1. Margaret, a 35-year-old client who earns $70,000 a year, pays 7.65% of her gross pay in Social Security payroll taxes, spends14% on a 30-year mortgage, and saves 8% of her annual gross income. Assume that Margaret wants to maintain her exact pre-retirement lifestyle. Calculate Margaret’s wage replacement ratio using the top-down approach (round to the nearest %) and using pre-tax dollars.
70%
93%
84%
80%
2. Jan wants to plan for her daughter’s education. Her daughter, Rachel was born today and will go to college at age 18 for five years. Tuition is currently $15,000 per year, in today’s dollars. Jan anticipates tuition inflation of 6% and believes she can earn an 11% return on her investment. How much must Jan save at the end of each year, if she wants to make her last payment at the beginning of her daughter’s first year of college?
$4,680.37
$7,334.72
$3,882.03
$2,547.54