Rs 9 3579 2

RS 9:3579.2 - Definitions (1) 'Borrower' means an individual who receives the proceeds of a refund anticipation loan. (2) 'Facilitator' means a person who, for compensation from a borrower or any other person, assists the borrower in applying for or obtaining a refund anticipation loan. 'Facilitator' does not include a lender that makes a refund anticipation loan, an affiliate that is a servicer for such a lender, or any person who does not have direct contact with a borrower in connection with applying for or obtaining a refund anticipation loan. For the purposes of this Chapter, a 'facilitator' shall also mean the individual or entity that signs the tax return on which the refund anticipation loan is based. (3) 'Lender' means a person who extends credit to a borrower in the form of a refund anticipation loan. (4) 'Refund anticipation loan' means a loan obtained by a taxpayer based on the taxpayer's anticipated federal income tax refund. (5) 'Refund anticipation loan fee' means a fee imposed or other consideration required by the facilitator or the lender for a refund anticipation loan.

xpayer's anticipated federal income tax refund. (5) 'Refund anticipation loan fee' means a fee imposed or other consideration required by the facilitator or the lender for a refund anticipation loan. The term does not include a fee usually imposed or other consideration usually required by the facilitator in the ordinary course of business for services not related to the making of loans, including a fee imposed for tax return preparation or for the electronic filing of a tax return. Acts 2010, No. 975, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.