What do you think of refund-anticipation loans?
I don’t like them. These loans quickly provide money equal to your tax refund, but they generally charge high interest rates and fees. A study by the Consumer Federation of America and the National Consumer Law Center found that taxpayers paid about $800 million in loan fees and other fees for refund-anticipation loans in 2008.
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