24 Jun FAFSA Changes
New Simplified FAFSA for 2024‒2025 The Free Application for Federal Student Aid — commonly known as the FAFSA — has been extensively redesigned for the 2024‒2025 school year. Because of the changes,...
College Planning
19 Jun Saving for College: 529 Plan vs. Roth IRA
529 plans were created in 1996 to give families a tax-advantaged way to save for college. Roth IRAs were created a year later to give people another tax-advantaged way to...
04 Sep The Changing College Landscape
The 2020-2021 academic year is right around the corner, and the coronavirus pandemic has upended the college world, like everything else. Not only has COVID-19 impacted short-term college operations and...
19 Jun Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: 529 Plans Expanded
In December 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, a sweeping $1.5 trillion tax-cut package, became law. College students and their parents dodged a major bullet with the legislation, as...