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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.1

                              AMENDED AND RESTATED
                            REFUND ANTICIPATION LOAN
                              OPERATIONS AGREEMENT

      THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED REFUND ANTICIPATION LOAN OPERATIONS AGREEMENT
dated as of January 6, 2003 (this "Agreement"), is made by and among H & R Block
Services, Inc., a Missouri corporation ("Block Services"), on behalf of itself
and in regard to its subsidiaries, H & R Block Tax Services, Inc., a Missouri
corporation ("Block Tax Services"), HRB Royalty, Inc., a Delaware corporation
("Royalty," and together with Block Services and Block Tax Services, the "Block
Companies"), Household Tax Masters Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Tax Masters"),
for itself or in its capacity as servicer for the RAL Originator (as such term
is defined herein) where appropriate under the circumstances, and Beneficial
Franchise Company Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Beneficial Franchise," and
together with Tax Masters, the "Household Companies"), and solely for purposes
of Sections 8.5 and 8.20 herein, Household Bank, f.s.b. ("HB").

                                    RECITALS

      A. Block Services is in the income tax preparation business through
various offices owned by Block Services or its Affiliates and participating
franchisees throughout the United States.

      B. Royalty is the owner of certain service marks and trademarks involving
Block Companies.

      C. In connection with the electronic processing of tax returns, Tax
Masters facilitates Refund Anticipation Loans ("RALs") that to date have been
made by HB or its predecessor and Refund Anticipation Checks ("RACs") that to
date have been issued by HB or its predecessor.

      D. Beneficial Franchise is the owner of the entire right, title and
interest in and to United States Letters Patent No. 4,890,228 issued on December
26, 1989 and entitled: ELECTRONIC INCOME TAX REFUND EARLY PAYMENT SYSTEM,
together with all claims for damage by reason of past infringement by anyone of
said Letters Patent, by virtue of an assignment recorded in the U.S. Patent and
Trademark office on April 3, 1991 on Reel 5630, Frame 34.

      E. Beneficial Franchise is the owner of the entire right, title and
interest in and to United States Letters Patent No. 5,193,057 issued on March 9,
1993 and entitled: ELECTRONIC INCOME TAX REFUND EARLY PAYMENT SYSTEM, together
with all claims for damage by reason of past infringement by anyone of said
Letters Patent, by virtue of an assignment recorded in the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office on April 3, 1991 on Reel 5630, Frame 34.

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      F. Block Services, Royalty, HB, Tax Masters and Beneficial Franchise
entered into that certain Refund Anticipation Loan Operations Agreement,
effective July 19, 1996 (the "Original RAL Operations Agreement"), as amended by
the First Amendment to the Refund Anticipation Loan Operations Agreement, dated
as of January 1, 2000 (the "First Operations Amendment"), the Second Amendment
to the Refund Anticipation Loan Operations Agreement, dated as of January 1,
2001 (the "Second Operations Amendment"), and the Third Amendment to the Refund
Anticipation Loan Operations Agreement, effective as of November 1, 2001 (the
"Third Operations Amendment," and together with the Original RAL Operations
Agreement, the First Operations Amendment, and the Second Operations Amendment,
the "RAL Operations Agreement").

      G. HB has ceased its operations, and in connection therewith, Tax Masters
has engaged Imperial Capital Bank ("ICB") to perform the origination function
for RALs and issuing function for RACs.

      H. Tax Masters and ICB have entered into a Sale and Servicing Agreement
for RALs and RACs, dated as of October 30, 2002, by and between Tax Masters and
ICB, which agreement such parties have amended to reflect the terms set forth in
an Amended and Restated Sale and Servicing Agreement for RALs and RACs (as so
amended and restated, the "Sale and Servicing Agreement"), which Sale and
Servicing Agreement has been delivered to Block Services as representing the
basic agreement between Tax Masters and ICB regarding the RAL Program pursuant
to which Tax Masters will be servicing the loans originated by ICB under the RAL
Program.

      I. Block Companies and Household Companies have entered into a letter
agreement, dated November 5, 2002 (the "Expense Reimbursement Letter"),
regarding reimbursement of Block Companies' expenses in connection with
Household Companies' replacement of the RAL Originator.

      J. Block Companies and Household Companies have entered into a letter
agreement, dated November 11, 2002 (the "Letter Agreement"), pursuant to which
Block Companies have consented to the substitution ("Substitution") of ICB for
HB as the RAL Originator under the RAL Operations Agreement subject to certain
conditions, including the condition that Block Companies and Household Companies
use their best efforts to reach agreement no later than January 20, 2003 as to
those changes to the RAL Operations Agreement and related agreements required to
effectuate the Substitution and those changes to such agreements that are
directly related to, and reasonably required to fairly take account of, the
Substitution.

      K. The parties desire to amend and restate the RAL Operations Agreement to
reflect the termination of HB as a party to this Agreement in connection with
the termination of HB as originator of RALs and issuer of RACs, to confirm the
designation of ICB as the RAL Originator and RAC issuer for 2003 and to
implement certain changes to the RAL Operations Agreement hereinafter set forth.

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                                    AGREEMENT

      NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and of the
agreements of the parties hereto and other good and valuable consideration, the
sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, Block Companies,
Household Companies and, solely for purposes of Sections 8.5 and 8.20 herein, HB
hereby covenant and agree that the RAL Operations Agreement is hereby amended
and restated in its entirety with respect to RALs made and RACs issued and other
acts and events that occur from and after the effective date hereof by deleting
the provisions of Sections 1.1 through 7.20 as the same now appear and by
substituting therefor the following Sections 1.1 through 8.21:

1.    RIGHTS, DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS OF BLOCK SERVICES.

      1.1 Preparation and Filing of Returns. Block Services shall prepare and
file Federal, state and local income tax returns (collectively, the "Returns")
for RAL Customers and shall be solely responsible for any liability to the
Taxpayer, the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") and other taxing authorities
arising out of its preparation and filing of such Returns. For purposes of this
Agreement, in connection with any RACs based on income tax refunds from state
taxing authorities, Block Services shall complete any processing and necessary
forms to enable the Electronic Filing of such state Returns, where available.

      1.2 Marketing of RALs and RACs. Block Services agrees in connection with
the operation of the RAL Program: (a) to market RALs and RACs to potential RAL
Customers, including conducting marketing research, coordinating its RAL and RAC
products with the needs of its customers and preparing and disseminating
marketing and promotional materials; (b) to conduct such advertising; (c) to
prepare such forms and other written materials; (d) to equip its company-owned
offices with such computer equipment; (e) to develop or acquire such software;
(f) to hire and train such personnel; and (g) to incur such expenses in
connection with such marketing efforts; in each case as reasonably necessary in
order to market, advertise and disseminate information with respect to the
making of RALs and issuance of RACs to RAL Customers.

      1.3 RAL Customers. With respect to RAL Customers, Block Services shall
obtain certifications from each RAL Customer pursuant to Section 1.4 below. With
respect to RAL Customers, Block Services shall also follow all qualifying
procedures for RALs as set forth in Schedule 1.3 attached hereto ("Qualifying
Procedures") that are being delivered by Tax Masters to Block Services in Tax
Masters' capacity as servicer for the RAL Originator after consultation with the
RAL Originator. The Initial Credit Criteria and Final Credit Criteria for any
year during the term hereof will be delivered to Block Services by Tax Masters
in Tax Masters' capacity as servicer for the RAL Originator after consultation
with the RAL Originator pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 6.2
below.

      1.4 RAL and RAC Application and Certification Process. Block Services
shall obtain information from each Applicant to complete an application for a
RAL or an application for a RAC (each such application being hereinafter
referred to, interchangeably, as "RAL Application") in a form developed by the
RAL Originator and printed by Block Services, which RAL Application shall
request from the Applicant certain information specified by Tax Masters

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as servicer for the RAL Originator after consultation with the RAL Originator.
In addition, the RAL Application shall contain an authorization signed by the
Applicant to use the Applicant's Return information for the loan application
process in accordance with Section 301.7216-3(b) of the U.S. Treasury Department
Regulations and shall also include such additional lawful consents, if any, as
shall allow Tax Masters, or any Affiliate thereof, to make collections on any
delinquent RAL as servicer for the RAL Originator and for Tax Masters and its
Affiliates to solicit any RAL Customers for present and future loans and related
products including, without limitation, deposit, insurance and mortgage loan
products, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 7.2 herein. Consents
for, and materials used in, the solicitation activities described in the
immediately preceding sentence shall not mention the RAL Program, any names,
logotypes or marketing slogans related to the RAL Program or any names,
logotypes or marketing slogans of Block Services, its subsidiaries or affiliates
without the prior written consent of Block Services. If an Applicant is in the
military, a photo identification containing a service identification number may
also be supplied and shall satisfy all requirements for acceptable forms of
identification for such individual. The RAL Application shall also contain,
among other certifications as Tax Masters, as servicer for the RAL Originator
after consultation with the RAL Originator, shall reasonably require, a
certification signed by the Applicant that he or she: (a) has not previously
filed any Return for the applicable Tax Year, does not have any previous tax
liabilities, delinquent student loans, or any other delinquent federally
guaranteed or sponsored loans, or delinquent child support payments; (b) has not
filed a petition (whether voluntary or involuntary) under any federal or state
bankruptcy or insolvency laws; and (c) has not filed any power of attorney with
the IRS or any state taxing authority and has no power of attorney presently in
effect to direct any tax refund to any third party.

      1.5 Completion of IRS Form No. 8453. Block Services shall be responsible
for the completion of IRS Form 8453, which shall indicate the applicable check
routing number designated by the RAL Originator and applicable RAL Originator's
client account number consisting of an eight digit prefix followed by the
primary social security number of the RAL Customer and the name of the RAL
Originator as the financial institution. This form shall be signed by Block
Services as Electronic Return Originator (as defined by the IRS) and by the RAL
Customer and shall indicate that the account is a "checking" account and that
the source is "other". Block Services shall cause the same aforesaid information
to be contained in the appropriate data fields as part of the electronically
filed Return.

      1.6 Customer Copies. Block Services shall ensure that the RAL Customer
receives a copy of the signed RAL Application, IRS Form 8453, together with any
agreements and other disclosures or documents which Tax Masters as servicer for
the RAL Originator may reasonably require. If the IRS Form 8453 needs to be
revised, Block Services need not obtain another RAL Application from the
Applicant.

      1.7 Handling Documents. A copy of the signed RAL Application, the loan
agreement completed by the RAL Customer and the loan disclosure statement
provided to the RAL Customer shall be stored in each Applicant's client file
maintained by Block Services. Further, Block Services shall retain the ability
to regenerate a copy of the document notifying an Applicant of the reason the
RAL Application was not approved, if applicable, containing also the specific
reason marked on the document. Upon Tax Masters' written request, Block Services
shall exercise its best efforts to forward such documents to Tax Masters. Those
documents shall

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be sent to Tax Masters in accordance with the notice provisions contained in
this Agreement unless Tax Masters notifies Block Services otherwise in writing.
Block Services may dispose of such documents following the expiration of
forty-eight (48) months after the preparation or receipt of same.

