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Perhaps figuring out who is receiving tax refunds is the next thing @elonmusk should look into 👀

Tax-preparing companies are getting paid by an Obamacare exchange to enroll people in Obamacare plans, The Daily Caller has learned. At least 79 tax service providers, including offices of major companies like Liberty Tax Service and Jackson Hewitt Tax Service, are listed as certified Obamacare enrollment entities in the state of California, according to state exchange records. California’s Obamacare exchange, Covered California, pays enrollment entities for signing people up for Obamacare. “Certified Enrollment Entities are paid a flat-fee of $58 per successful application and $25 per successful annual renewal,” according to California Health Benefit Advisers. ”The Enrollment Entities compensate the...

Offered the chance to get her income-tax refund in just two days, Mary Carter went for it. The Englewood woman knew she was being charged $160 by H&R Block in tax-preparation fees. But Carter, who wanted to use her $760.05 refund to pay off credit-card bills, didn't realize until later that getting her tax refund right away had cost her about $100 more in fees -- money that was deducted from the refund. Taxpayers here and across the nation appear to be embracing offers from tax preparers like H&R Block and Jackson Hewitt of "tax refunds fast." But critics say...