| Edition |
2nd edition. |
| Description |
xv, 395 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
For dummies |
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--For dummies.
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| Summary |
"529 & Education Savings Plans For Dummies is your easy-to-follow and up-to-date guide to 529s, Coverdell accounts, and other savings and investment vehicles. Understand the costs associated with education, both right now and in the future, and then find ways to pay for those costs"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Figuring out the cost of education and how to pay it. Braving the new world of education savings ; Checking out education costs ; Realizing all your resources ; Sharpening your savings techniques -- Piecing together Section 529 plans. Laying down the basics of Section 529 plans ; Applying Section 529 plans to your household ; Weighing the pros and cons of Section 529 plans -- Uncovering coverdell accounts. The changing world of coverdell education savings accounts ; The mechanics of coverdells ; Figuring the pluses and minuses of coverdell accounts -- Filling in the gaps: more ways to save for college. Saving for college with qualified U.S. savings bonds ; Setting up personal investment accounts for yourself and your kids ; Saving for education in trust accounts ; Saving in your retirement plans: the IRA dilemma ; Buying, selling, or refinancing real estate ; Funding education using whole life insurance ; Accessing scholarships and awards ; Turning on the financial aid faucet -- The part of tens. Ten musts for successful savings ; Ten ways to dodge the tax code minefield -- Appendix: Section 529 plans, state by state. |
| Subject |
College costs -- United States.
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Education savings accounts -- United States.
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Education, Higher -- United States -- Finance.
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College costs. (OCoLC)fst00867748
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Education, Higher -- Finance. (OCoLC)fst00903056
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Education savings accounts. (OCoLC)fst00902882
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Added Title |
Five twenty-nine and education savings plans |
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529 & education savings plans for dummies |
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Five twenty-nine and education savings plans for dummies |
| ISBN |
9781394160334 (paperback) |
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139416033X (paperback) |
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