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receiving my tax refund?

my uncle filed for me as usual, but this year I it's required I open a savings or checking account. I know certain banks will put money in for you if you sign papers I can't afford to sign. But I can't afford the 50 dollars to open an account at my local bank. And my bank is fine, all the tellers know me and my uncle is the manager (community bank). The last time I opened an account was to get a gym membership.

My question is, when I was on unemployment from the company I am actively working at now (the same company 5 years...) I had to get a debit card to collect unemployment. All states are different, I think. I live in Minnesota. Do you think I could use my debit card to receive my tax money?

Update:

whoops. My point on the gym membership. I opened the account....took an hour.......and within 2 days I closed it because I had no food and was broke!

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  • 8 years ago
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    All states of course are different, but I don't think the Visa that you have for unemployment works like a bank account. At least that's the way it is here in my state, a one-way transaction. I don't believe you can deposit funds into your unemployment account. You can always call your state unemployment, states make their own rules about unemployment.

    There are prepaid cards like Emerald you can check into if you don't have a bank account. You can also look into Paypal, or other online banking systems.

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