      1.8 Completion of RAL and RAC Disbursement Checks. Block Services shall
have the care and custody of consecutively numbered RAL Originator disbursement
checks upon which Block Services, at the direction of Tax Masters as servicer
for the RAL Originator, may affix a RAL Originator facsimile signature by way of
an imprint of the authorized RAL Originator signatory and which Block Services
shall keep secure and safeguard from any loss or misuse. Block Services shall
deliver such checks to RAL Customers only in accordance with this Agreement.
Such RAL and RAC checks shall be payable only at the RAL Originator. Block
Services shall be responsible for loss, alteration or misuse of such checks to
the extent set forth in Section 1.12 below.

      1.9 Additional Communication Equipment and Lines. An entity appointed by
Block Services shall order such communication lines between Columbus, Ohio (or
other applicable location), and the Chicago, Illinois metropolitan area, as are
determined by such entity to be necessary to support Block Services' projection
of its maximum daily RAL and RAC volume, as well as full RAL Application
follow-up information, within any one sixteen (16) hour day, using such protocol
and process as is mutually agreed upon by Tax Masters as servicer for the RAL
Originator and such entity. Such communication lines shall continue in place
until such time as the parties hereto shall mutually agree to discontinue the
same. If the parties mutually agree to discontinue the aforementioned
communication lines at the conclusion of any Tax Period, then the parties agree
for each subsequent Tax Period to order and install substantially similar
communication lines during the same time periods heretofore mentioned. The cost
of such communication lines shall not be borne by Block Services and Tax Masters
shall ensure such costs are paid by the appropriate party. Block Services shall
be responsible for, and shall bear the cost of, modems required for such
communication lines in Columbus, Ohio (or other applicable location). Tax
Masters shall be responsible for, and shall bear the cost of, modems required
for such communication lines in the Chicago, Illinois metropolitan area.

      1.10 Processing RAL and RAC Requests. Block Services and Tax Masters shall
in good faith cooperate regarding the contents of Block Services' Electronic
Filing Software and Tax Masters' software in an effort to assure prompt and
efficient transmission of data between Block Services, Tax Masters and RAL
Originator. Block Services shall extract all RAL and RAC data from its IRS
transmission file each time a Return is sent to the IRS in accordance with the
Electronic Data Processing Guidelines established by the parties. The Electronic
Data Processing Guidelines may be revised upon mutual agreement of the parties
from time to time to accommodate any changes to Electronic Data Processing
Systems or software no later than July 15th of each year during the term of this
Agreement. With respect to a RAL Application which has been designated on behalf
of the RAL Originator by Tax Masters' software program as an Instant RAL
Application, Block Services shall first forward such RAL Application to Tax
Masters, after which Block Services shall electronically transmit the Return, or
cause it to be transmitted, to the IRS and then receive positive or negative
acknowledgment of the Return's acceptance from the IRS for Electronic Filing,
which acknowledgment shall also include, if available, the IRS explanation of
the reason the Return was rejected, as described in Chapter 3 of

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the IRS e-file Handbook for Authorized IRS e-file Providers of Individual Income
Tax Returns (Publication 1345, including Rev. Proc. 2000-31), as the same may be
amended from time to time ("Notification"). With respect to a RAL Application
which has not been designated on behalf of the RAL Originator by Tax Masters'
software program as an Instant RAL Application, Block Services shall not forward
such RAL Application to Tax Masters without having electronically transmitted
the Return, or causing it to be transmitted, to the IRS and without having
received positive acknowledgement of the Return's acceptance from the IRS for
Electronic Filing, which acknowledgment shall also include, if available to the
RAL Originator, the Notification. In the event it becomes infeasible to process
RAL Applications in the manner specified above in this Section 1.10 due to
circumstances or events beyond the control of the parties hereto, then the
parties shall endeavor in good faith to take all reasonable actions necessary to
promptly modify the RAL Program in a manner resolving the problems caused by
such unfeasibility to process RAL Applications. These modifications may include
without limitation, the Final RAL and RAC Fees, the Final Credit Criteria and a
reasonable fee to compensate Tax Masters as servicer for the RAL Originator for
any additional increase in the cost of funds resulting from a modification of
the aforesaid procedures; provided, however, that in all events the parties
shall retain their rights to terminate the Agreement in accordance with the
procedures hereinafter set forth. Block Services shall be responsible for
accurately transmitting to Tax Masters on behalf of Block Offices which use
Block Services to transmit such RAL Applications to Tax Masters as servicer for
the RAL Originator all material information contained in the RAL Application
including without limitation social security numbers ("Information"), as
received from the RAL Customer or the Corporate Franchise. Block Services shall
notify all Block Offices of the importance of accurate transmission of such
Information and shall consult with Tax Masters as servicer for the RAL
Originator to develop a system for eliminating, to the extent practicable,
errors in such transmission by such Block Offices. Tax Masters shall be
responsible for forwarding to the RAL Originator such Information received from
Block Services by Tax Masters pursuant to this Section 1.10 as requested by the
RAL Originator. Block Services shall pay Tax Masters as servicer for the RAL
Originator the amount of any RAL which is not collected by Tax Masters as
servicer for the RAL Originator to the extent, and only to the extent, that the
failure of Tax Masters as servicer for the RAL Originator to collect such RAL
(whether through Direct Deposit or collection from the RAL Customer) is the
result of the failure of Block Services to transmit accurately Information as
received from the RAL Customer or a Corporate Franchise; provided, however, that
Tax Masters as servicer for the RAL Originator must first show that diligent and
timely efforts were made to make such collections, such efforts to include an
initial contact with the RAL Customer within forty-five (45) days after the
clearance of the RAL check by RAL Originator. Such initial contact may consist
of the sending of a first collection notice to the RAL Customer and reasonable
efforts thereafter to effect collection. All amounts, if any, owed by Block
Services under this Section 1.10 shall be paid to Tax Masters as servicer for
the RAL Originator in one lump sum within sixty (60) days after Tax Masters
verifies that the failure of collection was caused by failure of Block Services
to transmit accurately the Information. Block Services shall have no obligation
to Tax Masters as servicer for the RAL Originator if the failure of collection
is due to either a RAL Customer or a Corporate Franchise giving Block Services
inaccurate Information.

      1.11 Providing RAL Customer Returns. For collection purposes, Block
Services shall provide Tax Masters with a copy of each RAL Customer's
electronically filed Returns in the format prescribed by the IRS promptly after
the RAL Application is transmitted to Tax Masters,

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but in no event later than May 30th following such Tax Period. Should
interactive processing not be available, such transmission shall only be made
after interactive processing is available, or in one batch delivery or
transmission not later than May 30 following each Tax Period. In the event Tax
Masters needs any RAL Customer's Returns for collection purposes prior to May 30
following each year's Tax Period, then upon Tax Masters' request, and to the
extent practicable, Block Services shall promptly forward such RAL Customer's
Returns to Tax Masters.

      1.12 Lost RAL or RAC Checks. If a RAL or RAC check disbursed by a Block
Office has become lost, or in the case where the RAL Customer has not received
the check within fourteen (14) days after such RAL Customer's check is mailed
when Tax Masters as servicer for the RAL Originator is mailing the check to a
RAL Customer in accordance with Section 8.8, Block Services shall notify Tax
Masters as servicer for the RAL Originator to stop payment upon notification
from the RAL Customer that the RAL Customer has lost or not received such Check.
In either case, Block Services shall directly contact Tax Masters as servicer
for the RAL Originator to have a new check issued and obtain from such RAL
Customer an indemnifying bond, in a form satisfactory to Tax Masters as servicer
for the RAL Originator, holding the RAL Originator free from all costs and
expenses or other losses in the event both checks are subsequently presented for
payment.

      1.13 Compliance with Laws, Rules and Regulations. In connection with Block
Services' preparation of Returns, it shall comply with all applicable laws,
rules and regulations, and shall follow all instructions reasonably prescribed
by Tax Masters as servicer for the RAL Originator with respect to the
preparation and processing of RAL Applications.

      1.14 Indemnification. Except as otherwise limited by this Agreement,
Royalty, Block Services and Block Tax Services (collectively, the "Block
Indemnifying Parties") shall indemnify, hold harmless and reimburse Beneficial
Franchise and/or Tax Masters and their respective Affiliates (whichever has
incurred the loss) (collectively the "Block Indemnified Parties"), its officers
and directors and employees, for all expenses and costs, including without
limitation, attorneys' fees, judgments, penalties, payments of other direct
expenses and payments in settlement or other disposition of, or in connection
with, any claims, disputes, controversies or litigation arising out of Block
Services' performance of its duties and responsibilities under this Agreement,
including without limitation, liability in connection with the loss, alteration
or misuse of disbursement checks or improper completion of disbursement checks,
regardless of by whom caused, after delivery of same to Block Services and prior
to delivery thereof to the RAL Customer. Notwithstanding any other provision
herein, if the Block Indemnifying Parties breach any of their obligations
hereunder and any such breach results in a claim for indemnification by the RAL
Originator against any Block Indemnified Party, such Block Indemnified Party
shall have the right to indemnification from the Block Indemnifying Parties
pursuant to the preceding sentence. Block Services may retain attorneys of its
own selection to represent it at Block Services' expense. Block Services shall
direct the defense of the claim; provided, however, Block Services shall not
compromise or settle any such claim or action without prior approval of Tax
Masters and Beneficial Franchise, as applicable. If Beneficial Franchise or Tax
Masters is named a party to any action or proceeding for which Block Services
has a duty of indemnification pursuant to this Section 1.14 Beneficial Franchise
and Tax Masters, as applicable, shall have the right to directly defend any such
action or proceeding by retaining attorneys of its own selection to represent it
at Block Services' expense. Neither Beneficial

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Franchise nor Tax Masters shall compromise or settle any such claim or action
without prior consultation with Block Services.

2.    RIGHTS, DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS OF TAX MASTERS.

      2.1 Facilitating RAL Processing. Tax Masters shall act as a facilitator in
the processing of RALs between Block Services, Tax Masters and the RAL
Originator in accordance with the Electronic Data Processing Guidelines
established by the parties.

      2.2 [RESERVED].

      2.3 Compliance with Laws, Rules and Regulations. In connection with Tax
Masters facilitating the processing of RALs, Tax Masters shall comply with all
applicable laws, rules, and regulations.

