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TITLE	SOURCE	DATE
Rapid Rip-Offs: Tax Refund Anticipation Lending in New York City	Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project (NEDAP)	03/01/06
Another Year of Losses: High-Priced Refund Anticipation Loans Continue to Take a Chunk Out of Americans' Tax Refunds	Consumer Federation of America, National Consumer Law Center (NCLC)	01/01/06
Step in the Right Direction: Recent Declines in Refund Loan Usage Among Low-Income Taxpayers	Brookings Institution	04/01/05
Picking Taxpayers' Pockets, Draining Tax Relief Dollars: Refund Anticipation Loans Still Slicing Into Low-Income Americans' Hard-Earned Tax Refunds	Consumer Federation of America, National Consumer Law Center (NCLC)	01/31/05
Increasing Incomes and Reducing the Rapid Refund Rip-Off	ACORN	09/01/04
Refund Anticipation Loans Continue to Sap the Hard-Earned Tax Dollars of Low-Income Americans	Consumer Federation of America, National Consumer Law Center (NCLC)	01/01/04
The High Cost of Quick Tax Money: Tax Preparation, Instant Refund Loans, and Check Cashing Fees Target the Working Poor	Consumer Federation of America, National Consumer Law Center (NCLC)	01/01/03
The Price of Paying Taxes: How Tax Preparation and Refund Loan Fees Erode the Benefits of the EITC	Brookings Institution	05/01/02