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529 Contribution Limits 2012

Finance Gourmet on May 15th, 2012

The 529 plan is a tax-advantaged college savings plan. Of course, like all plans that offer IRS sanctioned tax savings, there are rules and regulations regarding just how and when a 529 plan may be used. One of these limitations involves how much money you can contribute to a 529 plan in 2012. Head over [...]

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Finance Gourmet on May 13th, 2011

UTMA and UGMA are very similar. Both are uniform code proposals adopted by the individual states. Like other uniform codes (the uniform building code is a common one, for example) these work by proposing a common framework for states to use in order to prevent a hard to use patchwork of laws in each state. [...]

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Finance Gourmet on May 23rd, 2009

Congress made a new rule for 2009 for people with 529 plans. You can change your investments twice this year, but should you?

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Finance Gourmet on February 16th, 2008

A client asked me what they should do with their [tag]economic stimulus[/tag] [tag]tax rebate[/tag] they will get later this year. (So will you!). Usually I tell people to pay down debt if they have any. They don’t have any. They also have already maxed out their [tag]IRA[/tag]s for 2008. But, they have kids! So I [...]

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