Joint Account
Categories: Tax, Trusts and Estates
A bank account or credit card account owned by two or more people.
Example
Mary Kate and Ashley are sisters with a joint checking account. They each put in $500 each month. They are both responsible for the account. If in March, Ashley doesn’t put in $500 and writes a check for $1,000 on the account when the account only has $900, Mary Kate is equally responsible for the charges of the bounced check. If Ashley skips town, the bank will make Mary Kate pay up.