{"id":40984,"date":"2026-02-09T16:22:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T16:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=40984"},"modified":"2026-02-09T16:22:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T16:22:25","slug":"trump-accounts-launch-a-new-sign-up-option-after-super-bowl-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=40984","title":{"rendered":"Trump accounts launch a new sign-up option after Super Bowl ad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"RegularArticle-ArticleBody-5\" data-module=\"ArticleBody\" data-test=\"articleBody-2\" data-analytics=\"RegularArticle-articleBody-5-2\"><span class=\"HighlightShare-hidden\" style=\"top:0;left:0\"\/><\/p>\n<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"Placeholder-ArticleBody-Video-108262182\">\n<div role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" id=\"Placeholder-ArticleBody-Video-108262182\" class=\"PlaceHolder-wrapper\" data-vilynx-id=\"7000403206\" data-test=\"VideoPlaceHolder\">\n<div class=\"InlineVideo-videoEmbed\" id=\"InlineVideo-0\" data-test=\"InlineVideo\">\n<div class=\"InlineVideo-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"InlineVideo-inlineThumbnailContainer\"><span class=\"InlineVideo-videoButton\"\/><span\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>Amid the flurry of promotions for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/02\/02\/trump-accounts.html\">Trump accounts<\/a>, families now have another way to opt in to the investing accounts for kids and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/12\/05\/trump-accounts-free-money.html\">claim seed money of up to $1,000<\/a>.  \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Parents or guardians can now start the process to open a Trump Account by filing IRS Form 4547 electronically via <a href=\"http:\/\/TrumpAccounts.gov\" target=\"_blank\">TrumpAccounts.gov<\/a>. They can also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/01\/26\/open-trump-account-tax-return.html\">send the form<\/a> with their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/taxes\/\">2025 tax returns<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBREAKING NEWS: You can now claim your child\u2019s @TrumpAccount with your tax filing OR directly on the official government website,\u201d Invest America, a nonprofit advocacy group, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/InvestAmerica24\/status\/2020711057417970137\" target=\"_blank\">said in an X post<\/a> late Sunday night. <\/p>\n<p>The announcement came roughly five hours after Invest America ran a 30-second <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/02\/05\/super-bowl-ad-trump-accounts.html\">Trump account Super Bowl commercial<\/a>, which aired shortly after the game\u2019s national anthem. Previously, the government said this sign-up option would not be available until \u201cmid-2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<div class=\"RelatedContent-relatedContent\" id=\"RegularArticle-RelatedContent-1\">\n<div class=\"RelatedContent-container\">\n<div class=\"RelatedContent-nonCollapsibleContent\">\n<h2 id=\"read-more-cnbc-personal-finance-coverage\" class=\"RelatedContent-header\">Read more CNBC personal finance coverage<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>TrumpAccounts.gov will send Form 4547 directly to the IRS. Later, families will be contacted by a \u201cpartner financial firm\u201d with further details to complete the account setup, according to the website. The authentication process is expected to begin in May, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/pub\/irs-drop\/n-25-68.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Treasury guidance<\/a>\u00a0from December.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/05\/22\/tax-bill-maga-baby-bonus-now-called-trump-accounts-who-is-eligible.html\">Trump accounts<\/a>, also known as 530A accounts, were created by President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2018s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/guide\/what-trumps-one-big-beautiful-bill-means-for-your-money\/\">big beautiful bill<\/a>\u201d to promote early wealth building for children.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Any parent or guardian can set up an account for a child under 18, but only children born between 2025 and 2028 are eligible for the one-time $1,000 contribution from the U.S. Department of the Treasury.  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>Once an account is established, the federal government\u2019s seed funding is expected to arrive in July. Families can then make additional deposits into the account of up to $5,000 per year.<\/p>\n<p>A growing number of companies have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/01\/25\/trump-accounts-employer-matches.html\">pledged to match<\/a> the Treasury\u2019s initial deposit for the children of employees. Other kids may qualify for philanthropist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/01\/28\/altimeter-capital-brad-gerstner-trump-accounts-indiana.html\">gifts to Trump accounts<\/a>, depending on income and where they live.\u00a0It\u2019s unclear how soon those funds will be available. <\/p>\n<p>Financial advisors generally recommend that families who qualify for \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/12\/05\/trump-accounts-free-money.html\">free money<\/a>\u201d\u00a0from the Treasury, employers or other sources should open a Trump account.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/02\/09\/trump-accounts-sign-up-form.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Amid the flurry of promotions for Trump accounts, families now have another way to opt in to the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":40985,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-investing","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40984\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/40985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}