Corrected October 2, 2026: removed unsupported Dell award verdicts, blocked future birth years from current results, and separated unknown answers from unmet conditions. Corrections and updates.
Basic conditions for an election in 2026. Answers stay in this page; the tool does not submit an application or save your answers.
For the 2026 election year, the account requires birth in 2009 or later.
An SSN within the meaning of IRC §24(h)(7) — work-eligible SSNs qualify.
Affects only the $1,000 seed — never the account itself.
Answer as the person making the pilot election. See the Form 4547 instructions for the qualifying-child rules; shared custody and other special cases need care.
This asks about the separate $1,000 pilot election, not automatic account creation. A pending application is not proof of processing; use Not sure if needed.
Trump Account
The $1,000 federal seed
Source year: 2026. Basic conditions checked October 2 against T.D. 10056 and the Form 4547 instructions. No result confirms a government decision or deposit.
Dell $250 program: not determined here
This private donor program is separate from the federal pilot. A birth year alone does not establish a Dell award. As checked October 2, the program page announces a contribution check beginning October 13, 2026. This is not a guaranteed payment date.
The program says no separate Dell application is needed and preserves its previously announced eligibility treatment for accounts opened or Form 4547 submissions made before October 1. Check the current program terms rather than assuming all older age and ZIP-code conditions are gone. A transaction in the child’s account confirms an actual deposit.
What the screen can and cannot tell you
The account (§530A) and the federal pilot (§6434) have different tests. Account eligibility requires the year-end age condition, a qualifying SSN issued before the election, and an election by Treasury or an authorized person. It does not require U.S. citizenship or a particular family income. The $1,000 pilot additionally requires citizenship, a 2025–2028 birth year, an elector anticipating qualifying-child status, and no previously processed pilot election. Children who will be born in 2027 or 2028 belong to future cohorts, not today’s results.
Our screen checks only the reported basic conditions. It cannot verify identity, legal authority, qualifying-child facts, a Treasury account, an IRS election or a private award. An unknown answer is not a finding of ineligibility.
Next step: created, claimed and paid are different
Treasury announced automatic enrollment on October 1. Start at TrumpAccounts.gov and follow the official claiming and activation steps before family or employer funding. Form 4547 remains relevant when an election is needed. Automatic account creation does not make the separate federal pilot election.
The temporary rules allow an unclaimed auto account to receive qualified general contributions and a federal pilot deposit if the separate pilot election was made. So an unclaimed account is not necessarily empty. For the practical steps, provider status, contribution limits and exceptions, see our updated Trump Accounts guide. Do not send personal documents to us or to an unsolicited message offering enrollment help.
Corrections and updates
Update · October 2, 2026: added automatic-enrollment and claiming guidance, current authority status and the announced Dell lookup date.
Correction · October 2, 2026: the previous screen gave a Dell yes/no result without verifying the program’s conditions, allowed future birth years to receive current positive results, and treated “not sure” as “no.” Replaced categorical federal-pilot approval with a limited basic-condition screen, including prior processed elections. Removed an unsupported hospital-enrollment claim. Permanent correction record.