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A Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Education Account a.k.a the Coverdell Educational Savings Account RPF0106

A Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Education Account a.k.a the Coverdell Educational Savings Account RPF0106

FromRadical Personal Finance


A Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Education Account a.k.a the Coverdell Educational Savings Account RPF0106

FromRadical Personal Finance

ratings:
Length:
151 minutes
Released:
Nov 20, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Today, we take a look at one of the most misunderstood and underutilized accounts in your tax-planning aresenal.
The Coverdell Education Savings Account can be incredibly useful as a tool for you to pay for:

elementary school expenses
secondary school expenses
homeschool expenses (in some states)
college expenses
vocational school expenses
and more!

Perhaps more importantly, there are very few things you can't use as an investment in the account. You can choose to invest in:

real estate
notes
tax liens
companies 
precious metals
etc.

But what about the income limitations? Meaningless. You can circumvent them so easily they're utterly meaningless.
This account is constantly criticized as being useless. Check out my discussion of the details and see if it deserves the criticism.
Enjoy!
Joshua
Links:

IRS Publication 970: Tax Benefits for Education
Estate and Gift Tax Treatment of a Coverdell Account
Released:
Nov 20, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode

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Joshua J Sheats, MSFS, CLU, ChFC, CASL, CAP, RHU, REBC is a financial planner who teaches people how to live a rich life now while building a plan for financial freedom in 10 years or less. He mixes creative approaches to lifestyle design, deep-dive financial planning techniques, and hard-core business strategy to equip you with the knowledge and inspiration you need to build financial independence.