      2.4 Indemnification. Except as otherwise limited by this Agreement and as
specifically set forth in Section 1.12 with respect to the care and custody of
disbursement checks by Block Services, Tax Masters will indemnify, hold harmless
and reimburse Royalty, Block Services, Block Tax Services and/or Beneficial
Franchise or their respective Affiliates (whichever has incurred the loss) (the
"Tax Masters Indemnified Parties"), its officers, directors and employees for
all expenses and costs, including but not limited to, attorneys' fees,
judgments, penalties, payments of other direct expenses and payments in
settlement or other disposition of, or in connection with, any claims, disputes,
controversies or litigation arising out of any violation of the Federal Truth in
Lending Act or Regulation Z of the Federal Reserve Board and other applicable
federal and state banking and consumer finance laws and regulations, caused by
either Tax Masters or the RAL Originator involving any of the preprinted terms
and disclosures set forth on the check to RAL Customers from the RAL Originator,
relating to the procedures for applying for or obtaining RALs, relating to
cross-collections involving RAL Customers or customers of other financial
institutions, relating to the RAL Applications, or the failure of Tax Masters to
perform its duties and responsibilities under this Agreement. Tax Masters may
retain attorneys of its own selection to represent it at Tax Masters' own
expense. Tax Masters shall direct the defense of the claim; provided, however,
Tax Masters shall not compromise or settle any claim or action without the prior
approval of Block Services, Block Tax Services or Beneficial Franchise as
applicable. If Block Services, Block Tax Services or Beneficial Franchise is
named a party to any action or proceeding for which Tax Masters has a duty of
indemnification pursuant to this Section 2.4, Block Services, Block Tax Services
or Beneficial Franchise, as applicable, shall have the right to directly defend
any such action or proceeding by retaining attorneys of its own selection to
represent it at Tax Masters' expense. Provided, however, neither Block Services,
Block Tax Services nor Beneficial Franchise shall compromise or settle any such
claim or action without prior consultation with Tax Masters. Notwithstanding any
other provision herein, in connection with the defense of any such claim, Tax
Masters shall have the right to consult with the RAL Originator, including
providing any documentation to the RAL Originator that Tax Masters deems
reasonably appropriate. All documentation so provided to the RAL Originator
shall be subject to the provisions set forth in the agreement between Tax
Masters and the RAL Originator with respect to the RAL Originator's right to
retain such documentation.

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      2.5 Cashiers' Checks. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement between Tax
Masters and the RAL Originator, all RAL checks, RAC checks, denied RAL and
excess checks issued by the RAL Originator will be cashier's checks.

      2.6 Review of Marketing and Collection Materials. At Block Services'
request, and in all cases where Tax Masters', the RAL Originator's or Beneficial
Franchise's name or trade names are used in such materials, Tax Masters as
servicer for the RAL Originator shall review, and shall have the right to
provide for the RAL Originator to review, the marketing materials in question
and shall make reasonable efforts to comment upon such materials within two (2)
weeks of receipt thereof. At Tax Masters' request, and in all cases if Block
Services' name or trade names are used in the materials, Block Services shall
review the marketing materials in question and shall make reasonable efforts to
comment upon the same within two (2) weeks of the receipt thereof. If any such
marketing materials describe performance of obligations in connection with the
RAL Program required by a party other than the party preparing same, such other
party's approval of the materials shall be obtained prior to use thereof. Any
collection letters developed by Tax Masters shall be in a format reasonably
acceptable to Block Services.

      2.7 Review of RAL or RAC Checks and Disclosure Statement. Tax Masters
shall review the RAL or RAC checks of the RAL Originator and the disclosure
statement developed by RAL Originator and shall propose instructions to RAL
Originator, concerning the modifications it deems necessary to such checks and
disclosure statement in order to comply with the Federal Truth in Lending Act
and Regulation Z requirements, as Tax Masters deems necessary after consultation
and agreement with the RAL Originator. Tax Masters agrees to provide, at its
cost, such instruments (including the RAL and RAC checks of the RAL Originator
and envelopes containing Block Services' name on the outside) in accordance with
Block Services' specifications and Section 5.2 below, in order that such
instruments are compatible with Block Services' processing equipment and
standards of trademark usage.

3.    RIGHTS, DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS OF TAX MASTERS AS SERVICER FOR RAL
      ORIGINATOR.

      3.1 Establishment of RAL and RAC Accounts and Making of Loans.

            (a) Designation of RAL Originator. In connection with HB's cessation
of operations, Tax Masters has designated ICB as the RAL Originator.

            (b) Establishment of Accounts. Except as otherwise limited by this
Agreement, Tax Masters shall process RAL and RAC Applications for the 2003 Tax
Period and subsequent Tax Periods during the term of this Agreement as servicer
for the RALs and RACs with respect to such Applications received electronically
from Block Services by the RAL Originator according to the RAL Originator's
Final Credit Criteria, within the same day of the RAL Originator's receipt;
provided, however, in either case, such Applications must be received by Tax
Masters as servicer for the RAL Originator by 9:00 a.m. Eastern Standard or
Daylight Savings Time (as the case may be). On behalf of the RAL Originator, Tax
Masters as servicer shall establish an account ("RAL Account") for the RAL
Customer and the RAL Originator (and any successor participant in all or any
portion of a RAL) shall have the right to offset against the RAL and RAC all
sums received from the IRS or state taxing authorities which are deposited in

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the RAL Account in connection with such RAL Customer's refund up to the amount
of the RAL or RAC inclusive of any Final RAL and RAC Fee or other fees or
charges. In the event that a RAL Customer is mailed a refund check rather than
receiving the refund electronically in the RAL Account, or receives a refund
less than the amount anticipated, the RAL Originator shall have the right under
the RAL Check Loan Agreement with the RAL Customer to be paid directly by such
RAL Customer. Such check may be modified from time to time to comply with
regulatory requirements.

            (c) Making of Refund Anticipation Loans. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the RAL Originator is not obligated to make a loan to a RAL Customer
until such RAL Customer's RAL Application is approved by Tax Masters as servicer
for the RAL Originator in accordance with the RAL Originator's Final Credit
Criteria. Subject to the Final Credit Criteria and approval of the loans as
aforesaid, the RAL Originator has committed to (and Tax Masters shall ensure
that all future RAL Originators commit to) make RALs to all customers who make
RAL Applications for same at, or whose Returns or RAL Application is processed
through, any Block Office. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement
to the contrary, Tax Masters as servicer for the RAL Originator shall process
such RALs or RACs on terms, and provide a level of services to RAL Customers,
which are reasonably competitive with the terms and level of services offered by
at least one or more Other RAL Originators (as defined below) to their
customers. In establishing such reasonably competitive terms, Tax Masters as
servicer for the RAL Originator shall in its good faith judgment design and
recommend for approval by the RAL Originator a RAL Program that balances the
need for high volumes with adequate fee pricing to generate optimum RAL Program
revenues. If Block Services notifies Tax Masters on or after January 1, but on
or before October 1 of any Tax Period during the term hereof that the terms
pursuant to which the RAL Originator makes loans to RAL Customers, or the level
of services provided to RAL Customers, are not reasonably competitive with the
terms or level of services being offered or to be offered by at least one or
more other RAL originators which make RALs or RACs similar to those contemplated
by this Agreement ("Other RAL Originators"), Tax Masters as servicer for the RAL
Originator shall recommend to the RAL Originator modifications to the RAL
Program, or to the level of services provided to such customers, in a manner
which makes such terms and level of services reasonably competitive with the
terms and level of services offered by at least one or more Other RAL
Originators. Any such modification shall be made effective for the first full
Tax Period following such notification. If such notification is given to Tax
Masters as servicer for the RAL Originator after October 1 of any Tax Period
during the term hereof, then the RAL Originator shall not be required to modify
its program as described above, if such modification cannot reasonably be made
more promptly, until the commencement of the second full Tax Period which begins
after such notification.

      3.2 Deduction of Additional Charges. Tax Masters as servicer for the RAL
Originator shall upon receipt of a RAL Customer's check reconciliation record
remit on the same banking business day directly by way of an ACH credit to the
appropriate Block Offices' company account the additional fees or charges
authorized by the RAL Customer for payment to the Block Office, including
without limitation, tax preparation fees and electronic filing fees. In the
event it becomes necessary to process a significant number of RAL Applications
resulting in a significant backlog in Tax Masters as servicer for the RAL
Originator remitting to the Block Offices the aforesaid additional fees and
charges, then Tax Masters, as servicer for the RAL Originator, shall notify
Block Services of the delay and at such time the parties will negotiate in

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good faith a reasonable fee to compensate Block Services for any additional
increase in Block Services' cost of funds resulting from such delay in remitting
such fees and charges.

      3.3 Replacement RAL and RAC Checks. In connection with Section 1.12
relating to lost checks, Block Services shall issue a RAL Originator replacement
check to the RAL or RAC Customer upon receipt from Tax Masters as servicer for
the RAL Originator of an electronic approval to issue such check within
twenty-four (24) hours after receiving an electronic indication from Block
Services that Block Services has in its possession an indemnifying bond executed
by the RAL Customer. Such electronic indication shall constitute a conclusive
presumption of receipt by Block Services of such indemnifying bond and Block
Services shall indemnify and hold Tax Masters and the RAL Originator harmless
from any loss in the event such indemnifying bond is lost or has in fact not
been obtained.

      3.4 [RESERVED]

      3.5 Compliance with Laws, Rules and Regulations. In connection with RAL
Applications and the procuring, processing and extension of RALs, Tax Masters as
servicer for the RAL Originator shall comply with all applicable laws, rules and
regulations. In addition, Tax Masters shall enforce the provisions of the
agreement between Tax Masters and the RAL Originator requiring the RAL
Originator to comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations.

      3.6 RAL Originator Sale and Servicing Agreement. Block Services
acknowledges that it has received a copy of the Sale and Servicing Agreement
entered into by Tax Masters with ICB. Without the prior written consent of Block
Services, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed,
Tax Masters hereby agrees not to amend such agreement in any way that (a)
modifies or alters the rights of ICB to use (i) Block Services' or any of its
Affiliates' tradenames, trademarks and the like or (ii) RAL Customer information
other than in its capacity as a RAL Originator, or (b) would materially
adversely affect any of the rights of Block Services associated with the RAL
Program. Tax Masters shall strictly enforce the provisions of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement prohibiting ICB and its Affiliates from soliciting RAL
Customers for any other product or service.

      3.7 Indemnification. Except as otherwise limited by this Agreement and
except as specifically set forth in Section 1.12 with respect to the care and
custody of disbursement checks by Block Services, Tax Masters will indemnify,
hold harmless and reimburse Beneficial Franchise, and any of the Block Companies
or their respective Affiliates (whichever has incurred the loss), its officers,
directors and employees for all direct out-of-pocket expenses and costs,
including but not limited to, attorneys' fees, judgments, penalties, payments of
other direct expenses and payments in settlement or other disposition of, or in
connection with, any claims, disputes, controversies or litigation arising out
of (i) the failure of Tax Masters to perform its duties and responsibilities
under this Agreement, or (ii) the failure of the RAL Originator to perform its
duties and responsibilities under any agreement between Tax Masters and the RAL
Originator relating to the RAL Program. Notwithstanding any other provision
herein, if Tax Masters breaches any of its obligations hereunder and any such
breach results in a claim for damages by the RAL Originator against any of the
Block Companies or their Affiliates, then such Block Company and such Affiliate
shall have the right to indemnification from Tax Masters

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pursuant to the preceding sentence. Tax Masters may retain attorneys of its own
selection to represent it at Tax Masters' expense. Tax Masters shall direct the
defense of the claim; provided, however, Tax Masters shall not compromise or
settle any claim or action without the prior approval of Block Services and Tax
Masters. If Block Services, Block Tax Services or Beneficial Franchise is named
a party to any action or proceeding for which Tax Masters has a duty of
indemnification pursuant to this Section 3.7, Block Services, Block Tax Services
or Beneficial Franchise, as applicable, shall have the right to directly defend
any such action or proceeding by retaining attorneys of its own selection to
represent it at Tax Masters' expense. Provided, however, neither Block Services
nor Block Tax Services nor Beneficial Franchise shall compromise or settle any
such claim or action without prior consultation with Tax Masters.

