Archive for the 'College Saving' Category

Tax harvesting from 529 plan?

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

If you started contributing to a 529 plan some time in 2007, the chances are that the plan is in the RED (with capital losses) due to the recent stock market conditions.
A thought came to my mind — since unqualified distributions from the 529 plan are taxable, is it possible to tax harvest from the […]

Ohio State 529 plan lowers fees again

Sunday, July 8th, 2007

Last September, I posted some information about the 529 plans that I am contributing to. The contributions have been on auto-pilot and I did not get the chance to check on the plans until today.
I was pleasantly surprised to learn that the Ohio State’s College Advantage plan has lowered its fees again from May 2007. […]

Should 529 contributions be treated as part of portfolio?

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

With the removal of the sunset provisions of the tax-free withdrawal status from 529 college savings accounts, the 529 account is now more attractive than before. In particular, for qualified withdrawals, it functions effectively the same as a Roth account, where contributions are made with after-tax money and all withdrawals are tax-free.
For high income earners […]