User Guide Sections 181 Through 190 — TreasuryDirect (2024)

Page Title: BuyDirect_® for Treasury Bills

What you can do on this page:

This BuyDirect page lets you purchase Treasury Bills for your account. You may buy $10 million of each security type/term in a single auction. The purchase form is divided into four sections.

Section #1: Registration Information

- Select a registration from your registration list using the drop-down box. Your preferred registration appears first, then the remaining registrations appear in alphabetical order within each registration type. You can also add a new registration at this time without interrupting your purchase.

Section #2: Purchase Information

- Select your purchase from the listing of planned auctions, enter a purchase amount in increments of $100, and choose the source of funds (a bank or Zero-Percent C of I) you wish to use to pay for this purchase.

Section #3: Schedule Reinvestment

- You can choose to schedule reinvestment of the security and designate how many times you wish to reinvest. The page displays the maximum number of times each term may be reinvested.

If you use your bank to make the original purchase, your primary bank will be debited to satisfy any payment due on reinvestment or credited for any refund. If you use C of I for the purchase, your C of I will be debited or credited. See Learn more about Reinvesting Maturing Proceeds .

Section #4: Payment Destination - Select the payment destination for your last maturity payment. You may choose a bank or Zero-Percent C of I from the drop-down box.

You can also View recent auction results, Learn More about C of I , and Learn more about Purchase Limitations .

HELPFUL HINT

A review page and a confirmation page will display for this purchase.

Primary Actions

• Click "Submit" to review your purchase.
• Click "Cancel" to discontinue this purchase request.

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Page Title: BuyDirect_® for Treasury Bills

What you can do on this page:

This BuyDirect page lets you purchase Treasury Bills for your account. You may buy $10 million of each security type/term in a single auction. The purchase form is divided into four sections.

Section #1: Entity Registration Information

- All securities in an entity account carry a registration identical to the entity account name.

Section #2: Purchase Information

- Select your purchase from the listing of planned auctions, enter a purchase amount in increments of $100, and choose the source of funds (a bank or Zero-Percent C of I) you wish to use to pay for this purchase.

Section #3: Schedule Reinvestment

- You can choose to schedule reinvestment of the security and designate how many times you wish to reinvest. The page displays the maximum number of times each term may be reinvested.

If you use your bank to make the original purchase, your primary bank will be debited to satisfy any payment due on reinvestment or credited for any refund. If you use C of I for the purchase, your C of I will be debited or credited. See Learn more about Reinvesting Maturing Proceeds .

Section #4: Payment Destination - Select the payment destination for your last maturity payment. You may choose a bank or Zero-Percent C of I from the drop-down box.

You can also View recent auction results, Learn More about C of I , and Learn more about Purchase Limitations .

HELPFUL HINT

A review page and a confirmation page will display for this purchase.

Primary Actions

• Click "Submit" to review your purchase.
• Click "Cancel" to discontinue this purchase request.

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Page Title: BuyDirect_® for Marketables > Confirmation

What you can do on this page:

Your purchase request for a Treasury Marketable Security is complete. If you wish to view your pending purchase, just click the View/Delete a pending purchase/reinvestment text link on the page.

To delete a pending purchase or check auction information for a specific security (for discount, premium, or accrued interest information), you can access the View/Delete a pending purchase/reinvestment text link by selecting the ManageDirect_® tab. Auction information is updated and available after 2 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

Your selected Maturity and Interest Payment Destination(s) (if applicable) are displayed. You can edit the payment destination, as well as the number of reinvestments, from your Current Holdings > Summary after the security is issued.

Once the security has been auctioned and issued, you may view a complete list of your securities and Zero-Percent C of I in Current Holdings.

HELPFUL HINT

• You will be given a confirmation number for each security purchase request. The first character will be "I" for Security Issue. Each confirmation number will be sequentially designated and never repeated for each account number. Increments build from letters AAAA to numbers 9999 for each confirmation number.

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Page Title: ManageDirect_® > Edit Payment Destination

What you can do on this page:

To edit the destination of the interest and/or maturity payment(s), all you need to do is make a selection from the available banks listed in the drop-down boxes.

HELPFUL HINTS

If you have granted Transact rights to the second-named registrant for a security, he/she has the ability to edit the payment destination(s).

(Note: Transact rights are not available in entity accounts.)

Primary Actions

• Click "Submit" to return to the previous page and view any updates.
• Click "Cancel" to go back to the previous page.

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Page Title: BuyDirect_® for Zero-Percent C of I > Purchase Review

What you can do on this page:

Review your purchase information before submitting a request by double-checking the purchase details. You can select the "Edit" button to return to BuyDirect for Zero-Percent C of I to make changes. If you've chosen to withdraw funds from your bank to fund your Zero-Percent C of I, the transaction details display your original registration.

