See exactly when a debt will be gone. Enter the balance, the interest rate, and what you pay each month — and get your payoff date, the total interest, and what a bigger payment would save you.
Estimate only — a planning tool, not financial advice. It assumes a fixed rate and a fixed payment with no new charges. Real cards compound daily and rates can change.
On a high-interest debt, a big chunk of each payment just covers that month's interest — only the rest actually shrinks the balance. That's why paying a little more can cut the payoff time dramatically: the extra goes straight to principal, and less principal means less interest next month, and so on.
If your payment barely clears the monthly interest, the balance almost never moves.
Try raising the payment above by $50 or $100 and watch the months-to-debt-free and total-interest numbers drop — often by far more than the extra you put in.
With several debts, two proven orders help: avalanche (attack the highest interest rate first) saves the most money; snowball (attack the smallest balance first) gives quick wins that keep you motivated. Either beats spreading extra thinly across all of them.
It depends on the balance, the interest rate, and your monthly payment. This calculator solves for the exact number of months, then shows the total interest you'll pay along the way — so you can see the real cost of the debt, not just the balance.
Because most of a small payment on a high-rate debt is interest. If your payment is close to the monthly interest charge, almost nothing reaches the principal. Raising the payment is what breaks the cycle.
Usually: keep a small emergency buffer, then throw extra at high-interest debt (above ~8–10%), since paying it off is a guaranteed return equal to the rate. Lower-rate debt can be paid down more gradually while you save.
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