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- From: ask@cbnews.cb.att.com (Arthur S. Kamlet)
- Subject: Re: Savings Bonds for College
- Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus, Ohio
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 20:50:41 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.205041.13721@cbnews.cb.att.com>
- References: <harvey.722208572@taupe> <1992Nov20.174735.26740@unocal.com>
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- In article <1992Nov20.174735.26740@unocal.com> stgprao@st.unocal.COM (Richard Ottolini) writes:
- >In article <harvey.722208572@taupe> harvey@rtsg.mot.com (Anne M. Harvey) writes:
- >Not a whole lot of difference. The tax regulations assume a child's account
- >is a tax shelter for parents or grandparents, so any amount of income over
- >$1000 is taxed at the parent's rate, i.e. effectively added to the parent's
- >income.
-
- Technically it is taxed at the higher of the parents or child's
- rates. If the parents are unemployed by the child is a highly paid
- movie star, then the child's income will be taxed at the child's
- rate. If your child isn't at a higher rate than you, forget this.
-
-
- >Instruments that defer taxble income until the child becomes an
- >adult could be preferrable. These include zero-coupon bonds, direct stocks
- >opposed to mutual funds.
-
- Income from US series EE Savings Bonds is deferable!
-
- Mutual fund income is not, but their NAV growth is.
-
- Stock dividends are income each year; their NAV growth is not income
- until realized.
-
- Zero Coupon bond interest is NOT deferable either. The annualized
- imputed interest on a zero must be declared as income each year.
- See the FAQ on Zeroes.
- --
- Art Kamlet a_s_kamlet@att.com AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus
-