©2013 d2dfund, inc. savings bond working group call december 19, 2013 toll free: 1-800-704-9804...
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©2013 D2DFund, Inc.
Savings Bond Working Group Call
December 19, 2013
Toll free: 1-800-704-9804
Pass code: 772520#
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Agenda
1. SaveYourRefund: Updates
2. Bond Policy/SAVINGS Act Update
3. Retirement Bonds
4. Wrap Up
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SaveYourRefund Update: new website!
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SaveYourRefund Updates: Friends & Partners
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SaveYourRefund Update: webinar
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Agenda
1. SaveYourRefund: Updates
2. Bond Policy/SAVINGS Act Update
3. Retirement Bonds
4. Wrap Up
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Bond Policy Updates
The Bill: Introduced Oct 30 Protects paper tax-time savings
bonds until 2018 unless there is an alternative which is giftable,serves the unbanked, on the tax form
Lead: Congressman Matt Cartwright (D-PA) 30 cosponsors, bipartisan-supported Referred to W&M Currently: strategic reach out for more cosponsors & potential
Senate companion bill Grassroots Meetings & Support Earned/Media Attention
SAVINGS Act (HR 3385)
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Bond Policy UpdatesHow to Help1.Meet with Your Reps and/or send e-mail endorsements2.Get Your Reps’ Attention!
• NCTC Action Alert:
• Spread the word!
http://action.tax-coalition.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=15800
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Bond Policy Updates
• Current supporting organizations:
Aspen Institute Initiative on Financial Security, Asset Building Program at the New
America Foundation, National Community Tax Coalition, United Way Worldwide,
Nehemiah Gateway, Maryland CASH, Corporation for Enterprise Development, Rural Dynamics, Advent Financial Services, Baltimore CASH, National League of Cities, Clarifi, Women’s Institute for a Secure Retirement, Center for Public Policy Priorities, Michigan Economic Impact Coalition
THANK YOU!
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Agenda
1. SaveYourRefund: Updates
2. Bond Policy/SAVINGS Act Update
3. Retirement Bonds
4. Wrap Up
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Retirements Bonds (or R-bonds)
The R-Bond
• The R-bond is a retail retirement securities product being considered by the Treasury Department
• D2D considering conducting consumer research that could possibly inform the Treasury Department
R-Bonds “would have the tax characteristics of an IRA and be eligible to be rolled over into an IRA once the savings reach a now-unspecified threshold”
“the R-Bonds would be aimed at workers at companies that don’t sponsor retirement programs of any kind, part-time employees not eligible for plans their companies sponsor, and the self-employed or not employed.”
- Mark Iwry, Deputy Assistant Secretary for retirement and health policy at the Treasury Department, speaking at the Women’s Institute for a Secure Retirement annual symposium in Washington, D.C. in October, 2013
©2013 D2DFund, Inc.
Agenda
1. SaveYourRefund: Updates
2. Bond Policy/SAVINGS Act Update
3. Retirement Bonds
4. Wrap Up
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Questions
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Thank you!& Happy Holidays
Next SBWG call:
Thursday March 27, 2013 2pm – 3pm est