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January 27, 2013 11:38PM
without naming any of the clients, can anyone tell me a couple of MSCs that offer tax return shops. i've seen them in the past, but i always preferred to do my taxes myself. however, it looks like i'll be owing money this year, so i figure i might as well get paid a shop fee + reimbursement for filing winking smiley
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January 27, 2013 11:46PM
Snuffy, I used to see them at Market Force but not this year in my area. Maybe they have them where you are. The ones I saw required you to be getting a big refund so you could get an advance loan.

Mary Davis Nowell. Based close to Fort Worth. Shopping Interstate 20 east and west, Interstate 35 north and south.
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January 28, 2013 03:22AM
The only ones I have seen require a refund.
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January 28, 2013 02:52PM
Me too, only ones I've seen require a refund.
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January 28, 2013 06:51PM
hmmm...bummer
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January 28, 2013 06:58PM
The one I did required at least a $300 refund. But if that's all you were getting, you probably would have to front the preparation fees. I'm having my prep fees deducted from my refund, but my prep fees were over $700 so if I didn't have a $940 refund due I would have had to cover that and wait to be reimbursed.

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January 29, 2013 06:40AM
The ones I saw required a $400 refund and you must have a W-2 also.
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January 29, 2013 04:07PM
There are at least two different companies doing them and probably have different requirements.

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January 29, 2013 11:25PM
I came to ask the same re Taxes shops...seems like no MSC is doing them as in the past 3 years or so..
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January 30, 2013 05:44AM
They might be delaying until the mess with the IRS system is straightened out. It's still not possible to efile yet and some returns won't be fileable for four to six weeks.

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January 30, 2013 03:24PM
Just and FYI for people. I e-filed my taxes yesterday, 01/29/2013, and received an notification this morning that the IRS has accepted my return. My tax return was not shop related, but I thought I would let others know that the IRS is officially accepting tax returns at this point.
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