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Investing for Children (1 Viewer)

rascal

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Seems like ever X-mas my kid ends up with a huge wad of cash from family. He just turned 5 and has slightly less than 4k in the bank. It's barely earning any interest, so I'm wanting to move it to something with growth potential but safe.

Thoughts?

 
No real comments, but be aware of Kiddie Tax, if you're not already - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiddie_tax

Long story short, if your child makes enough money on investments, the income may be taxed at the parents' rate. Probably not an issue if he has only $4,000 in the bank, but could apply 10 years down the road if he keeps getting a decent amount of cash annually.

Also, teach him some basic chess theory ;)

 
No real comments, but be aware of Kiddie Tax, if you're not already - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiddie_tax

Long story short, if your child makes enough money on investments, the income may be taxed at the parents' rate. Probably not an issue if he has only $4,000 in the bank, but could apply 10 years down the road if he keeps getting a decent amount of cash annually.

Also, teach him some basic chess theory ;)
Didn't know about that, but looks like the earned income must be less than 50% of their support (i.e. me), no?

 

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