Obama’s Invest $240,000 in 529 Plan

April 18, 2009 Posted by Andrew in 529 Spotlight

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Obama family invested $240,000 into their kids 529 plans.  They took advantage of the ability to max out 5 years worth of contributions without gift tax penalties.  The money was invested in Illinois’ Bright Directions College Savings Program

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  1. April 29th, 2009 | 4:15 pm

    [...] to the private college loan industry. So I was happy to see earlier this month that the Obamas had heavily invested in their daughters’ 529 college savings accounts. They took advantage of a law that allows parents to make five years of contributions at once [...]

  2. joeplumber
    June 13th, 2009 | 4:57 pm

    yeah obamas,sock the money away now, before YOUR OWN tax programs coming in 2010 whack everyone making over $250,000 a year, which NOW includes you, Mr Prez.

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