Series EE and I bonds stop earning interest at exactly year 30, with Treasury reporting billions in matured, unredeemed bonds still circulating.
Under IRC Section 454, deferred bond interest becomes taxable the year a bond matures, not when redeemed, triggering surprise tax bills for unknowing heirs.
A matured bond earns nothing while the 10-year Treasury yields 4.79%, meaning every month of delay actively erodes purchasing power.
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If you inherited a shoebox of paper savings bonds from a parent or grandparent, some of them may have quietly stopped paying you years ago. U.S. savings bonds do not earn interest forever. They hit a hard stop called final maturity, and for the Series EE, Series I, and Series HH bonds most families still hold, that stop lands at exactly 30 years from the issue date printed on the face. Treasury's Bureau of the Fiscal Service continues to report billions of dollars in matured, unredeemed savings bonds sitting in circulation. Once a bond reaches year 30, it stops accruing interest and can generate a tax bill you never saw coming.
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Under IRC Section 454, deferred bond interest becomes taxable the year a bond matures, not when redeemed, triggering surprise tax bills for unknowing heirs.
A matured bond earns nothing while the 10-year Treasury yields 4.79%, meaning every month of delay actively erodes purchasing power.
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If you inherited a shoebox of paper savings bonds from a parent or grandparent, some of them may have quietly stopped paying you years ago. U.S. savings bonds do not earn interest forever. They hit a hard stop called final maturity, and for the Series EE, Series I, and Series HH bonds most families still hold, that stop lands at exactly 30 years from the issue date printed on the face. Treasury's Bureau of the Fiscal Service continues to report billions of dollars in matured, unredeemed savings bonds sitting in circulation. Once a bond reaches year 30, it stops accruing interest and can generate a tax bill you never saw coming.
#interest #bond #stop #treasury
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