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Show HN: Earn 9.62% on US Treasury I Bonds on Yotta

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Re: Show HN: Earn 9.62% on US Treasury I Bonds on Yotta

#22
post #16

The virtual keyboard on the Treasury Direct login page is terrible, especially for those of us who use a password manager. I use the following bookmarklet that "types" each letter via the exposed JavaScript function on the page itself. javascript:prompt('treasurydirect.gov password please').split('').forEach(PasswordVK) easy-peasy

Does any other website in the world use a virtual keyboard like that? I don't really understand why they do it. To prevent keystroke tracking I guess? It's bizarre.

I always just paste my password into the field. That's always worked for me. Safari/macOS.

Re: Show HN: Earn 9.62% on US Treasury I Bonds on Yotta

#24
post #21

There's a $10k annual limit per individual, LLC, or trust. (Plus a bit more as paper I bonds in your income tax refund.) Can you partner with Stripe Atlas to help me spin up a trust or business entity and buy another $10k? I'll pay you a 5% commission.

Not a bad idea...

Re: Show HN: Earn 9.62% on US Treasury I Bonds on Yotta

#25
I'm curious about how the legalities of this work.

If you create a TreasuryDirect account using my SSN, do you then require a durable power of attorney to manage it on my behalf, as laid out in 31 CFR § 363.33? Or are you simply logging in using "my" credentials and performing actions as if you were me? If the latter, are you at all worried about the Treasury Department cracking down on this?

Re: Show HN: Earn 9.62% on US Treasury I Bonds on Yotta

#30
post #2

Also, individuals can only buy $10,000 of I bonds per year, plus your tax return up to another $10,000.

https://www.treasurydirect.gov/savings-bonds/i-bonds/

>Is there a maximum amount I can buy?

> In a calendar year, one Social Security Number or one Employer Identification Number may buy:

> * up to $10,000 in electronic I bonds, and

> * up to $5,000 in paper I bonds (with your tax refund)

> For individual accounts, the limits apply to the Social Security Number of the first-named in the registration.

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