4.    RIGHTS, DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS OF BENEFICIAL FRANCHISE.

      4.1 Licenses. Beneficial Franchise hereby grants to Block Services a
nonassignable, nonexclusive right and license under U.S. Patent No. 4,890,228
and U.S. Patent No. 5,193,057 ("Patent Rights") to use any data processing
system or any method falling within the scope of any claim of the Patent Rights.
Beneficial Franchise also grants to Block Services the exclusive right to grant
sublicenses to use any data processing system or method falling within the scope
of any claim of the Patent Rights to any Person or entity which is involved in
the processing of RALs or RACs (whether through Electronic Filing, or the
taking, presenting or handling of applications for RALs or RACs) but only to the
extent that the RAL or RAC is processed in any manner through an Electronic
Filing system majority owned or operated by Block Services or used by any Block
Office for a substantial portion of such office's Electronic Filings. Such
Person or entity shall hereinafter be referred to as a "Block RAL Processor".
Block Services agrees to grant such a sublicense to any Major Franchisee of
Block Services which selects RAL Originator to make RALs or RACs to customers of
such Major Franchisee or subfranchisees of such Major Franchisee. Any sublicense
granted by Block Services shall contain provisions corresponding to those of
this Agreement regarding termination of Block Services' Patent Rights and shall
not include the right to sublicense to other parties. Beneficial Franchise
hereby waives and fully releases Block Services and any Block RAL Processor from
any claims for infringement of Patent No. 4,890,228 and Patent No. 5,193,057
arising from RALs or RACs made prior to or during the terms of Block Services'
rights under the license granted in this Section.

      4.2 Warranties. Beneficial Franchise represents and warrants that it is
the owner of Patent Rights and has the right to grant the rights and licenses
described herein. BENEFICIAL FRANCHISE MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
REGARDING THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THESE LICENSES.

      4.3 Indemnification. Except as otherwise limited by this Agreement and as
specifically set forth in Section 1.12 with respect to the care and custody of
disbursement checks by Block Services, Beneficial Franchise will indemnify, hold
harmless and reimburse Tax Masters, Royalty and Block Services or their
respective Affiliates (whichever has incurred the loss) (the "Beneficial
Franchise Indemnified Parties"), its officers, directors and employees for all
direct out-of-pocket expenses and costs, including but not limited to,
attorneys' fees, judgments, penalties, payments of other direct expenses and
payments in settlement or other disposition of, or in connection with, any
claims, disputes, controversies or litigation arising out

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of the failure of Beneficial Franchise to perform its duties and
responsibilities under this Agreement or for any claims, disputes, controversies
or litigation arising out of or involving Patent Nos. 4,890,228 and 5,193,057.
Beneficial Franchise may retain attorneys of its own selection to represent it
at Beneficial Franchise's expense. Beneficial Franchise shall direct the defense
of the claim; provided, however, Beneficial Franchise shall not compromise or
settle any claim or action without the prior approval of Block Services and Tax
Masters, as applicable. If Block Services or Tax Masters is named a party to any
action or proceeding for which Beneficial Franchise has a duty of
indemnification pursuant to this Section 4.3, Block Services or Tax Masters, as
applicable, shall have the right to directly defend any such action or
proceeding by retaining attorneys of its own selection to represent it at
Beneficial Franchise's expense. Neither Block Services nor Tax Masters shall
compromise or settle any such claim or action without prior consultation with
Beneficial Franchise.

      4.4 Expiration of Licenses. Block Services' licenses under Section 4.1
above shall run until the termination of this Agreement in accordance with
Sections 6.1 or 6.3, as applicable, except under those circumstances set forth
in Section 6.3, pursuant to which the licenses shall survive the termination of
this Agreement ("Survival Provisions"). Unless Block Services' licenses survive
termination pursuant to the Survival Provisions, termination of Block Services'
licenses under the Patent Rights shall terminate any sublicenses granted by
Block Services.

5.    LICENSE AND SUBLICENSE TO TAX MASTERS OF CERTAIN RIGHTS.

      5.1 Sublicense of Rights Under Patent. Block Services hereby grants to Tax
Masters (including in its capacity as servicer for the RAL Originator) a
nonexclusive and nonassignable right and license under the Patent Rights to use,
and the right to sublicense to the RAL Originator to use, any data processing
system or any method falling within the scope of any claim of the Patent Rights
in connection with the making of RALs and issuing of RACs to any RAL Customer
which uses a Block Office for Electronic Filing of a Return.

      5.2 License of Trademarks. Royalty hereby grants to Tax Masters (including
in its capacity as servicer for the RAL Originator) a nonexclusive and
nonassignable right and license to use, and to sublicense to the RAL Originator
to use, the name and trade or service mark "H & R Block" and such other trade or
service marks that Block Services may from time to time designate for use in
connection with its RAL Program (collectively, the "Block Licensed Marks") in
connection with the making and processing of RALs and RACs for RAL Customers.
Neither Tax Masters nor its Affiliates shall use, nor shall any sublicense by
Tax Masters to the RAL Originator permit the RAL Originator to use, the Block
Licensed Marks for any purpose except the purposes specifically set forth
herein. Any use of the Block Licensed Marks and all goodwill generated thereby
shall inure to the benefit of Royalty. All uses of the Block Licensed Marks
shall be approved in advance by Royalty and shall be at all times in compliance
with any standards which Royalty may impose in writing from time to time
regarding such use. All rights in and to the Block Licensed Marks which are not
specifically granted to Tax Masters shall remain with Royalty. Tax Masters shall
cooperate, and shall cause the RAL Originator pursuant to the terms of any
sublicense to cooperate, with Royalty in the protection and defense of the Block
Licensed Marks and in the prosecution, at Royalty's sole option, of infringers
of the Block Licensed Marks. Tax Masters shall not register nor seek to
register, and any sublicense by Tax Masters to the RAL Originator shall prohibit
the RAL Originator from registering or seeking to

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register, any trade or service mark, logotype or commercial symbol used by
either of them in the exercise of the rights licensed under this Section 5.2 or
sublicensed by Block Services to Tax Masters pursuant to the immediately
preceding Section 5.1 of this Agreement. Royalty waives and releases Tax
Masters, from and against, any and all claims of liability arising in any manner
from the use by Tax Masters of the Block Licensed Marks prior to July 19, 1996.

      5.3 Access to Block Offices. Tax Masters shall, with Block Services' prior
written consent, have access to the Block Offices (to the extent it is able to
do so with respect to Corporate Franchises) for the purpose of assisting and
facilitating the operation of the RAL Program at such Block Offices. Any consent
of Block Services shall be in accordance with a procedure mutually agreed upon
by Block Services and Tax Masters on or before August 1 of each Tax Year during
the term hereof.

      5.4 License Fees. Tax Masters as servicer for the RAL Originator shall
cause to be paid to Block Services a license fee of $6.88 for each RAC issued by
the RAL Originator pursuant to this Agreement during the 2003 Tax Period and
future Tax Periods, except that there shall be no license fee for a RAC for
which a RAL Customer has chosen to receive his or her funds by Direct Deposit
into his or her IRA or Auto Investor account at an Affiliate of Block Companies.
Tax Masters as servicer for the RAL Originator shall also cause to be paid to
Block Services a license fee of $9.00 for each RAL approved by RAL Originator
pursuant to this Agreement that is originated out of a Block Office. The license
fees described in this Section 5.4 (the "License Fees") shall be paid by credit
to Block Services' account by ACH credit to the appropriate Block Office's
company account. The Block Licensed Marks and access granted by Block Services
to Tax Masters (including in its capacity as servicer for the RAL Originator)
shall terminate upon termination of this Agreement for whatever reason.

6.    TERM; ANNUAL DETERMINATION OF RAL AND RAC FEES; TERMINATION; EFFECT OF
      TERMINATION.

      6.1 Term of Agreement; Renewal. The term of this Agreement shall commence
as of July 19, 1996 and shall expire on June 30, 2006 ("Term"). In the event
this Agreement has not been sooner terminated as set forth in Section 6.3 below,
the parties agree to review this Agreement prior to each Tax Period with a view
toward entering into reasonable, good faith discussions concerning revisions to
the relationship represented by the terms hereof, among Block Companies and
Household Companies regarding the making of RALs and issuing of RACs. Such
revisions, if any, shall be upon such terms as are mutually agreeable to the
parties thereto. If such revisions are not agreed to, this Agreement shall
continue on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

      6.2 Annual Determination of RAL and RAC Fees and Credit Criteria.

            (a) Tax Masters as servicer for the RAL Originator, after
consultation with the RAL Originator, annually shall make an initial
determination of the RAL and RAC fees to be paid by each RAL Customer (the
"Initial RAL and RAC Fees"). Tax Masters shall provide Block Services with such
Initial RAL and RAC Fees no later than August 15 of each year, with the actual
final RAL and RAC fees to be established by Tax Masters as servicer for the RAL

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Originator, after consultation with the RAL Originator, no later than September
15 of each year ("Final RAL and RAC Fees").

            (b) Tax Masters as servicer for the RAL Originator, after
consultation with the RAL Originator, shall make an initial determination of the
RAL credit criteria no later than August 15 of any year during the Term
("Initial Credit Criteria") and, after consultation with the RAL Originator,
shall establish final credit criteria ("Final Credit Criteria") together with
the Qualifying Procedures on Schedule 1.3 no later than September 15 of such
year for the ensuing Tax Period.

            (c) Tax Masters as servicer for the RAL Originator, after
consultation with the RAL Originator, shall provide to Block Services as
Schedule I to this Agreement, the Initial Credit Criteria and the Initial RAL
and RAC Fees. Such Schedule may be updated by Tax Masters as servicer for the
RAL Originator, after consultation with the RAL Originator, on or before
September 15 of each year.

            (d) On or before September 15 of each year, Tax Masters as servicer
for the RAL Originator, after consultation with the RAL Originator, agrees to
provide to Block Services as Schedule 1.3 to this Agreement the Qualifying
Procedures, and as Schedule II to this Agreement the Final Credit Criteria and
the Final RAL and RAC Fees for the ensuing Tax Period provided, however, that in
the event that significant external events or occurrences beyond Tax Masters'
control become known to Tax Masters at any time after Tax Masters' determination
of the Final Credit Criteria and Final RAL and RAC Fees each year that are
likely to affect materially net RAL and RAC revenues of Tax Masters and the RAL
Originator for that year, Tax Masters as servicer for the RAL Originator, after
consultation with the RAL Originator may, after discussion with Block Services,
and upon not less than ten (10) days (or two (2) days during any Tax Period)
notice to Block Services promptly modify the RAL Program Final Credit Criteria
or Final RAL and RAC Fees but only to an extent which is reasonable under the
circumstances, and only until the effect of such event or occurrence ends or
until the end of the first Tax Period in which such event or occurrence has or
is likely to have the above-described effect.

