Refund Anticipation Loan

A refund anticipation loan (RAL) is a short-term consumer loan secured by a taxpayer’s expected tax refund, and designed to offer customers quicker access to funds than waiting for their tax refund. A somewhat similar process in Canada is termed tax rebate discounting.

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