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Two reasons to plan now: savings bonds, sales tax deduction.

Publication: The National Public Accountant
Publication Date: 01-OCT-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Since the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced that current floating-rate U.S. Savings Bonds are no longer being issued, and that Series EE savings bonds issued on or after May 1, 2005, earn fixed interest rates, clients who invest in EE bonds should understand that the new rate policy increases interest rate risk.

Rates for the new bonds are tied to yields on 10-year treasury notes and are fixed for the entire term of each issue. Contrast this with the current method for setting returns, in which the interest rates for outstanding bonds are tied to five-year treasury notes and adjust every...

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