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    Calculator: Should I Pay Off Debt or Save




    What to do with money always involves choices, some easier to make than others. The trade-off between paying off credit and adding to savings is easier to see when you use this calculator.

    Remember to save on credit, too, by using the low cost lender—your credit union— whenever you borrow. And you win on the other side of your personal balance sheet by adding to savings at the credit union—your source for high yields.


    Should I pay off debt or save?
     Amount available each month $
     Amount I owe $
     Interest rate I pay on debt
     Yield I earn on savings
     Federal & state tax rate
     Interest I'd save in one year by paying off debt:
    $
     Yield I'd earn in one year on savings after taxes:
    $

    This calculator is solely for informational purposes and provides reasonably accurate results; the calculations are not intended to be relied upon as actual savings results computations.

    Federally Insured by NCUA. Your savings federally insured to at least $250,000 and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States Government. National Credit Union Administration, a U.S. Government Agency.
    We do business in accordance with the Federal Fair Housing Law and Equal Credit Opportunity Act.