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Series I Bonds Account

These bonds have unique properties that make them a good candidate for their own account type. Maximum contributions per year (10k electronic, 5k paper) Money is locked up for 1 year Interest penalty if redeemed between 1 and 5 years Tax-free for state and local taxes Tax-deferred federally, and tax-free if used for education expenses.

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Suggested 22 April 2022 by user Shawn S

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  • 22 April 2022 Shawn S suggested this task

  • 22 April 2022 Kyle Nolan approved this task

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    Agreed, also CDs can be added

    17 August 2022
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    I think the related suggestion for marking accounts as illiquid would solve the CD use case. https://changemap.co/projectifi/projectifi/task/6921-dont-allow-withdrawals-until-x/

    29 September 2022
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    I would also allow for treasuries.

    06 November 2022
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    Agree, would love to be able to separately prioritize buying maximum i-bonds allowed before saving in other ways so this would be great to add!

    20 May 2023
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    This would be a great feature. Being able to add I-Series bonds and describe how they should be used in the draw-down would be very useful. Although it is more complex, having PL properly treat the tax when selling the I-Series would be great. In terms of growth, entering the fixed rate of the bonds is pretty straight-forward, but dealing with the variable rate changes in May and November would take more thought.

    22 July 2023
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    Would love this option for both Series I and EE bonds.

    14 April 2024
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    Adding this, I’m presently tracking my I-series as a savings account, but it’d be nice if it tracked with actual I-series inflation calculations.

    02 October 2024
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    I don’t think they act all that differently than a cash account, in the big picture.

    17 December 2024
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    This would be hugely helpful, particularly if PL can automatically pull in the ever-changing fixed and floating interest rates from the Treasury internet sites and properly account for these. Even better if it could recommend when to sell and re-buy to capture better fixed rates going forward, for example once the 5-year lockup period has passed, so that the iBond can be cashed without penalty. If the forward fixed rate is much better, it would behoove the holder to cash the current bond and get a new one, if the plan calls for holding these for many years.

    14 April
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    Further, this would help correct the “percentage of bonds” making up overall assets, which is currently thrown off by mischaracterizing I-Bonds under “savings”

    14 April
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    I think Treasuries can be modeled as if they were in a normal brokerage account. The major issue with the I-series savings bonds is tax deferral until maturity.

    Friday