By clicking "Submit" you agree to the following:

1. I certify that I am authorized to perform transactions for this account.
2. I authorize the the Bureau of the Fiscal Service (formerly Bureau of the Public Debt), to debit the account at the financial institution shown above.
3. I certify that all other information on this form is true, correct, and complete.
4. I certify that I am authorized to perform transactions for the account at the financial institution listed above.
5. I understand that when I purchase a Zero-Percent C of I, it will not earn interest. I acknowledge that it is only to be used to fund the purchase of other eligible securities.

HELPFUL HINTS

The Zero-Percent C of I does not earn interest and is intended to be used as a source of funds for security purchases.

Primary Actions

• Click "Submit" to complete the purchase and go to the Confirmation page.
• Click "Edit" to make changes on the BuyDirect for Zero-Percent C of I page.
• Click "Cancel" to discontinue the purchase process and go to your previous page.

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Page Title: BuyDirect_® for Savings Bonds > Purchase Review Using Zero-Percent C of I

What you can do on this page:

Review your purchase information using Zero-Percent C of I before submitting a request. You can select the "Edit" button to return to BuyDirect to make any changes.

Your purchases are generally posted to your TreasuryDirect account within one business day of the purchase date.

By clicking "Submit" you agree to the following:

1. I certify that I am authorized to perform transactions for this account.
2. I authorize the Bureau of the Public Debt to use my Zero-Percent C of I funds to purchase the security(ies) as shown above.
3. I certify that all other information on this form is true, correct, and complete.

HELPFUL HINT

You won't receive paper bonds. All bonds are held electronically in your TreasuryDirect account.

Primary Actions

• Click "Submit" to complete the purchase and go to the Confirmation page.
• Click "Edit" to make changes on the BuyDirect page.
• Click "Cancel" to discontinue the purchase process and go to your previous page.

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Page Title: Current Holdings for Marketables > Summary

What you can do on this page:

You can view your current holdings (and any applicable status) for the Treasury marketable security type selected. Securities display the status of Pending Transfers if you have requested an External Transfer. If you have requested the partial transfer of a security, the status of the remaining portion of the security will be changed to Pending Action until the transaction has been completed. Pending Maturity status indicates that the security will mature within four business days. The Pending Interest Payment status indicates a payment is due to be sent within four business days. Pending Reinvestment indicates the security is maturing and the proceeds will be used to purchase a new security of the same type and term.

Pending Maturity and Pending Interest Payments are subject to a mandatory four-day Closed Book Period. During this time, no edits to the registration or payment destination(s) (as well as transfers) are permitted. No edits are permitted to a Pending Reinvestment once the maturing security enters its Closed Book Period (four business days prior to the maturity date) or the auction results for the succeeding security are announced, whichever is earlier. For more information, see Learn more about Transaction Restrictions .

If a security is not in a pending status, the number of remaining reinvestments for a security will display in the status column.

Primary Actions

• Select a radio button for a security and click "Submit" to view the detailed information for that security.
• Click "Cancel" to go back to Current Holdings.

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Page Title: Current Holdings for Marketables > Detail

What you can do on this page:

You can view and edit specifics about a Treasury marketable security in your Current Holdings. From this page, you can choose to edit the security registration or payment destination, schedule or edit reinvestments, or view all the security history for the individual security listed.

HELPFUL HINTS

Certain restrictions apply if the security you select is in a pending status. An action button will appear only if the security is eligible for a specific action.

If the security you select has a Pending Interest Payment status, the security will be eligible for editing after the interest payment date.

Primary Actions

• Click "Edit Registration" to modify the registration information.
• Click "Edit Payment Destination" to modify the maturity or interest payment.
• Click "Schedule Reinvestments" to go to the Reinvestment Request - Schedule page.
• Click "Edit Reinvestments" to edit the number of reinvestments.
• Click "Return" to go back to Current Holdings for Marketables > Summary.

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Page Title: Current Holdings for Marketables > Detail

What you can do on this page:

You can view and edit specifics about a Treasury marketable security in your Current Holdings. From this page, you can choose to edit the payment destination, schedule or edit reinvestments, or view all the security history for the individual security listed.

HELPFUL HINTS

Certain restrictions apply if the security you select is in a pending status. An action button will appear if the security is eligible for a specific action.

If the security you select has a Pending Interest Payment status, the security will be eligible for editing after the interest payment date.

Primary Actions

• Click "Edit Payment Destination" to modify the maturity or interest payment.
• Click "Schedule Reinvestments" to go to the Reinvestment Request - Schedule page.
• Click "Edit Reinvestments" to edit the number of reinvestments.
• Click "Return" to go back to Current Holdings for Marketables > Summary.

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Page Title: ManageDirect_® > Edit Treasury Marketable Security Registration > Summary

What you can do on this page:

This page provides you with a listing of issued securities for the Treasury marketable security type selected. After selecting up to 50 securities, you may view their details and edit the securities to the same registration.

Primary Actions

• Choose a security or securities from the listing and click "Select" to view details.
• Click "Cancel" to return to ManageDirect > Edit Security Registration.

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