Have you been thinking of how to start saving for your child’s or grandchild’s college education? How about setting up a 529 Plan?

A 529 Plan allows you to invest in your child’s or grandchild’s college education before they even get to that stage. This type of investment has many benefits, including being tax-free during the growth period.

In this episode of the Secure Your Retirement podcast, we explain in detail what a 529 Plan entails and the benefits it offers. Listen in to learn how to open a 529 account and the investment options available for you. 

In this episode, find out: 

• Understanding the 529 Plan and the tax-free benefits it offers.
• This plan won’t affect your child’s ability to get financial aid because you’re the one in control of the money and not your child. 
• The hands-on and hands-off ways to control the investment options for a 529 plan. 
• The options available for you if you’re worried you won’t use all the money in a 529.
• Understanding that you can open and use a 529 plan in any state across the country. 
• The current situation on whether the plan is likely to go away any time soon.
• The 529 investment plan doesn’t lock you in and you can make changes.
• How and where you can open a 529 account. 

Tweetable Quotes:

• “It’s the parent or the grandparent that’s in control of the money.”- Radon Stancil
• “You can set the 529 plan up anywhere; it’s not based on residency.”- Murs Tariq
• “They want this plan to be as easily accessible because saving for education is very important.”- Murs Tariq

Resources:

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