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Brownslave688

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$100 for each kid every month??

Can you write all of that off? I thought that there was a limit on how much you could contribute and/or write off.

NY just started offering free tuition to state schools. Thankfully the 529's can be used to pay for books, laptops and other "school related" supplies.
Our CPA told us there's no real tax advantage to a 529 unless you want to lock your kid into going to a state specific school.
 
Our CPA told us there's no real tax advantage to a 529 unless you want to lock your kid into going to a state specific school.
You can buy any TAP plan. It's not locking you into any state school. The only difference is your state may not give you a tax credit for participating in an out of state plan


It's like a Roth IRA for college
 

UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)

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Our CPA told us there's no real tax advantage to a 529 unless you want to lock your kid into going to a state specific school.

Not true. Proceeds from a 529 can be used at any school, state or private, anywhere in the US.

Contributions to a 529, up to a maximum of $5K, can be deducted from your state income tax return.

You need to find a new CPA.
 

Brownslave688

You want a toe? I can get you a toe.
You can buy any TAP plan. It's not locking you into any state school. The only difference is your state may not give you a tax credit for participating in an out of state plan


It's like a Roth IRA for college
Yes. We went with Virginia because it's been one of the top rated plans for years.


The only way it would of been advantageous tax wise for us was to do Illinois and go to an Illinois state school.
 
Yes. We went with Virginia because it's been one of the top rated plans for years.


The only way it would of been advantageous tax wise for us was to do Illinois and go to an Illinois state school.
Supposed Virginia has one of the best plans.

They use American funds.

The TAP program is broken up into two pieces.

One will let you buy a future college credit at today's prices.

The other part will let you save and you can use the money any college anywhere
 

Brownslave688

You want a toe? I can get you a toe.
Supposed Virginia has one of the best plans.

They use American funds.

The TAP program is broken up into two pieces.

One will let you buy a future college credit at today's prices.

The other part will let you save and you can use the money any college anywhere
College is so overpriced there's a part of me that hopes my kids find a way to stick it to the man and succeed without it.
 

Brownslave688

You want a toe? I can get you a toe.
Community college to get your degree cheap. Seems like all people care about is having a degree not where it comes from.
Very true but that's the BS thing about it you don't NEED a degree to do a lot of this stuff.


I have a friend that's in the tech industry. No real degree he took like a 6 months trade course. He says I can have my kid trained to write code by 14 at an acceptable level to work for these companies but now they all want 4 year degrees
 
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