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New from the IRS! Use Your Tax Refund to Buy Savings Bonds

Here’s something cool I learned at Mapgirl’s Fiscal Challenge. Apparently you can now use your tax refund to automatically buy I-series bonds from the U.S. government. As recently as three years ago, I was a huge fan of tax refunds. Despite the arguments against them, I liked getting a tax refund because it was the only way I’d found to save. I’m able to save on my own now, so I no longer aim to get a tax refund every year, but I certainly don’t fault anyone else for doing so. If that’s what you need to save, then… Read the whole article...