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Taming the Tuition Tiger: Getting the Money to Graduate–with 529 Plans, Scholarships, Financial Aid, and More

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- Kristof appears twice a week in the Los Angeles Times and is nationally syndicated in 50 papers with a reach of 40 million readers
- Saving and investing strategies for families across all income levels
- Essential lessons on getting yourself or the kids through school with the least economic pain possible
- Written in an engaging and lighthearted style that makes a complex topic accessible to all readers

Saving for College Through Qualified Tuition (Section 529) Programs

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Congress has tried to make higher education more affordable by providing favorable tax treatment to savings accumulated in qualified tuition programs (QTPs), also called Section 529 programs after their citation in the Internal Revenue Code. QTPs initially allowed individuals to save for qualified higher education expenses(QHEEs) on a tax-deferred basis. The Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA) made permanent the temporary enhancements to QTPs contained in the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001.The enhancements include making qualified withdrawals from QTPs tax-free. One type of QTP, prepaid tuition plans, enables account owners to make payments on behalf of[Read More]

Ways to Finance a College Education: Federal Student Aid Programs; State Aid Programs; Tuition Discounting; Merit-Based Scholarships; 529 Plans; And More

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This book gives parents and students the information they need on various ways to finance a college education. No student should decide not to apply to a college or university because he or she believes it is too expensive and beyond his or her reach (Princeton University, 2003). The framework of a student’s choice in choosing a college or university is based on tuition and subsides, along with the impact of institutional and public policies, high school preparation, family income, and information on a perspective college or university (St. John & Paulsen, 2001). Gaining knowledge about ways to finance a[Read More]