Online - Alimony Buyout Calculator

What This Calculator Can Do For You.  

On this calculator, you will enter a proposed monthly payment amount, and we will calculate the single cash payment (sometimes called an "alimony buyout") that would have the same value as the series of alimony payments.  This helps you know how much cash to ask for (or propose) in lieu of monthly alimony payments.

How it Works:

• You fill in your best estimates (or alternate possibilities) for the payments, number of months, interest rate, and tax rates below.  (Press <Tab>, not <Enter> after each number.)
• When you have entered all the numbers, you click "Submit for Calculation."
• We send  you, via e-mail, the results of this calculator run, that is, the alimony buyout amount that makes sense in this case.
• You use this information to make your decisions and make your case.

• The equivalent single payment ("alimony buyout") to be made if that payment is categorized as a non-taxable payment (e.g., a property settlement, child support).
• The equivalent single payment if the payment is categorized as taxable (or tax deductible) (i.e., alimony).
• Click here for an explanation of these numbers.
• Click here for a thorough discussion of the tax planning aspects.

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