Article: State Treasurer Nappier Reminds Parents to Consider Enrolling and Make Contributions to CHET Before Dec. 31 to Potentially Qualify for Significant State Income Tax Benefits.

Connecticut's college savings plan rounds out the year by reaching $1 billion milestone and offering three new investment options

HARTFORD, Conn., Dec. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Connecticut State Treasurer Denise L. Nappier today announced that parents can take advantage of significant income tax benefits by enrolling their children in the recently enhanced Connecticut Higher Education Trust (CHET) -- the state's 529 college savings program -- by December 31, 2007. A tax deduction, enabled by legislation championed by the Nappier administration, allows single Connecticut taxpayers to claim up to $5,000 on their state income tax for contributions made to CHET per ...

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