{"id":47689,"date":"2026-10-02T19:38:50","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T19:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=47689"},"modified":"2026-10-02T19:38:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T19:38:50","slug":"up-to-25-million-trump-accounts-could-be-funded-by-mid-october-irs-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=47689","title":{"rendered":"Up to 25 million Trump Accounts could be funded by mid-October: IRS CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"InlineImage-imageEmbed\" id=\"ArticleBody-InlineImage-108319975\" data-test=\"InlineImage\">\n<div class=\"InlineImage-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<p>Frank Bisignano, chief executive officer of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), during a House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, June 10, 2026. <\/p>\n<p>Tierney L. Cross | Bloomberg | Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>Up to 25 million <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/trump-accounts\/\">Trump Accounts<\/a> could be funded by mid-October, IRS CEO Frank Bisignano said Friday on CNBC&#8217;s &#8220;Power Lunch.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>His comments follow the U.S. Department of the Treasury announcement Thursday that more than 60 million American children under age 18 have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/10\/01\/treasury-trump-accounts-auto-enroll-more-than-60-million-children.html\">automatically enrolled <\/a>in the new tax-deferred savings and investment accounts.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s unclear whether Bisignano was referring to\u00a0family and employer contributions or grant money, including the one-time\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/12\/05\/trump-accounts-free-money.html\">$1,000 pilot program<\/a> from the Treasury Department or the $250 Dell grant earmarked for 25 million kids.<\/p>\n<p>Trump Accounts, also known as 530A accounts, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/guide\/trump-accounts\/\">launched on July 4<\/a> and are open to all U.S. children under age 18 with a Social Security number. Babies born from 2025 to 2028 are also eligible for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/12\/05\/trump-accounts-free-money.html\">$1,000 seed money <\/a>from the Treasury.<\/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>Other free money may also be available. Michael Dell and his wife, Susan, committed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/12\/02\/michael-susan-dell-trump-accounts.html\">$6.25 billion<\/a>\u00a0to provide additional funds for children born between 2016 and 2024 who don&#8217;t qualify for the federal seed money. The commitment could fund investment accounts for some 25 million American children, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onedell.com\/america250\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dell Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The latest Trump Account news comes as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/elections\/\">midterm elections<\/a> approach, with Democrats leading in recent national <a href=\"https:\/\/fiftyplusone.news\/polls\/generic-ballot\/generic-ballot\" target=\"_blank\">public polling<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Families must still claim auto-enrolled accounts via the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/05\/28\/trump-accounts-app-launches-heres-how-to-get-started.html\">Trump Accounts app<\/a> to receive the Treasury&#8217;s $1,000 seed money and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/12\/02\/michael-susan-dell-trump-accounts.html\">other deposits<\/a>, if eligible.<\/p>\n<p>Expanding access to the investment accounts was a priority for the Trump administration. Bisignano was tasked with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/07\/15\/irs-chief-frank-bisignano-will-lead-trump-accounts-expansion.html\">leading that effort<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>About 72 companies have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/07\/02\/trump-accounts-boosted-by-growing-list-of-employer-matches.html\">pledged to match<\/a> contributions for children of employees, Bisignano said during his &#8220;Power Lunch&#8221; appearance, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/01\/28\/altimeter-capital-brad-gerstner-trump-accounts-indiana.html\">philanthropists in several states<\/a> have committed to additional gifts for certain qualifying families.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have many more donors that want to be part of this,&#8221; Bisignano said Friday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/10\/02\/trump-accounts-funding.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Frank Bisignano, chief executive officer of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), during a House Ways and Means Subcommittee&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":47690,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47689","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\/47689","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=47689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/47690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}