            (e) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, the RAL
Originator, in its exclusive discretion, shall, on advice and recommendation of
Tax Masters as servicer for the RAL Originator, establish the Initial RAL and
RAC Fees, the Final RAL and RAC Fees, the Initial Credit Criteria and the Final
Credit Criteria used by Tax Masters as servicer for the RAL Originator in the
RAL Program.

      6.3 Termination and Cure.

            (a) Termination. Any party may at its option terminate this
Agreement upon ten (10) days prior written notice to all other parties if (i)
any other party is in material default in the performance of any of its
obligations or duties under this Agreement and the party in default shall fail
to commence cure within such 10-day period or shall fail thereafter diligently
to prosecute a cure to completion within a reasonable time thereafter, which
reasonable time shall be based on the nature of the default and the steps
required to cure, but which in all events shall not exceed forty-five (45) days
from the notice of default (or ten (10) days from the notice of

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default during a Tax Period), provided, however, that in all events any such
cure must be accomplished without substantial unreimbursed expense or damage to
any other party by reason of the cure; (ii) the IRS and/or state taxing
authority withdraws or materially changes the implementing revenue procedures
sanctioning RALs or RACs to the substantial detriment of that party; (iii) the
operation of the RAL Program or the Electronic Filing program is made infeasible
or impractical by (x) legal or regulatory determinations, enactments or
interpretations or (y) significant external events or occurrences beyond that
party's control provided that the parties shall first mutually endeavor in good
faith to employ reasonable efforts to modify the program in a manner resolving
the problems caused by such legal, regulatory, or significant external events or
occurrences.

            In the event that this Agreement is terminated by any party on the
basis of clause (i) if the party in default is Block Services, clause (ii) or
clause (iii), the non-exclusive license provided to Block Services by Beneficial
Franchise shall terminate effective upon the date of termination of this
Agreement. If this Agreement is terminated on the basis of clause (i) if Block
Services is not the party in default, the license provided by Beneficial
Franchise to Block Services under Section 4.1 and the right to sublicense under
Section 4.1 shall survive such termination.

            (b) Certain Cure. For purposes of Section 6.3(a), if the default
with respect to which Block Services gives notice of termination is the failure
or inability of RAL Originator to make RALs or RACs as required by this
Agreement, then cure shall be accomplished, and no termination of this Agreement
shall result to the extent that Tax Masters arranges, subject to Block
Companies' rights under the Letter Agreement, for a substitute performance by
another RAL originator or RAC issuer, and such other RAL originator or RAC
issuer commences, within the appropriate cure period set forth in Section 6.3(a)
(45 days, or 10 days during the Tax Period), to make the RALs and issue RACs
which RAL Originator was unable to do. Block Services and Tax Masters as
servicer for the RAL Originator shall use their respective best efforts in
attempting to arrange for such substitute performance. The provisions of this
Section 6.3(b) shall not relieve Tax Masters as servicer for the RAL Originator
of its obligations to (i) diligently complete cure under Section 6.3(a) so that
RAL Originator can again make RALs and issue RACs notwithstanding substitute
performance under this Section 6.3(b) in the interim by an other RAL Originator;
and (ii) compensate Block Services for expenses and damages as described in
Section 6.3(a). Also, the provisions of this Section 6.3(b) shall not be used by
Tax Masters to avoid the provisions of Section 8.5 dealing with assignment of
rights and obligations under this Agreement.

      6.4 Effect of Termination. After any termination, the RAL and RAC accounts
established by the RAL Originator will continue to be the property and
responsibility of the RAL Originator which established such RAL and RAC
accounts. Termination shall not affect existing obligations.

      6.5 Return of Confidential Information. Upon termination of this
Agreement, the parties will return to any furnishing party all confidential
information received in connection with this Agreement and certify in writing to
such furnishing party that such receiving party has not retained any copies of
such confidential information; provided, notwithstanding any other provision
herein, that any information that Tax Masters provides to the RAL Originator in

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carrying out its obligations under this Agreement that the RAL Originator is
required as a regulated institution to retain shall not be subject to the return
provisions herein during the period of such legally required retention.

7.    CONFIDENTIALITY AND PRIVACY OF INFORMATION.

      7.1 Proprietary Information. Each of the parties is informed and
acknowledges that implementation and operation of the service of offering of
RALs and RACs (the "RAL Program") described in this Agreement will involve the
use of certain systems, computer programs and/or other data including business
information or trade secrets ("Proprietary Information") that are proprietary to
the respective parties. Such Proprietary Information shall be identified as
"confidential" or "proprietary" by the respective parties. Each party will
retain in confidence all Proprietary Information received in connection with
this Agreement and limit access to or disclosure of such Proprietary Information
received in connection with this Agreement solely for the purpose of operation
of the RAL Program under this Agreement. To this end, the recipient will employ
the same degree of care to avoid disclosure of such information that it employs
with respect to its own information deemed confidential. Subject to Section 7.4,
such obligation of confidentiality shall not extend to any information which is
shown to have been known by the receiving party prior to disclosure to it by the
other party or parties hereto or generally known to others engaged in the same
trade or business as the furnishing party, or that is or shall become part of
public knowledge through no act or omission by the receiving party or its
directors, officers, employees, professional advisors or other representatives,
or that shall have been lawfully received by the receiving party from a third
party which the receiving party does not know and has no reason to believe is
under any obligation of confidentiality with respect to such information.

      7.2 Privacy of Information.

            (a) Privacy of Customer Information. Notwithstanding anything in
this Agreement to the contrary, a party receiving nonpublic personal information
(the "Receiving Party") from any party which obtained such nonpublic personal
information from a customer or consumer (the "Disclosing Party"), agrees that it
will not disclose such nonpublic personal information of customers and consumers
of Disclosing Party to non-affiliated third parties or use such nonpublic
personal information for any purpose other than satisfying Receiving Party's
duties and obligations under this Agreement, unless the consumer or customer has
consented to such use or it is otherwise permitted by applicable law, provided
that Tax Masters shall have the right to disclose to the RAL Originator
information it deems reasonably necessary to carry out its obligations under the
RAL Program. Any such use or disclosure by Receiving Party of nonpublic personal
information of customers and consumers of the Disclosing Party shall be in
compliance with federal and state laws, rules and regulations.

            (b) Obligations of Receiving Party to Safeguard Customer
Information. In addition to any other obligations of Receiving Party set forth
in this Agreement, Receiving Party agrees to implement and maintain safeguards
for the nonpublic personal information of customers and consumers of Disclosing
Party, which shall be consistent with the requirements of 16 CFR 314, as
directed by the Disclosing Party, but in no event less than the standard of care
Receiving Party uses to protect its own information of similar sensitivity.
Receiving Party may

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permit access and usage of nonpublic personal information of customers and
consumers of Disclosing Party to Receiving Party's Affiliates in order to
exercise its rights and perform its obligations under this Agreement and any
related agreements among the parties (including but not limited to the rights
under Section 1.4), provided that Receiving Party shall require that any of its
Affiliates that are permitted such access and/or usage agree not to disclose
such information to any third party except as otherwise permitted by Section
7.2(a) herein. Receiving Party will allow Disclosing Party to reasonably audit
Receiving Party's compliance with its obligations under this Section 7.2. All
terms used in this Section shall have the same meanings, where the context
permits, as set forth in 16 CFR Parts 313 and Part 314.

      7.3 Conduct Prohibited. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 7 to the
contrary and notwithstanding any consent from a RAL Customer, Tax Masters and
Beneficial Franchise agree that they will not, and Tax Masters shall enforce the
obligation of the RAL Originator under the agreement between Tax Masters and the
RAL Originator that the RAL Originator and any of its Affiliates not, (a) use
Block Services' name (including the H&R Block and the Block Financial
Corporation names), or the names of any of Block Services' Return preparers, in
any communications with RAL Customers or other Persons except in carrying out
RAL Originator's, Tax Masters' and Beneficial Franchise's obligations under this
Agreement and the agreement between Tax Masters and the RAL Originator; (b)
target or solicit Block Services' RAL Customers for any individual retirement
account or similar or alternative retirement account; or (c) use or disclose the
fact that a RAL Customer was a customer of Block Services or Block Financial
Corporation, without Block Services' prior written consent except as necessary
to carry out RAL Originator's, Tax Masters' and Beneficial Franchise's
obligations under this Agreement and the agreement between Tax Masters and the
RAL Originator.

      7.4 Sharing of Return and RAL Application Data. Subject to Section 7.3,
Tax Masters may share any data from a RAL Customer's Return and RAL Application
with any of its Affiliates and, solely for purposes of carrying out its
obligations under this Agreement, to the RAL Originator; provided that it shall
obtain appropriate consents for such sharing that are compliant with 26 USC
Sections 7216 and regulations promulgated thereunder, and further provided that
it complies with the requirements of the Gramm Leach Bliley Act and 16 CFR 313.
Tax Masters, upon obtaining appropriate consents from RAL Customers, may share
any data from such RAL Customers' Returns and RAL Applications with any of their
Affiliates.

      7.5 Survival. The obligations of the parties under this Section 7 shall
survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement.

8.    MISCELLANEOUS.

      8.1 Offering of RALs and RACs. Block Services, through Block Offices,
shall not offer directly or indirectly any RALs or RACs to any of its customers
except in connection with a RAL Program offered by or through Tax Masters as
servicer for the RAL Originator and Block Services through Block Offices, or
Major Franchisees or subfranchisees of Major Franchisees who are participating
in the RAL Program. In the event Tax Masters offers a RAL program (either
directly or through a RAL originator) to subscribers other than Block Services
with a RAL or RAC fee less than those offered in Tax Masters' RAL Program with
Block Services, Tax Masters shall provide RALs or RACs in conjunction with Tax
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Block Services at the same or lower RAL or RAC fees offered in conjunction with
such other subscribers.

                  Block Services agrees that for each Tax Period during this
Agreement, except as otherwise agreed by the parties in the Letter Agreement,
RAL Originator will be the RAL originator and RAC issuer for 100% of Block
Offices, other than Corporate Franchises. Block Services shall use reasonable
good faith efforts to cause Tax Masters to be the facilitator of RALs and RACs
for 100% of the Corporate Franchises, but Block Services cannot assure or
guarantee that any such Corporate Franchise will use a particular RAL and RAC
facilitator.

            8.2 Audit Rights of the Parties. Each party agrees that they will
each make the applicable files, books and records available to the nationally
recognized firm of independent certified public accountants of the other parties
as such parties may reasonably request in connection with any of the
requirements to be completed or payments to be made under this Agreement. Each
party shall furnish to the other parties all such information concerning
transactions and services provided by it pursuant to those sections as the
requesting parties may reasonably request, and permit the other parties and
their authorized representatives reasonable access, during normal business
hours, to audit the books and records of such party as they relate to any aspect
of those sections. In addition, Tax Masters shall have the right to obtain
access to such information for the RAL Originator to the extent necessary to
enable the RAL Originator to comply with its obligations under applicable laws
and regulations.

