Retirement Goals: How much money do they need? (3 marks) Calculate required income (Starting point not given,
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- Retirement Goals: How much money do they need? (3 marks)
- Calculate required income (Starting point not given, estimate it from present income and expenditures)
- What level of retirement income is appropriate?
- How long do they need the income? (Based on Alan's life expectancy of 91 and Joanne's 96)
- How much have they got? (3 marks)
- Determine OAS full amount each at 67
- Determine CPP, assuming they qualify for 80%
- Determine Joanne's pension
Outline any assumptions (income splitting, investment portfolio, RRSPs, TFSA's)
- How much additional saving is required over the next 10 years? (4 marks)
- Assuming that they save $17,000 for 10 years in RRSPs (Alan $15k, Joanna $2k)
- How does this affect their taxes?
- Calculate Alan's marginal tax rate
- Calculate Joanne's marginal tax rate
- Determine tax credits (federal and provincial)
- Recommendations (3 marks)
- Feasibility, Reasonability, Pros and Cons & Why
- Overall written report (2 marks)
- Introduction, data collection, Recommendations, Appearance (use of charts/tables) and Clarity
TOTAL GRADE = 15 Marks
Case Study Requirement
You are expected to undertake calculations to provide to this couple an amount (if any) of additional savings over the next 10 years prior to retirement needed to support (in inflation-adjusted dollars) their disposable income at a level equivalent to 80% of what they are currently experiencing.
These calculations will be undertaken on an EXCEL spreadsheet. The exercise will be based on:
- Calculating the net present value (at the beginning of their retirement period) of net after-tax revenue and income during their retirement
- The second calculation will be to compare this to the future value of all their accumulated savings available at the beginning of their retirement period.
- In the event that the future value of the savings is not sufficient to support the present value of their net retirement expenditures, you will calculate what additional annual savings needed over the next 10 years to balance these two calculations
- In the event that the future value of the savings exceeds the present value of their net expenditures, you will calculate the reduction in annual savings that they would be able to afford over the next 10 years to balance these two calculations
Important Considerations
- Assume in your analysis that the annual inflation rate over the entire pre and post-retirement period is 2% and that investments they have or will make will yield a 4% return.
- CPP and OAS revenue, when received at age 65, will be in inflated dollars with the claw-back (if any) based on their retirement income at that time.
- Be sure in the EXCEL spreadsheet(s) that you submit that all links are included so I can follow how you carried out your calculations.
Related Book For
Cost Accounting A Managerial Emphasis
ISBN: 978-0136126638
13th Edition
Authors: Charles T. Horngren, Srikant M.Dater, George Foster, Madhav
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