{"id":8440,"date":"2014-04-16T14:00:48","date_gmt":"2014-04-16T19:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/?p=8440"},"modified":"2014-04-15T22:57:04","modified_gmt":"2014-04-16T03:57:04","slug":"tennessee-department-of-the-treasury-says-celebrate-easter-by-building-a-college-savings-nest-egg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/2014\/04\/16\/tennessee-department-of-the-treasury-says-celebrate-easter-by-building-a-college-savings-nest-egg\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee Department of the Treasury says celebrate Easter by Building a College Savings Nest Egg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-216858\" title=\"TNSTARS College Savings Program\" alt=\"TNSTARS College Savings Program\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/TNSTARS-College-Savings-Program.jpg\" width=\"153\" height=\"180\" \/><strong>Nashville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; Easter is a time when children look forward to chocolate eggs. But there\u2019s another gift that people can give to children, grandchildren or other young friends and relatives this holiday season. And, unlike the chocolate that often disappears before dinner, this gift can last a lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile it\u2019s great to give children candy eggs to celebrate Easter, I also encourage Tennesseans to consider starting college savings nest eggs for their loved ones,\u201d State Treasurer David H. Lillard, Jr. said. \u201cOne great way to do that is through the Treasury Department\u2019s TNStars College Savings 529 Program. Setting up an account is easy \u2013 in fact, it can be done online \u2013 and there are tax benefits for those who do.\u201d<!--more-->Money can be invested in TNStars in a variety of investment options, ranging from conservative to aggressive.<\/p>\n<p>The program also offers an age-based option.<\/p>\n<p>The earnings on the money invested can be withdrawn tax-free, provided the withdrawal is used for qualified higher education expenses.<\/p>\n<h4>For a limited time, people who open TNStars accounts can qualify for special incentives:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>TNStars will provide matching funds up to $100.00 for people who open accounts by June 30th.<\/li>\n<li>People who transfer their entire account balances from other college savings funds to TNStars are eligible for another $100.00.<\/li>\n<li>People who set up regular automatic contributions to TNStars from checking or savings accounts get a $50.00 bonus.<\/li>\n<li>Parents who save $100.00 before a child\u2019s first birthday are eligible for another $100.00 bonus.<\/li>\n<li>And parents with children under age 1 can get $25.00 just for completing an interactive guide to learn about saving for college on the TNStars website.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s best to start saving money early for a child\u2019s college education,\u201d Treasurer Lillard said. \u201cOnce the account is opened, making regular periodic contributions to a college savings account can make a big difference over time. And these incentives offered by TNStars add to the savings that parents, grandparents, other relatives or friends contribute to their accounts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about TNStars, visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tnstars.com\" >www.tnstars.com<\/a> or call 1.855.386.7827.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nashville, TN &#8211; Easter is a time when children look forward to chocolate eggs. But there\u2019s another gift that people can give to children, grandchildren or other young friends and relatives this holiday season. And, unlike the chocolate that often disappears before dinner, this gift can last a lifetime. \u201cWhile it\u2019s great to give children [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[181],"tags":[9079,542,3461,549,284,3722,9077,9078],"class_list":["post-8440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government","tag-college-savings","tag-david-h-lillard-jr","tag-easter","tag-nashville","tag-nashville-tn","tag-tennesseans","tag-tennessee-department-of-treasury","tag-tnstars-college-savings-529-program"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8440"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8441,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8440\/revisions\/8441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}