice matters; over a short horizon at a low rate, the two settings land almost on top of each other. Which setting reflects reality depends on your habit. If you fund the account on payday at the start of the month, or set an automatic transfer for the first, beginning-of-period is the closer match. If your transfer fires at month's end, or you sweep in whatever is left over before the next cycle, end-of-period fits better. Choosing the option that reflects your actual behavior keeps the projection realistic instead of quietly optimistic. This calculator applies the timing choice uniformly to your recurring contributions, crediting beginning-of-period deposits that one extra period of growth. The withdrawal and one-time deposit handling follows the same monthly clock. As with every figure here, the difference the timing setting produces is an estimate; real banks may post deposits and credit interest on their own schedules that do not align perfectly with either idealized assumption.
Setting a savings goal and the five solve-for modes
A target amount turns an open-ended projection into a plan. Enter a savings goal and the tool reports goal progress as a percentage of the target your projected balance reaches, plus the surplus if you clear the goal or the shortfall if you fall short. Add an optional deadline and it also estimates the date your balance is on track to reach the goal, so you can see whether you arrive early, on time, or late. Beyond checking a single plan, the calculator can work backward through five solve-for modes. The first simply projects the future balance from the inputs you give, the standard forward calculation. The second solves for the required monthly contribution: holding the rate, starting balance, and horizon fixed, it finds the deposit that lands exactly on your goal. The third solves for the required starting balance, the up-front deposit needed today so that your scheduled contributions and interest finish at the target. The fourth solves for the required interest rate, the yield your account would need to reach the goal with the deposits you have committed to. The fifth solves for the required savings duration, how long you must keep saving before the balance crosses the goal. These reverse modes are useful because most people start from a goal and a constraint, not from a blank projection. You may know what you can afford each month and want the timeline; or know your deadline and want the monthly figure. Each mode answers one such question while holding the others steady. Not every goal is reachable with every set of constraints. If the target cannot be met, for example a deadline too short to reach the goal even at a high rate, or a rate solve where the account starts empty and nothing is ever deposited, so no yield could grow a balance out of an empty account, the mode is marked infeasible instead of showing an answer that could not happen. Treat a feasible answer as an estimate of what it would take, not a guarantee, since rates and your own ability to save can both change.
Inflation and the real value of your savings
A balance that looks large in the future may buy less than the same number would today, because inflation gradually erodes what each dollar purchases. To keep planning grounded, this calculator reports two versions of the ending figure. The nominal value is the raw account balance, the number you would see on a statement. The real figure, in today's money, discounts that balance by an assumed inflation rate, expressing it in the purchasing power of dollars right now. The distinction matters most over long horizons. A balance that grows steadily in nominal terms can still be shrinking in real terms if prices rise faster than your account pays. In fact, when the inflation rate you assume exceeds the rate your savings earn, the real ending value can fall below the total amount you actually deposited, even though the nominal balance went up the whole time. That is not a flaw in the projection; it is the honest arithmetic of a savings rate that fails to keep pace with the cost of living, a common situation for low-yield accounts during periods of higher inflation. Reading both numbers together gives a fuller picture. The nominal value tells you what the account will hold; the real value tells you what that holding will be worth in goods and services you recognize today. If a goal is defined in today's prices, such as a future purchase whose cost will itself rise, comparing the goal against the real value keeps the comparison fair. The inflation rate is one of the most uncertain inputs in any long-range plan, because future inflation is genuinely unknown. The calculator uses the single rate you enter and holds it constant, which is a simplification of a number that wanders year to year. Both the nominal and real figures are estimates; the real value in particular should be read as a rough indication of purchasing power, not a precise forecast of future prices.
Tax on the interest your savings earn
Interest paid on an ordinary savings account is generally treated as income, and that tax can quietly reduce how fast your balance grows. This calculator models that drag by assessing tax on interest once a year and deducting it from the account. Each year it totals the interest credited, applies the tax rate you enter to that interest, and removes the estimated tax, so the after-tax interest is what actually stays in the account and compounds forward. The after-tax ending balance is therefore always lower than the pre-tax balance whenever the rate is above zero. The outputs separate the pieces so the effect is visible. Gross interest is what the account earned before any tax. Estimated tax is the portion removed under your assumed rate. After-tax interest is what remains and keeps working for you. Because the tax is taken out each year rather than only at the end, it also reduces the base that future interest is calculated on, so the cost compounds gently over a long horizon, slightly more than a one-time deduction would. The tax rate to use is the rate that applies to your interest income, which depends on your overall tax situation and may differ from the rate on your wages or other income. Some savers leave the rate at zero, either because the account sits in a tax-advantaged wrapper or because they simply want to see the pre-tax picture first; in that case the gross and after-tax figures coincide. Entering a realistic rate gives a more conservative, and often more useful, estimate of what you will actually keep. Tax rules are detailed, vary by where you live, and change over time, and this tool applies only a single flat rate to interest with no brackets, thresholds, deductions, or account-specific exemptions. The tax figures here are rough estimates for planning and are not tax advice. For anything that affects a filing or a real decision, confirm the treatment with a qualified tax professional or the relevant tax authority.
