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529 Plans for College Expenses: What’s Cool and What’s Quirky

Posted September 13, 2007 - 09:59 by Julie Rains

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529 plans for college expenses are very cool but extremely quirky. Cool federal-tax benefits, which were temporary and set to expire in just a few years, have been made permanent by The Pension Protection Act of 2006 (USA). The quirkiness and murkiness remains, however, but is made much clearer by the kind folks at Kiplinger.com, who have provided me (and anyone with an Internet connection) with some great resources, summarized here but waiting your perusal if you’d like.

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