{"id":25818,"date":"2026-02-20T22:53:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T22:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/finderica.com\/?p=25818"},"modified":"2026-02-20T22:53:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T22:53:08","slug":"trump-accounts-sign-up-about-3-million-kids-in-early-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/finderica.com\/?p=25818","title":{"rendered":"Trump accounts sign up about 3 million kids in early push"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On the heels of a massive publicity push, including a Super Bowl 60 ad and a billboard in New York’s Times Square, families have filed about 2 million forms to open Trump accounts, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said at an event near Dallas on Friday. <\/p>\n

“As we approach 2 million forms, that will probably be about 3 million children,” Bessent said.<\/p>\n

The stop was part of the Trump Accounts Tour, following an earlier speech at the Economic Club of Dallas, where Bessent also plugged the accounts. <\/p>\n

“Programs like this often struggle with sign-ups,” Matt Lira, co-founder of Invest America, a nonprofit advocacy group, told CNBC in an interview. Invest America paid for the\u00a0Trump account Super Bowl commercial and has been promoting the new investment accounts for children.<\/p>\n

The early response from families “shows that the product market fit on the idea is strong,” he said.<\/p>\n

The opening of tax season on Jan. 26 was the first opportunity for families to elect to open Trump accounts and claim seed money of up to $1,000 by filing IRS Form 4547 with their 2025 tax returns. <\/p>\n

Less than two weeks later, following the Super Bowl on Feb. 8, Invest America announced in an X post<\/a> that families could also start filing Form 4547 separately through TrumpAccounts.gov. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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