Same boat here - I had form 8888 completed with my online return and I looked today and I am receiving 100% of my refund to my bank account.
this is what I see on the IRS website re: refund status
You requested that part or all of your refund be used for a US Savings Bond(s) purchase. However, we could not honor your request for the savings bond purchase due to one or more of the following reasons:
- The bond amount you claimed was not in a multiple of $50 or it exceeded $5,000.
- You owed a past due obligation to which we applied part or all of your refund.
The bond amount was an even amount (divisible by $50.00 yet under $5k) to be used for a bond purchase with my refund. I am a little frustrated as to why my refund processed so easily in Turbotax and nothing was raised where the bond purchase would not materialize. Wonder how many others have this same problem and if it is a turbotax issue or an issue where treasury direct has been so busy the past few weeks they ran out of capacity to process these requests. Either way it stinks.
