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A Tax Saving, Money Making, Idea for Your Grandchildren

February 8, 2021 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

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You know that getting saving for your grandchild is the best thing you can do as a grandparent. You’ve read my recommendations on Roth IRAs and UGMAs for your grandkids. Christmas is a great time to save for your grandkids, but any time will do when you’re funding a tax-free savings plan for your grandchild.

In Kiplinger, Mary Kane lays out the basics of seeding a Roth IRA for a grandchild, writing (abridged):

Contributions to Roth IRAs give grandchildren “a huge head start,” says Jennifer Failla, a certified financial planner with Strada Wealth Management, in Austin, Tex. Grandchildren can later tap the accounts for expenses such as buying a home or, ideally, use them to build tax-free retirement income.

You’ll also be teaching your grandchild the value of saving from a young age, says Ajay Kaisth, principal with KAI Advisors, in Princeton Junction, N.J. For example, if you contribute $2,000 a year over four years starting when your grandchild is 15, assuming a 6% annual rate of return, the contributions will grow to more than $143,000 by the time the grandchild turns 66.

Your grandchild must have earned income to be able to contribute to a Roth IRA, and the contribution can’t be more than they earned during the year, or the maximum of $5,500 (the IRS’s cap for 2017), whichever is less. You can put the money into the account for your grandchild, while the grandchild keeps his or her earnings. Here’s an example: Your grandchild earns $3,500 from a summer job, but she uses it toward buying a car. If you give $3,500 to the grandchild, that money can be contributed to the Roth IRA.

Your contribution will be considered a gift to the child, so be sure to coordinate it with your other gifts for the year. Each grandparent can give a total of $14,000 per year per person without having to file a gift-tax return, or $28,000 total to one person from both grandparents, says Adam Zuercher, wealth manager at Hixon Zuercher Capital Management, in Findlay, Ohio.

Action Line: If you have a grandchild, and their birthday is coming or it’s near the holidays, it’s likely they have a room full of toys and a filled out wardrobe. Before you go and get them a lot of things they don’t need, consider saving that money for them. If you save it today, by the time they use it the power of compounding will have turned it into real money. Start today.

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E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

E.J. Smith is Founder of YourSurvivalGuy.com, Managing Director at Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd., a Managing Editor of Richardcyoung.com, and Editor-in-Chief of Youngresearch.com. His focus at all times is on preparing clients and readers for “Times Like These.” E.J. graduated from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, with a B.S. in finance and investments. In 1995, E.J. began his investment career at Fidelity Investments in Boston before joining Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd. in 1998. E.J. has trained at Sig Sauer Academy in Epping, NH. His first drum set was a 5-piece Slingerland with Zilldjians. He grew-up worshiping Neil Peart (RIP) of the band Rush, and loves the song Tom Sawyer—the name of his family’s boat, a Grady-White Canyon 306. He grew up in Mattapoisett, MA, an idyllic small town on the water near Cape Cod. He spends time in Newport, RI and Bartlett, NH—both as far away from Wall Street as one could mentally get. The Newport office is on a quiet, tree lined street not far from the harbor and the log cabin in Bartlett, NH, the “Live Free or Die” state, sits on the edge of the White Mountain National Forest. He enjoys spending time in Key West and Paris. Please get in touch with E.J. at ejsmith@yoursurvivalguy.com
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