An improved tool from Uncle Sam is one of the best resources available to help calculate your retirement finances.

Most people have the same first question about retirement: How big a nest egg will I need? Two years ago, the Employee Benefits Security Administration, part of the Department of Labor, published "Taking the Mystery Out of Retirement Planning." This smart, 62-page guide helps answer that question in a detailed, but easy-to-understand, manner.

And now it's even better.

The original booklet contained eight worksheets -- involving assets, income and expenses -- to help calculate Your Particular Number. Now, these worksheets have been moved online and you can let the Labor Department's computers do the math.

 
This online version of Taking The Mystery Out Of Retirement Planning includes interactive worksheets that you complete as you read each chapter. You can download the fully illustrated 62-page Adobe PDF narrative or call toll free 1.866.444.EBSA (3272) to order copies.

Courtesy of Sunday Wall Street Journal 

Department of Labor website.