New Trump accounts are now open for enrollment, and the question we're hearing from clients isn't whether they're worth considering. It's how they stack up against the accounts families have already been using for years, 529 plans, UTMA and UGMA custodial accounts, brokerage accounts, and Roth or traditional IRAs for kids. This episode is the follow-up to our first Trump accounts conversation, and it's the one to listen to if you're trying to figure out which account, or which combination of accounts, actually fits your family's goals.

Taylor Wolverton, our Director of Financial Planning and Tax Strategy, joins Murs Tariq again to walk through each option side by side. They cover contribution limits, tax treatment, distribution restrictions, and the one detail about Roth IRAs that most social media advice leaves out entirely. There's no single best account here, and that's the point. The right strategy usually combines two or three of these tools, and this episode gives you the framework to figure out which ones belong in yours.

In this episode, find out:

Why Trump accounts don't require your child to have earned income, and how that changes the math compared to a Roth IRA
How the Trump-account-to-Roth conversion works once your child turns 18, and why timing it right could mean decades of tax-free growth
What's changed about 529 plans that makes them far more flexible than the version most parents remember, including the new Roth rollover option
The real trade-off behind UTMA and UGMA custodial accounts, and why control matters more than most families realize until it's gone
The one requirement missing from nearly every "open your kid a Roth IRA" post you see online, and what to do about it if your kids aren't earning yet

Tweetable Quotes:

"There's not one that's just like, quote unquote, best. It really depends on what your goal is with these accounts and what you're trying to accomplish." — Taylor Wolverton

"The Trump account kind of helps you navigate building that wealth without having to worry as much about earned income." — Murs Tariq

Resources:

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