            8.3 Other Agreements. Each party warrants that its execution of this
Agreement does not constitute a violation of any agreement or relationship to
which it is a party.

            8.4 Use of Name; Agency. Except as otherwise set forth herein, Tax
Masters, Beneficial Franchise and Block Companies agree not to use the trade
names or service marks of any other party without the other party's express
written consent and Tax Masters agrees to enforce the obligation of the RAL
Originator under the agreement between Tax Masters and the RAL Originator that
the RAL Originator not use the trade names or service marks of Block Services or
its Affiliates without Block Services' express written consent. Block Services
also agrees not to use the name of the RAL Originator without first obtaining
Tax Masters' consent as servicer for the RAL Originator. This Agreement does not
establish or create a joint venture among any of the parties to this Agreement
or the employees, agents or representatives of the respective parties are not
the partners, agents or representatives of each other. Tax Masters and
Beneficial Franchise agree to Block Services' use during the term of this
Agreement of the trademark "Because it's your money" in connection with Block
Services' tax preparation and RAL Program and other products offered by Block
Services from time to time and related advertising; except that with respect to
such other non-tax related products of Block Services, if Tax Masters or its
Affiliates are using such trademark in connection with products that are
comparable to Block Services' (and not part of a joint offering with Block
Services), Block Services shall obtain prior approval from Tax Masters or its
Affiliates as the case may be for the use of such trademark.

            8.5 Assignment. Except at set forth in Section 6.3(b), any party's
rights under this Agreement may not be assigned without the prior written
consent of the other parties upon thirty (30) days prior written notice, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; provided that it

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is acknowledged by the parties that HB has ceased its operations and shall
assign, effective as of December 31, 2002, all of its rights and obligations
under the RAL Operations Agreement to Tax Masters.

      8.6 Litigation. In the event of litigation among the parties with respect
to this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable
attorneys' fees from the losing party or parties, including such fees incurred
during any such litigation on appeal.

      8.7 Excusable Delays. If the performance of the obligations hereunder of
any party to this Agreement is prevented, restricted or interfered with by
reason of fire, or other casualty or accident, strikes or labor disputes, war or
other violence; any law, order, proclamation, regulation, ordinance, demand, or
requirement of any government agency; or any act or condition whatsoever beyond
such party's reasonable control (provided, however, that the failure of any
computer hardware, software, or communication system maintained by Tax Masters
in connection with the RAL Program shall not be "excused" under this Section, to
the extent such failure is not caused by or the result of any of the
above-mentioned factors or conditions); such party, upon giving prompt notice to
the other parties, shall be excused from such performance to the extent of such
prevention, restriction or interference; and such non-performance shall not
constitute a default under this Agreement, provided, however, that such party
shall use reasonable efforts, including, without limitation, the best efforts
referred to in Section 6.3(b) to arrange for substitute performance and to avoid
or remove such causes of non-performance, and shall continue performance
hereunder whenever such causes are removed.

      8.8 Contingent Issuing of Checks by RAL Originator. In the event it
becomes infeasible due to events or occurrences beyond the parties' control for
Block Offices to issue RAL or RAC disbursement checks directly to RAL Customers,
then the parties agree that Tax Masters as servicer for the RAL Originator shall
issue such checks directly to RAL Customers. If any check is mailed by the RAL
Originator, Tax Masters as servicer for the RAL Originator shall mail the check
to the RAL Customer within the same day of RAL Originator's receipt of the RAL
Customer's RAL Application provided, however, in either case, such RAL
Application must be received by the RAL Originator by 9:00 a.m. Eastern Standard
or Daylight Savings Time (as the case may be).

      8.9 DISCLAIMERS. BLOCK COMPANIES' AND HOUSEHOLD COMPANIES' OBLIGATIONS
UNDER THIS AGREEMENT ARE IN LIEU OF ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, EXCEPT
AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN SECTION 1.12 WITH RESPECT TO BLOCK SERVICES' CARE AND
CUSTODY OF THE DISBURSEMENT CHECKS, NEITHER BLOCK COMPANIES NOR HOUSEHOLD
COMPANIES WILL BE LIABLE FOR INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES, LOSS OF PROFITS OR INCOME, LOSS OF USE OR OTHER BENEFITS ARISING OUT OF
OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE SERVICES PERFORMED HEREUNDER.
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, WITH RESPECT TO BLOCK SERVICES' RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER
SECTION 1.12, THE PARTIES AGREE THAT BLOCK SERVICES WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR
INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR INDIRECT DAMAGES BUT WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INTEREST
CHARGES. It is the responsibility of Block Services to ensure that all of its
files are adequately duplicated and documented. Tax Masters will not be
responsible for duplicating its files, or for the cost of

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reconstructing data stored on disc files, tapes, memories, etc., lost during the
course of performance of its obligations under this Agreement.

      8.10 Applicable Law. This Agreement will be governed by and interpreted in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.

      8.11 Notices. All notices required or permitted to be given under this
Agreement shall be in writing and shall be given by registered or certified
mail, return receipt requested, addressed to each as follows:

      If to Block Companies to:                    H & R Block Services, Inc.
                                                   4400 Main Street
                                                   Kansas City, Missouri 64111
                                                   Attn: Jeffery W. Yabuki

      If to any one or more of Household
      Companies to:                                Household Tax Masters Inc.
                                                   200 Somerset Corporate Blvd.
                                                   Bridgewater, New Jersey 08807
                                                   Attention: Patrick A. Cozza

            Any party may change the address to which it desires notices to be
sent by giving the other parties ten (10) days prior notices of any such change.

            Any notice shall be deemed given upon its receipt by the party to
whom the notice is addressed.

      8.12 Other Financial Services. Block Services agrees to consult with Tax
Masters regarding financial products and services created by Block Services or
Tax Masters or their Affiliates that may be offered through Block Services'
company-owned tax offices. In the event Block Services determines to introduce a
financial product or service provided by a third party (other than a direct or
indirect subsidiary of H&R Block, Inc.) through company-owned tax offices (a
"Third-Party Product"), Block Services agrees to consult with Tax Masters
regarding such Third-Party Product and negotiate in good faith with Tax Masters
(or an Affiliate of Tax Masters) for Tax Masters (or such Affiliate or the RAL
Originator designated by Tax Masters) to offer and provide such Third-Party
Product through Block Services' company-owned tax offices. Notwithstanding the
foregoing sentence, this Section 8.12 shall not apply to any Third-Party Product
with respect to which (i) Block Services (or its Affiliates) are conducting
discussions within the six (6) month period ending on the date of this Agreement
or (ii) a third party approached Block Services or its Affiliates and initiated
discussions concerning such Third-Party Product subject to the terms of a
confidentiality agreement between Block Services (or its Affiliates) and such
third party; provided that, to the extent permitted by any applicable
confidentiality agreement (as determined by Block Services (or its Affiliates)
in its or their sole discretion), Block Services will consult with Tax Masters
(or its Affiliates) regarding such Third-Party Product.

      8.13 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement, compensation to
Block Services described herein, Final Credit Criteria or Final RAL and RAC Fees
charged to customers of

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Block Services, shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, such invalidity shall not otherwise affect the validity of this
Agreement or any other provision hereof, and this Agreement shall be interpreted
and construed as if such provision, to the extent invalid, had not been
contained herein. In such event, the parties shall in good faith endeavor to
redesign the RAL Program or the terms hereof in a manner consistent with the
intent of this Agreement pursuant to Section 6 hereof.

      8.14 Modifications to Agreement. This Agreement supersedes the RAL
Operations Agreement among Block Companies and Household Companies and HB. Each
party represents and warrants that there are no oral understandings between or
among them that differ from the terms and conditions of this Agreement. This
Agreement may be modified only by a written agreement signed by all of the
parties.

      8.15 References to RALs. Unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, any
general reference to a RAL in this Agreement shall be meant to also refer to an
Instant RAL, which is a RAL under which a credit decision is made prior to Block
Services receiving positive acknowledgment of the underlying Return's acceptance
for Electronic Filing and the Notification from the IRS, and a Classic RAL,
which is the name sometimes used for a RAL to distinguish it from an Instant RAL
when Instant RALs are offered.

      8.16 Instant RALs. Tax Masters, as servicer for the RAL Originator, may
offer Instant RALs to certain customers in the 2003 Tax Period. Tax Masters may,
however, upon forty-eight (48) hours prior written notice to Block Services,
stop offering Instant RALs at any time in its discretion during the 2003 Tax
Period. Tax Masters and its Affiliates shall retain ownership of its proprietary
rights, including intellectual property rights, in the Instant RAL product.

      8.17 File Sharing. Tax Masters as servicer for the RAL Originator shall
provide the following files to Block Services for use in the 2003 Tax Period and
future Tax Periods:

            (a) Guaranteed Loan Offer ("GLO") Processing File. This file is
generated from the 2003 GLO file received from Experian. It is coded and
incorporated into the TPS software. Block Services is prohibited from accessing
and decoding such software, except in response to, and to fulfill, a consumer's
request for a RAL. Block Services shall not use this file for any other purpose,
including but not limited to marketing its products.

            (b) Block Services GLO Marketing File. This file is generated from
the 2003 GLO file received from Experian. Block Services may only use this file
to inform its customers that they qualify for a pre-approved RAL for the 2003
Tax Period. Block Services shall not use this file for any other purpose,
including but not limited to marketing its products.

            (c) Advance RAL Processing File. This file is generated from the
2003 GLO file received from Experian. It is coded and incorporated into the TPS
software. Block Services is prohibited from accessing and decoding such
software, except in response to, and to fulfill, a consumer's request for a RAL.
Block Services shall not use this file for any other purpose, including but not
limited to marketing its products.

            (d) History Processing File. This file is generated from the
experiences of the Household Companies. It consists of RAL payment history for
the last four (4) years and current

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bad debt. This data is used for scoring a potential Instant RAL customer, is
coded, and resides in the Instant RAL decision module incorporated into the TPS
software. Block Services is prohibited from accessing and decoding such
software, except in response to, and to fulfill, a consumer's request for a RAL.
Block Services shall not use this file for any other purpose, including but not
limited to marketing its products.

      8.18 Representations and Warranties of Block Services. Block Services
hereby represents, warrants and covenants that it and its subsidiaries are and
shall be the owners of all Block Offices, except for offices of Corporate
Franchises through the term of this Agreement. Block Services hereby further
represents, warrants and covenants that it will cause its subsidiaries to
perform all of the obligations of Block Services required to be performed under
this Agreement. Block Services agrees to enforce the terms of any existing
agreement with Corporate Franchises relating to the RAL Program.

