<prompt> Human: My son will be starting college this fall and my original plan was to 1. Pay the bills when due either by credit card or check, 2. Withdraw money from the 529 plan to reimburse ourselves. My son received the first invoice for the upcoming semester and when I look at payment options and it looks like they are charging 2.75 for credit card. Another option is to pay online directly but rather than link to my bank account, I think its better to link it to my sons account so he is responsible for knowing whats due and when. So new process is:1. I transfer money into his linked bank account2. He pays the school via online payment3. Withdraw money from the 529 plan to reimburse ourselves. Are there any issues with moving money around like this? I know I need to keep track of everything to make sure Im using the funds appropriately but want to make sure there arent any gotchas based on where the money is coming out of. Hope that make senseTIA  <response>: There should be no problems with the method youve described, as long as you keep track of the expenses and make sure youre not taking too much from the 529. It might simplify matters if you took the payment from the 529 account and sent it directly to the educational institution - cut out some extra steps in the middle, reducing recordkeeping requirements. 