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End of the Rapid Rip-Off: The NCLC/CFA 2011 Refund Anticipation Loan Report

The post End of the Rapid Rip-Off: The NCLC/CFA 2011 Refund Anticipation Loan Report appeared first on Consumer Federation of America.

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Consumer Advocates Applaud H&R Block Decision to Forego RALs

Consumer advocates at the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC), Consumer Federation of America (CFA) and Community Reinvestment Association of North Carolina (CRA-NC) cheered the announcement by H&R...

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Consumer Groups Praise FDIC Settlement to Stop RALs

Advocates at the Community Reinvestment Association of North Carolina (CRANC), the Consumer Federation of America (CFA), and the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) applauded the FDIC’s settlement with...

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ONE LAST BITE: FINAL YEAR FOR BANK TAX REFUND ANTICIPATION LOANS

  Contacts: NCLC: Jan Kruse or Chi Chi Wu, 617-542-8010 CFA: Jean Ann Fox, 928-772-0674   ONE LAST BITE: FINAL YEAR FOR BANK TAX REFUND ANTICIPATION LOANS Consumer Advocates Recommend Cheaper...

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2012 CFA/NCLC Refund Anticipation Loan Report: The Party’s Over for Quickie...

The post 2012 CFA/NCLC Refund Anticipation Loan Report: The Party’s Over for Quickie Tax Loans: But Traps Remain for Unwary Taxpayers appeared first on Consumer Federation of America.

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New CFA/NCLC Report Documents Twilight of RALs as Big Business

BOSTON, Mass. (February 29, 2012) ─As tax season shifts in to full swing, the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) and Consumer Federation of America (CFA) have issued their annual report on the refund...

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2012 CFA/NCLC Refund Anticipation Loan Report

    THE PARTY’S OVER FOR QUICKIE TAX LOANS: BUT TRAPS REMAIN FOR UNWARY TAXPAYERS The NCLC/CFA 2012 Refund Anticipation Loan Report Chi Chi Wu, National Consumer Law Center Contributing author: Jean...

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Something Old, Something New In Tax-Time Financial Products: Refund...

The post Something Old, Something New In Tax-Time Financial Products: Refund Anticipation Checks and the Next Wave of Quickie Tax Loans appeared first on Consumer Federation of America.

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New Report Documents Evolving Tax-Time Financial Products Market

Download the full report: http://www.nclc.org/images/pdf/high_cost_small_loans/ral/ral-report-2013.pdf BOSTON ─ As tax season shifts in to full swing, the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) and...

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Consumers at Risk from Tax-Time Financial Products and Unregulated Preparers

The tax-time financial products market is evolving after the departure of bank RALs. Tens of millions of taxpayers continue to be sold RACs, which can be subject to significant add-on fees and may...

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Tax-Time Consumer Troubles

Preparer Fraud, High Fees, and Tax-Time Financial Products Plague Consumers Boston (February 28, 2014) – As the tax season goes into full swing, advocates from the National Consumer Law Center and...

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Consumer and Community Groups Seek State Solutions for Tax-Preparer Mistakes...

WASHINGTON D.C. (January 29, 2015)—As millions of consumers turn to paid tax preparers to help complete what, for many taxpayers, is their largest financial transaction of the year, a coalition of...

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Protecting Consumers at Tax Time: Federal and State Efforts to Address Common...

A report, released today entitled Protecting Consumers at Tax Time: Federal and State Efforts to Address Common Problems Associated with Paid Tax Preparation, details the challenge consumers face when...

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Tax Prep Services: Buyer Beware

                    Consumer Advocates Warn of Risks from Incompetent and Unscrupulous Tax Preparers Download the full report: http://bit.ly/17YkUHK   (BOSTON, March 9, 2015 ) As the tax season goes...

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“Mystery Shopper” Tests Show Problem with over 90 Percent of Tax Returns...

  Tests latest in a series showing a need for better regulation of paid preparers WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 15, 2015)—As the deadline for filing 2014 taxes looms, and consumers turn to paid tax...

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Public Views on Paid Tax Preparation

To improve the oversight and competency of paid tax preparers, California, Maryland, New York, and Oregon have enacted state level consumer protections. In addition to the four states that have enacted...

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New National Poll Indicates Strong Support for Reform of Paid Tax Preparer...

Washington, D.C. – As millions of taxpayers turn to paid tax preparers to help complete what, for many, is their largest financial transaction of the year, a coalition of consumer and community...

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On the Radio: Michael Best Discusses New National Poll Showing Strong Public...

Michael Best, Senior Policy Advocate at the Consumer Federation of America, discusses CFA’s recent national poll results where 4 out of 5 respondents believe paid tax preparers should have to pass a...

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A Minefield of Risks for Taxpayers

Boston, MA – With all the W-2s sent and tax season in high gear, advocates from the National Consumer Law Center and Consumer Federation of America issued their annual advisory warning of the risks and...

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CFA Urges FDIC’s Continued Supervision of Banks Offering Refund Anticipation...

In a statement before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services, CFA and the National Consumer Law Center (on behalf of its...

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