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Show TREASURY RENEWS TAXPAYERS SAVINGS OPTIONS Tax Refund Gould Be A Nest-Ego Federal income taxpayers have been reminded by Mrs. Hope J. Truman, Savings Bond Chairman, for Garfield County, that the Treasury Is again offering them the option of taking refunds In U.S. Savings Bonds. The savings option, first Introduced last year, is in addition to the two standard in cash or applying them to options of taking tax refunds the next year's tax. "By electing to take his refund in Series E Bonds", Mrs. Truman bsld, "the taxpayer holds onto hi? money conveniently, through a secure, risk-free investment which pays in terest at a guaranteed rate. He avoids seeing his; money absorbed by day-to-day expenses. And, of course, every citizen should realize that every dollar he Invests in U.S. Savings Bonds makes our economy stronger and our whole nation more secure." Taxpayers taking their 1962 refunds in Savings Bonds swelled the 1963 Bond sales by $19.2 million and raised the number "of bond issued by 237,455. This year, Mrs. Truman said, the Treasury hopes .the plan will further increase the sale of Savings Bonds, and encourage more citizens to de- i i. velop regular savings habits. "Nothing could be more convenient than getting your Savings Bonds through the tax refund plan", Mrs. Truman points out. "All it takes is a check mark in the Savings Bonds block on either tax form 1040 (long) or 1040A (short). The tax instructions give all the information you'll need. But the Important thing is to make up your mind now that this year you won't let your tax refund slip through' your fingers. If you put it in Savings Bonds you'll not only hold onto ittbut you ,yiU see grow," v. 1 1 |