      8.19 Effective Date. The effective date of this Agreement is January 1,
2003.

      8.20 Termination of HB as a Party and Assignment of HB's Responsibilities
to Tax Masters; Events Prior to Amendment. HB is hereby terminated as a party to
this Agreement; provided that HB shall assign, effective as of December 31,
2002, to Tax Masters all of HB's agreements, duties and obligations under the
RAL Operations Agreement arising out of events occurring prior to the effective
date of this Agreement, and the receivables associated with the RAL Accounts
previously established by HB under the RAL Operations Agreement shall continue
to be the property and responsibility of Tax Masters or an Affiliate thereof to
whom such assets were assigned by HB; provided, however, that such assignment by
HB to Tax Masters is subject to all of the Block Companies' rights under the
Letter Agreement. Subject to HB's assignment of its rights and obligations to
Tax Masters and/or any of its Affiliates pursuant to the immediately preceding
sentence, the parties affirm that they are responsible for performing all of
their agreements, duties and obligations under the RAL Operations Agreement
arising out of events occurring prior to the effective date of this Agreement,
and the provisions of the RAL Operations Agreement shall survive and continue to
define the rights and obligations of the parties with respect to such prior
events.

      8.21 Definitions. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms shall
have the meanings set forth in the Appendix of Defined Terms attached hereto.

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      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amended and
Restated Refund Anticipation Loan Operations Agreement to be executed by their
respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date set forth above.

                                         HOUSEHOLD TAX MASTERS INC.

                                         By: /s/ Patrick A. Cozza
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             Name: Patrick A. Cozza
                                             Title: President

                                         BENEFICIAL FRANCHISE COMPANY INC.

                                         By: /s/ Patrick A. Cozza
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             Name: Patrick A. Cozza
                                             Title: Senior Vice President

                                         H & R BLOCK SERVICES, INC.

                                         By: /s/ Jeffery W. Yabuki
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             Name: Jeffery W. Yabuki
                                             Title: President

                                         H & R BLOCK TAX SERVICES, INC.

                                         By: /s/ Jeffery W. Yabuki
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             Name: Jeffery W. Yabuki
                                             Title: President

                                         HRB ROYALTY, INC.

                                         By: /s/ Rosalie A. Kenney
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             Name: Rosalie A. Kenney
                                             Title: President

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And solely for purposes of Sections 8.5 and 8.20 of this Amended and Restated
Refund Anticipation Loan Operations Agreement:

                                         HOUSEHOLD BANK, F.S.B.

                                         By: /s/ Patrick A. Cozza
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             Name: Patrick A. Cozza
                                             Title: Senior Vice President

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                                   SCHEDULE I

                           INITIAL CREDIT CRITERIA AND
               INITIAL RAL AND INITIAL RAC FEE AND INITIAL ACCOUNT
                        ADMINISTRATION FEE FOR TAX PERIOD

                         January 1, 2003 - June 30, 2003

Initial Credit Criteria

1. For a RAL Applicant applying for a RAL, which is defined as a loan in an
amount equal to the full amount of such Applicant's anticipated Federal Income
Tax Refund ("Refund"), and which RAL is secured by a Refund which may include in
part an Earned Income Credit ("EIC"), such RAL Applicant must qualify for
approval using RAL Originator credit criteria which includes an IRS debt code
indicating no debts or refund delays as well as credit criteria related to any
scorecards as applicable.

2. Have a valid Federal Income Tax Return for Tax Year 2002 acceptable by the
IRS for Electronic Filing and Direct Deposit with a Federal Tax Refund greater
than two-hundred ($200) dollars and no greater than five thousand ($5,000)
dollars. The maximum RAL amount for Non-EIC applicants is five thousand ($5,000)
dollars inclusive of any fees or charges. The maximum RAL amount for EIC
applicants is five thousand ($5,000) dollars inclusive of any fees or charges.
(Applicants showing a Refund greater than $5,000 shall receive a RAL up to
$5,000 and subsequently will be issued a check for the excess amount.)

3. Be 18 years of age or older or otherwise be eligible under state law to apply
for and receive a RAL.

If married filing joint, either applicant (primary or spouse) must meet the
minimum requirement.

If state of residence is:

      Alabama - applicant must be 19 unless married, then 18.

      Nebraska - applicant must be 19 unless married, then no age restriction.

      Puerto Rico - applicant must be 21 years old unless they have parental or
guardian consent.

4. Comply with the Identification and Qualifying Procedures for a Refund
Anticipation Loan through RAL Originator as set forth on Schedule 1.3.

5. Not previously have filed any Federal Income Tax Return for the tax year
2002, not have any tax due and/or tax liens from prior tax years, not owe any
delinquent RALs, child support, alimony payments, student loans, V.A. loans or
other Federally sponsored loans.

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6. Presently, not have a petition (whether voluntary or involuntary) filed or
anticipate filing, under federal bankruptcy laws.

7. Not have a RAL with RAL Originator, or any other RAL originator from a prior
year that has been discharged in bankruptcy.

8. Not have paid any estimated tax and/or did not have any amount of the 2001
return applied to the 2002 return.

9. Not be presently making regular payments to the IRS for prior year unpaid
taxes.

10. Not have power of attorney that is presently in effect or on file with the
IRS to direct the Federal Tax Refund to any third party.

11. Not be a non-resident alien.

12. Not be filing a Federal Income Tax Return for 2002 using a substitute W-2,
Form 4852, or any other form of substitute wage and tax documentation, unless
the source of the Form 4852 is a Military Leave and Earnings Statement.

13. Not be filing Form 8862, Earned Income Credit Eligibility for 2002, with the
Federal Income Tax Return.

14. Not be filing a Federal Income Tax Return for 2002 and be currently
incarcerated in a state or federal prison or have income earned while an inmate
at a penal institution and are claiming the Earned Income Credit.

15. Not be filing a return if the 2002 income reported is solely from Schedule C
or C-EZ (Profit & Loss from Business).

16. If Schedule C is present and EIC claimed, and return is not H & R Block
prepared, a RAL application is not permitted unless the taxpayer is a statutory
employee and the W-2 indicates statutory employee in Box 15.

17. Not be filing a return that contains a Schedule EIC and the modified
adjusted gross income on the Earned Credit Worksheet for Form 1040 is different
from the adjusted gross income reported on Form 1040.

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                  INITIAL RAL, RAC, AND OTHER BANK PRODUCT FEES

The Initial RAL, RAC, and other bank product Fees established by the RAL
Originator for the Tax Period January 1, 2003 - June 30, 2003 shall be as listed
below:

                        2003 INITIAL BANK PRODUCT PRICING
                              (As of July 31, 2002)

H&R BLOCK OFFICE CHANNEL
RAL/IRAL TIERED PRICING -

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                      Instant RAL Fee
            Loan Amount                                   RAL Fee     (RAL + $15.00)
            -----------                                   -------     --------------
<S>                                                       <C>         <C>
$200 to $500                                              $ 30.00        $ 45.00

$501 to $1000                                             $ 40.00        $ 55.00

$1001 to $1500                                            $ 60.00        $ 75.00

$1501 to $2000                                            $ 70.00        $ 85.00

$2001 to $5000                                            $ 90.00        $105.00

Maximum Loan Amount $5000.00

Earned Income Tax Credit Lending
(If qualified capped at $2,500.00)

AAF                                                       $ 25.00
</TABLE>

RAC -
Maximum RAC Amount $5,500.00             $25.00

EXPRESS IRA/RAC -
No License Fee/No Participation          $5.00 (paid by Block Services on
                                         back-end)

EXPRESS IRA - RAL/RAC COMBO -            Appropriate RAL Fee based on tier level

BALANCE DUE -
No License Fee/No Participation          $0 Transaction Processing Fee for 2003
                                         Tax Season
                                         Prime + 13.9%
                                         90 days same as cash
                                         120 days TBD

ARAL -
No License Fee/No Participation               $60.00

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ON-LINE TAX PREPARATION (OTP) CHANNEL
ERA/RAL TIERED PRICING -

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
             Loan Amount                                               ERA Fee (RAL)
             -----------                                               -------------
<S>                                                                    <C>
$200 to $500                                                              $30.00

$501 to $1000                                                             $40.00

$1001 to $1500                                                            $60.00

$1501 to $2000                                                            $70.00

$2001 to $5000                                                            $90.00

Maximum Loan Amount $5000.00

Earned Income Tax Credit Lending
(If qualified capped at $2,500.00)

AAF                                                                       $25.00
</TABLE>

EXPRESS IRA/RAC -
No license fee/No participation             $5.00 (paid by Block Services on
                                            back-end)

EXPRESS IRA - RAL/RAC COMBO -               Appropriate RAL Fee

ONLINE RAC -
Via direct deposit
Block participates at $2.76                 $10.00

TAX CUT TAX PREPARATION SOFTWARE CHANNEL
EXPRESS IRA/RAC -

No license fee/No participation             $5.00 (paid by Block Services on
                                            back-end)

No other bank products offered in 2003

PTS CHANNEL

No bank products offered in 2003

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                                   SCHEDULE II

                            FINAL CREDIT CRITERIA AND
                  FINAL RAL AND FINAL RAC FEE AND FINAL ACCOUNT
                        ADMINISTRATION FEE FOR TAX PERIOD
                         January 1, 2003 - June 30, 2003

Final Credit Criteria

      1. For a RAL Applicant applying for a RAL, which is defined as a loan in
an amount equal to the full amount of such Applicant's anticipated Federal
Income Tax Refund ("Refund"), and which RAL is secured by a Refund which may
include in part an Earned Income Credit ("EIC"), such RAL Applicant must qualify
for approval using RAL Originator credit criteria which includes an IRS debt
code indicating no debts or refund delays as well as credit criteria related to
any scorecards as applicable.

      2. Have a valid Federal Income Tax Return for Tax Year 2002 acceptable by
the IRS for Electronic Filing and Direct Deposit with a Federal Tax Refund
greater than two-hundred ($200) dollars and no greater than five thousand
($5,000) dollars. The maximum RAL amount for Non-EIC applicants is five thousand
($5,000) dollars inclusive of any fees or charges. The maximum RAL amount for
EIC applicants is five thousand ($5,000) dollars inclusive of any fees or
charges. (Applicants showing a Refund greater than $5,000 shall receive a RAL up
to $5,000 and subsequently will be issued a check for the excess amount.)

      3. Be 18 years of age or older or otherwise be eligible under state law to
apply for and receive a RAL.

            If married filing joint, either applicant (primary or spouse) must
      meet the minimum requirement.

            If state of residence is:

                  Alabama - applicant must be 19 unless married, then 18.

                  Nebraska - applicant must be 19 unless married, then no age
                  restriction.

                  Puerto Rico - applicant must be 21 years old unless they have
                  parental or guardian consent.

      4. Comply with the Identification and Qualifying Procedures for a Refund
Anticipation Loan through the RAL Originator as set forth on Schedule 1.3.

      5. Not previously have filed any Federal Income Tax Return for the tax
year 2002, not have any tax due and/or tax liens from prior tax years, not owe
any delinquent RALs, child support, alimony payments, student loans, V.A. loans
or other Federally sponsored loans.

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      6. Presently, not have a petition (whether voluntary or involuntary) filed
or anticipate filing, under federal bankruptcy laws.

      7. Not have a RAL with the RAL Originator, or any other RAL originator
from a prior year that has been discharged in bankruptcy.

