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The Hack That Turns Trump Accounts Into Multimillion-Dollar Tax-Free Nest Eggs
The Wall Street Journal
@wsj.com
The Trump accounts coming this summer let parents jump-start tax-advantaged retirement savings for a child at birth.
By the time the kids retire, they could end up with giant retirement accounts.
🔗 Read more: on.wsj.com/47Y70WP
4:55 PM · Mar 23, 2026
@wsj.com
The Trump accounts coming this summer let parents jump-start tax-advantaged retirement savings for a child at birth.
By the time the kids retire, they could end up with giant retirement accounts.
🔗 Read more: on.wsj.com/47Y70WP
4:55 PM · Mar 23, 2026
The Trump accounts coming this summer let parents jump-start tax-advantaged retirement savings for a child at birth.
— The Wall Street Journal (@wsj.com) 2026-03-23T20:55:04.372574Z
By the time the kids retire, they could end up with giant retirement accounts.
🔗 Read more: on.wsj.com/47Y70WP
Personal Finance
The Hack That Turns Trump Accounts Into Multimillion-Dollar Tax-Free Nest Eggs
The real power play is to stuff these accounts and then convert them into Roth IRAs for long-term tax savings
By Ashlea Ebeling
March 23, 2026 12:00 pm ET
The Trump accounts coming this summer let parents jump-start tax-advantaged retirement savings for a child at birth.
By the time the kids retire, they could end up with giant retirement accounts. The real power play is for parents to contribute $5,000 a year for 18 years, then help them convert the account to a Roth IRA so that it can ultimately be accessed tax- and penalty-free.
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The Hack That Turns Trump Accounts Into Multimillion-Dollar Tax-Free Nest Eggs
The real power play is to stuff these accounts and then convert them into Roth IRAs for long-term tax savings
By Ashlea Ebeling
March 23, 2026 12:00 pm ET
The Trump accounts coming this summer let parents jump-start tax-advantaged retirement savings for a child at birth.
By the time the kids retire, they could end up with giant retirement accounts. The real power play is for parents to contribute $5,000 a year for 18 years, then help them convert the account to a Roth IRA so that it can ultimately be accessed tax- and penalty-free.
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