0:00.0	Hey friends and welcome back to the Money Girl podcast. This is Finance Friday, a special edition of
0:11.2	Money Girl where I answer your burning money questions. Today we have a great topic. It's an email
0:17.2	from Kristen in Dallas, Texas, who says, I listen to your podcast, how do Trump accounts work for kids?
0:26.0	And I have a follow-up question. My husband and I have a son who was born in 2025, and we opened a
0:33.0	529 plan for his education. We've built up the balance on our own and with the help of family members.
0:40.5	Can I combine our 529 plan with a Trump account so I can add the additional $1,000 to our existing
0:49.3	investments? Thank you so much for your question, Christian, and congratulations on the new addition to your family.
0:56.8	You are way ahead of the game by already opening and funding a 529 plan for your newborn son.
1:04.7	In this show, I'm going to review whether 529 plans and the upcoming Trump accounts can be combined. And I'll talk about which option
1:13.6	is best if you're saving for a child's education. This is episode 991, and I really appreciate
1:20.7	you downloading the show. If you're new here, I'm Laura Adams, an award-winning author,
1:26.0	money speaker, and founder of The Money Stack.
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1:38.5	I love hearing from you.
1:40.1	So if something finance-related is on your mind, go ahead and leave me a voicemail by calling
1:45.5	302-364-0308. Or you can email me your question, just like Kristen did, by using my contact page at
1:55.6	laura d.adams.com. All right, as Christian mentioned a few weeks ago, I did publish an episode of Money Girl
2:02.8	about Trump accounts. They're a new type of account for children established by a provision
2:08.7	of the one big, beautiful bill. I've received several questions about Trump accounts,
2:15.1	particularly how they compare to 529 plans when investing for a child's
2:20.4	education. So I'm going to review four rules for each of these account types and explain
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