{"id":277,"date":"2011-04-28T06:27:07","date_gmt":"2011-04-28T11:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fcallc.biz\/blog\/?p=277"},"modified":"2024-11-23T08:32:11","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T13:32:11","slug":"a-new-way-to-save-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fcallc.biz\/blog\/?p=277","title":{"rendered":"A New Way to Save"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Many people have already discovered this great new way to save.\u00a0 What is it you may ask?\u00a0 Tax time is a great time to save because many people receive refunds.\u00a0 In 2010 President Obama created the tax time Savings Bond Program.\u00a0 The program gives tax payers the opportunity to put away part of their refunds into a U.S. Savings Bond.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The process is as easy as checking a box on your return.\u00a0 Those filing paper returns can fill out Form 8888 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Allocation of Refund (Including Savings Bond Purchases)<\/span>. Tax time savings bonds can be purchased in any amount from $50 to $5,000 and up to three bonds can be purchased. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Some of the main reasons for saving using the savings bonds include:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00b7<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">The bonds are safe and secure.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00b7<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">They never lose value.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00b7<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">You can earn interest for 30 years.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00b7<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">There are never any fees or charges.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00b7<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">After one year, you can redeem them at a bank or credit union.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">More information can be obtained by visiting the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.treasurydirect.gov\/\">Treasury Direct<\/a> page. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many people have already discovered this great new way to save.\u00a0 What is it you may ask?\u00a0 Tax time is a great time to save because many people receive refunds.\u00a0 In 2010 President Obama created the tax time Savings Bond &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcallc.biz\/blog\/?p=277\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,40,41,4,8],"tags":[6,39,42],"class_list":["post-277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-investing","category-personal-finance","category-savings","category-taxes","tag-personal-finance","tag-savings","tag-taxes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fcallc.biz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fcallc.biz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fcallc.biz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fcallc.biz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fcallc.biz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=277"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.fcallc.biz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":280,"href":"https:\/\/www.fcallc.biz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277\/revisions\/280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fcallc.biz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fcallc.biz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fcallc.biz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}