Planned withdrawals and one-time deposits
Real saving is rarely a smooth, deposit-only journey. Sometimes a lump of money arrives, a bonus, a gift, a tax refund, and you want to drop it in. Other times you need to pull money out on a recurring basis, perhaps to cover a regular expense the account is meant to fund. This calculator handles both so the projection reflects how the account is really used. A one-time extra deposit is one extra lump dropped in alongside your starting balance and regular deposits. From the moment it arrives it compounds like every other unit in the account. One-time money is totaled apart from scheduled contributions in the outputs, making it easy to tell how much of the final balance came from occasional infusions and how much from your steady saving habit. Recurring withdrawals work in the opposite direction, removing a fixed amount on the regular schedule. Crucially, the engine never lets a withdrawal push the balance below zero. When a scheduled withdrawal exceeds what the account holds, only the remaining balance is taken, so the balance can decline all the way to zero but cannot go negative. This mirrors how a real account behaves: you cannot withdraw money that is not there. The total-withdrawals figure therefore shows the amount genuinely removed, which can fall short of the planned schedule when the account ran dry. Mixing these features lets you test a plan against bumps. You can ask whether steady deposits plus a future windfall reach a goal, or whether an account can sustain a regular drawdown without emptying before the horizon ends. Watch for an ending balance pinned near zero or a total-withdrawals figure smaller than your schedule implies; both are signs the account depleted. As always the result is an estimate, and it assumes your deposits, withdrawals, and rate hold to the pattern you entered rather than shifting with life's surprises.
Choosing realistic inputs and avoiding common mistakes
The quality of any savings estimate depends entirely on the numbers fed into it, and a few habits keep the result trustworthy. Start with the interest rate. Use the rate your account actually pays, found on a recent statement or in the bank's latest disclosure, rather than an aspirational figure. Many everyday savings accounts pay only a fraction of what high-yield accounts do, and assuming a generous rate quietly inflates every downstream number. Match the rate mode to the figure you have: enter an APY quote in APY mode, and a nominal rate plus a compounding frequency in APR mode. Next, be honest about contributions. The deposit you can sustain through lean months matters more than the one you might manage in a good month, because a plan you cannot keep is not a plan. Pick the contribution frequency, monthly or annual, that mirrors how you really fund the account, and set the timing to whenever the money actually arrives. Small mismatches here are a frequent source of projections that feel right but never materialize. Mind the horizon and the small print of the engine. A longer timeline magnifies every assumption, so errors in the rate or contribution grow with it. Remember that the rate is held constant for the whole period, while real savings rates float; a number that is accurate today may not hold for years. Do not forget inflation and tax: leaving both at zero produces a cheerful nominal figure that overstates what you will keep and what it will buy. Finally, sanity-check the outputs. If the growth multiple looks implausibly high, the rate is probably too optimistic. If a goal is met effortlessly, confirm you entered the target and deadline you meant. Re-run the projection with a slightly lower rate and a slightly higher inflation rate to see a more cautious version; planning against the conservative case tends to disappoint less than planning against the rosy one. Every output remains an estimate built on the inputs you chose.
Limitations, and why this is an estimate and not advice
This calculator is a planning aid, and understanding its boundaries keeps it from being misused. Every figure it produces is an estimate built on the assumptions you enter, not a prediction of what any particular account will do. It is not banking, financial, investment, tax, legal, or accounting advice, and it should not be the sole basis for a decision about where to keep your money or how much to save. The most important simplification is the constant rate. The tool holds your interest rate fixed for the entire horizon, but real savings rates move with the market and with each bank's own choices. A variable rate can be cut the month after you open the account or raised during a period of higher rates, and no fixed-rate projection can anticipate those changes. The same caution applies to the inflation rate and the tax rate, both of which the tool treats as single steady numbers even though both genuinely vary over time. There are also things the model does not include. It does not account for account fees, minimum-balance penalties, promotional teaser rates that expire, transaction limits, or the specific rules of tax-advantaged accounts. It applies a single flat tax rate to interest rather than real tax brackets, thresholds, or exemptions. It assumes your deposits, withdrawals, and one-time amounts occur exactly as scheduled, when life routinely interrupts such patterns. Compounding is modeled through a clean monthly step derived from an effective annual rate, which is a faithful but idealized version of how a given bank actually credits interest. Use the results to compare scenarios, frame questions, and get a sense of scale: how much a higher rate might help, what a goal could require, how inflation might erode a balance. For decisions that carry real consequences, verify today's rates and terms with the bank itself, and talk through the details with a qualified professional in banking, tax, or personal finance who can weigh your complete circumstances. Treated as a sketch rather than a guarantee, the tool does its job well.
Frequently asked questions
Is the ending balance this calculator shows a guarantee?
