Finally Regulating Tax Preparers

Octatel This may be a case of doing the right thing for the wrong reason, but under any circumstance, it is good news for the the 60% of American taxpayers who pay money to tax preparers for help with their returns:  the IRS finally announced that they are going to require certification and registration [...]

January 5th, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: ACORN, Citizen Wealth, Financial Justice | One comment

Santa Barbara Finally Pulls Up Short

Quepos            It was an extra present under the palm tree to read in the pre-dawn that Santa Barbara Bank & Trust was being pulled out of the business of factoring RALs, predatory refund anticipation loan for Jackson & Hewitt and other companies in the viciously competitive tax services market for lower  income and working families.  [...]

December 26th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Citizen Wealth, Financial Justice | 2 comments
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