No. Every number it produces is an estimate based on the inputs you enter and a constant assumed rate. It is not financial, banking, investment, legal, accounting, or tax advice. Real accounts have rates that move, fees that are not modeled, and terms that change, so treat the result as a planning sketch and confirm current details with your bank before deciding anything.
What is the difference between APR and APY here?
APR is a nominal rate stated before compounding; APY is the effective yearly yield with compounding already included. In APR mode you also pick a compounding frequency, and the tool converts to an effective annual rate. In APY mode you enter the effective yield directly. For any positive rate compounded more than once a year, APY is always at least as large as APR.
Why does beginning-of-period timing give a larger balance?
Beginning-of-period deposits land at the start of each period, so they sit in the account and earn interest for that whole period. End-of-period deposits arrive after that period's interest is figured, so they wait until the next period to start earning. Across a long timeline each deposit picks up one extra period of growth, which adds up, especially at higher rates over more years.
How does compounding frequency change my result?
More frequent compounding credits interest sooner, so it starts earning its own interest sooner, producing a slightly higher balance for the same stated rate. The tool converts your rate and frequency into one effective annual rate, then a monthly-equivalent rate. The effect is real but modest, shrinks as the rate falls, and is far smaller than the impact of the rate itself or your deposit size.
Why can the real value fall below what I deposited?
The real, or today's-money, value discounts your balance by the inflation rate you assume. When that inflation rate is higher than the rate your savings earn, purchasing power erodes faster than interest builds it. In that case the inflation-adjusted ending value can drop below your total deposits even while the nominal statement balance keeps rising. This is common for low-yield accounts during higher-inflation periods.
How is tax on interest handled?
The tool assesses tax once a year on the interest credited that year and deducts the estimated tax from the account, so only the after-tax interest compounds forward. The after-tax balance is always below the pre-tax balance when the rate is positive. Outputs report gross interest, estimated tax, and after-tax interest separately. It applies a single flat rate, so the tax figures are rough estimates, not tax advice.
What are the five solve-for modes?
They are: project the future balance from your inputs; solve the required monthly contribution to hit a goal; solve the required starting balance needed today; solve the required interest rate to reach the goal; and solve the required savings duration. Each mode holds the other inputs fixed and finds the one value that lands on your target, answering whichever question your constraints leave open.
What does it mean when a solve-for mode is infeasible?
It means the goal cannot be reached given the constraints you set — most often a deadline too short to get there even with the other inputs as they stand, or a rate solve where there is no starting balance and no contributions, so no interest rate can build something from nothing. Rather than print a misleading number, the tool flags the mode as infeasible. The fix is usually to loosen a constraint: extend the deadline, raise contributions, add a starting balance, or lower the target.
Can a withdrawal make my balance go negative?
No. Recurring withdrawals are capped so the balance can deplete to zero but never below it. If the account does not hold enough to cover a scheduled withdrawal, only the remaining amount is taken. The total withdrawals output reflects what was actually removed, which may be less than your full schedule if the account ran dry before the horizon ended.
Should I enter monthly or annual contributions?
Choose the frequency that matches how you actually fund the account. If you transfer money every month, use monthly; if you make one yearly deposit, use annual. Also set the begin or end timing to match when the money truly lands. Matching the tool to your real habit keeps the estimate honest rather than flattering, since a plan you cannot sustain will not materialize.
How does a one-time extra deposit work?
It is a single additional amount added on top of your starting balance and regular contributions. It joins the account and compounds from when it lands, just like any other money. The outputs track total one-time deposits separately from scheduled contributions, so you can see how much of the ending balance traces back to occasional windfalls versus your steady saving.
What rate should I enter for my account?
Use the rate your account actually pays, taken from a recent statement or the bank's current disclosure, not an aspirational figure. Match the mode to the quote: if the bank gives an APY, use APY mode; if it gives a nominal rate with a compounding frequency, use APR mode. Many everyday accounts pay far less than high-yield accounts, so an optimistic rate inflates every result.
Does the tool assume my rate stays the same forever?
Yes, it holds the interest rate constant for the entire horizon. Real savings rates float with the market and each bank's decisions, so a variable rate can be cut or raised at any time. This is the model's biggest simplification. For long horizons, re-run the projection with a lower rate to see a more cautious estimate before relying on the result.
What is the growth multiple output?
The growth multiple divides the ending balance by everything you put in, your starting balance plus contributions and one-time deposits. It shows how far interest stretched your money beyond the raw amount deposited. A multiple near one means most of the balance is your own deposits; a higher multiple means credited interest contributed a larger share, which happens with higher rates over longer horizons.
Does this replace advice from a bank or tax professional?
No. The calculator is a planning aid for comparing scenarios and getting a sense of scale. It does not model fees, promotional rates, transaction limits, real tax brackets, or account-specific rules. For decisions with real consequences, confirm current rates and terms directly with the bank and consult a qualified financial, banking, or tax professional who can account for your full situation.