      8. Not have paid any estimated tax and/or did not have any amount of the
2001 return applied to the 2002 return.

      9. Not be presently making regular payments to the IRS for prior year
unpaid taxes.

      10. Not have power of attorney that is presently in effect or on file with
the IRS to direct the Federal Tax Refund to any third party.

      11. Not be a non-resident alien.

      12. Not be filing a Federal Income Tax Return for 2002 using a substitute
W-2, Form 4852, or any other form of substitute wage and tax documentation,
unless the source of the Form 4852 is a Military Leave and Earnings Statement.

      13. Not be filing Form 8379 (Injured Spouse Claim and Allocation) with the
2002 Federal Income Tax Return.

      14. Not be filing Form 8862, Earned Income Credit Eligibility for 2002,
with the Federal Income Tax Return.

      15. Not be filing a Federal Income Tax Return for 2002 and be currently
incarcerated in a state or federal prison or have income earned while an inmate
at a penal institution and are claiming the Earned Income Credit.

      16. Not be filing a return if the 2002 income reported is solely from
Schedule C or C-EZ (Profit & Loss from Business).

      17. If Schedule C is present and EIC claimed and return is not H & R Block
prepared, a RAL application is not permitted unless the taxpayer is a statutory
employee and the W-2 indicates statutory employee in Box 15.

      18. Not be filing Form 1310 (Statement of Person Claiming Refund Due
Deceased Taxpayer) with the 2002 Federal Income Tax Return or filing a Federal
Income Tax Return 1040 on behalf of a deceased taxpayer.

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                   FINAL RAL, RAC, AND OTHER BANK PRODUCT FEES

      The Final RAL, RAC, and other bank product Fees established by the RAL
Originator for the Tax Period January 1, 2003 - June 30, 2003 are listed below:

H&R BLOCK OFFICE CHANNEL

RAL/IRAL TIERED PRICING -

                                    2003 RAL

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
  Refund/RAL Tier                                  RAL COST

                            Refund Account Fee   Finance Charge        RAL Total
                            ------------------   --------------        ---------
<S>                         <C>                  <C>                   <C>
     $200 - $500                  $24.95             $ 5.00             $29.95

     $501 - $1,000                $24.95             $15.00             $39.95

   $1,001 - $1,500                $24.95             $35.00             $59.95

   $1,501 - $2,000                $24.95             $45.00             $69.95

  $2,0001 - $5,000                $24.95             $65.00             $89.95

Maximum Loan Amount of $5,000

Earned Income Tax Credit Lending to $5,000 if qualified (some EIC customers will
be capped at $2,500 as in tax season 2002)

       RAC Fee                    $24.95                 --                 --

   Denied RAL (AAF)               $24.95                 --                 --
</TABLE>

                                 2003 Full IRAL

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
    Refund Tier                                        Full IRAL Cost

                         Refund Acct. Fee         IRAL Fee         Finance Charge          Total
                         ----------------         --------         --------------          -----
<S>                      <C>                      <C>              <C>                    <C>
    $200 - $500               $ 24.95             $ 15.00             $  5.00             $ 44.95

    $501 - $1,000             $ 24.95             $ 15.00             $ 15.00             $ 54.95

  $1,001 - $1,500             $ 24.95             $ 15.00             $ 35.00             $ 74.95

  $1,501 - $2,000             $ 24.95             $ 15.00             $ 45.00             $ 84.95

  $2,001 - $5,000             $ 24.95             $ 15.00             $ 65.00             $104.95
</TABLE>

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                   2003 Partial $750 IRAL with Subsequent RAL

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
     Refund Tier                          Partial $750 IRAL Cost                         RAL Cost         IRAL +
                                                  (Day 1)                                (Day 2)         RAL Total
                           Refund        IRAL Fee         Finance         Partial        Finance
                            Acct.                          Charge       IRAL Total        Charge
                            Fee
                          -------        --------         -------       ----------       -------         ---------
<S>                       <C>            <C>              <C>           <C>              <C>              <C>
    $200 - $500*          $ 24.95         $ 15.00         $  5.00         $ 44.95              --         $ 44.95

    $501 - $1,000         $ 24.95         $ 15.00         $  5.00         $ 44.95         $ 10.00         $ 54.95

  $1,001 - $1,500         $ 24.95         $ 15.00         $  5.00         $ 44.95         $ 30.00         $ 74.95

  $1,501 - $2,000         $ 24.95         $ 15.00         $  5.00         $ 44.95         $ 40.00         $ 84.95

  $2,001 - $5,000         $ 24.95         $ 15.00         $  5.00         $ 44.95         $ 60.00         $104.95
</TABLE>

*     This is a Full IRAL since partial IRALs are for $750.00

                2003 Partial $750 IRAL with Subsequent Denied RAL

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
     Refund Tier                          Partial $750 IRAL Cost                         Denied           IRAL +
                                                  (Day 1)                               RAL Cost          Denied
                                                                                                         RAL Total
                           Refund        IRAL Fee         Finance         Partial        Finance
                            Acct.                          Charge       IRAL Total        Charge
                            Fee
                          -------        --------         -------       ----------       -------         ---------
<S>                       <C>            <C>              <C>           <C>              <C>              <C>
    $200 - $500*          $ 24.95         $ 15.00         $  5.00         $ 44.95              --         $ 44.95

    $501 - $1,000         $ 24.95         $ 15.00         $  5.00         $ 44.95         $     0         $ 44.95

  $1,001 - $1,500         $ 24.95         $ 15.00         $  5.00         $ 44.95         $     0         $ 44.95

  $1,501 - $2,000         $ 24.95         $ 15.00         $  5.00         $ 44.95         $     0         $ 44.95

  $2,001 - $5,000         $ 24.95         $ 15.00         $  5.00         $ 44.95         $     0         $ 44.95
</TABLE>

*     This is a Full IRAL since partial IRALs are for $750.00

RAC -
Maximum RAC Amount $9,999.99                 $24.95
(Maximum RAC first check amount of $5,500)

EXPRESS IRA/RAC -
No License Fee/No Participation              $5.00 (paid by Block Services on
                                             back-end)

EXPRESS IRA-RAL/RAC - COMBO -                Appropriate RAL Fee based on tier
                                             level

BALANCE DUE -
No License Fee/No Participation              $0 Transaction Processing Fee for
                                             2003 Tax Season
                                             Prime + 13.9%
                                             90 days same-as-cash
                                             120 days same-as-cash for 2002 tax
                                             year
                                             extension filers only

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Discount RAL Tests for 2003 (2002 TY) - Pricing test as follows:

Test Markets and Client DRAL fees:

<TABLE>
<S>                                          <C>      <C>
         Minneapolis - St. Paul, MN          -        $39.95
         Columbia, SC                        -        $39.95
         Charleston, SC                      -        $39.95
         Greenville, NC                      -        $39.95
</TABLE>

         Youngstown, OH - fee as follows to DRAL clients:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
           Refund Tier                             Total DRAL Cost
           -----------                             ---------------
<S>                                                <C>
           $200 - $500                                $29.95
           $501 - $1,000                              $39.95
         $1,001 - $5,000                              $49.95
</TABLE>

IRALs in all markets will be charged an additional $15.00.

Other:

-     A RAL constitutes a customer. A partial IRAL followed by a classic RAL for
      the balance will not be considered two RALs.

ON-LINE TAX PREPARATION  (OTP) CHANNEL

ERA/RAL PRICING

                                    2003 RAL

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
         Refund/RAL Tier                                       RAL Cost
                                      Refund Account Fee    Finance Charge         RAL TOTAL
                                      ------------------    --------------         ---------
<S>                                   <C>                   <C>                    <C>
          $200 - $500                       $10.00              $19.95              $29.95

          $501 - $1,000                     $10.00              $29.95              $39.95

        $1,001 - $1,500                     $10.00              $49.95              $59.95

        $1,501 - $2,000                     $10.00              $59.95              $69.95

       $2,0001 - $5,000                     $10.00              $79.95              $89.95

Maximum Loan Amount of $5,000

Earned Income Tax Credit Lending to $5,000 if qualified (some EIC customers will be capped at
$2,500 as in tax season 2002)

        Denied RAL (AAF)                    $10.00                  --                  --
  (Block license fee of $2.76)
</TABLE>

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EXPRESS IRA/RAC -
No license fee/No participation              $5.00 (paid by Block Services on
                                             back-end)

EXPRESS IRA - RAL/RAC COMBO -                Appropriate RAL fee

ON LINE RAC -
Via direct deposit                           $10.00
Block license fee of $2.76

TAX CUT TAX PREPARATION SOFTWARE CHANNEL

EXPRESS IRA/RAC -
No license fee/No participation              $5.00 (paid by Block Services on
                                             back-end)

No other bank products offered in 2003

PTS CHANNEL

No bank products offered in 2003

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                                  SCHEDULE 1.3

                 IDENTIFICATION AND QUALIFYING PROCEDURES FOR A
                            REFUND ANTICIPATION LOAN
                           THROUGH THE RAL ORIGINATOR

A. NEW CUSTOMER. (An applicant who has not received a RAL Originator
Pre-approved Loan Offer.)

Applicant must have two forms of valid identification, one must be a picture and
at least one must be from Group A.

B. PRE-APPROVED CUSTOMERS

One acceptable form of identification must be obtained. If Resident Alien ID is
presented, proof of qualifying child's residence for EIC is not required.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
GROUP A                                    GROUP B
-------                                    -------
<S>                                        <C>
IRS Mailing label                          Copy of Form 8453 or E-File Authentication
(within last 10 years)                     Authorization (within last 10 years) signed by
                                           Electronic Return Originator

IRS Telefile Tax Record
                                           Copy of Prior Year Return
*Military ID                               (within last 10 years) including 1040 PC.

*City/State/County Issued ID
                                           Prior Client on File
Driver's License
                                           Check Cashing ID
*Employee ID
                                           Current Pay Stub
*Food Stamp ID
                                           Department Store/Gas Credit Card
*Indian Tribal Card
                                           Motor Vehicle Registration
Major Credit Card (Visa, MC, Amex,
Discover, Optima)                          *School ID

                                           Social Security Card
**Resident Alien ID
                                           Union Membership ID
*State Welfare ID
                                           Voter Registration Card
*U.S. Passport
                                           IRS ITIN or ATIN Letter
Consular Card
                                           *Must be a picture ID.
</TABLE>

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<PAGE>

Only one ID issued in the current year is acceptable and IDs marked as duplicate
are not allowed.

**Resident alien taxpayers claiming EIC must provide proof of qualifying child's
minimum six month residence in the USA. Such proof, in order of preference, must
be a school registration or ID card for the child, a report card, a school
health or attendance record, doctor bills for the child, a utility bill in the
parent's name, the birth certificate of the child showing birth in the USA or
other document establishing residence of the child in the USA.

PHONE CONTACT

If the telephone number for the primary taxpayer's residence is not available, a
telephone number where the primary taxpayer can be reached is required.

A work telephone number is required for each taxpayer that is employed.

EARNED INCOME CREDIT

Schedule EIC must meet all IRS specifications and pass all IRS reject criteria.

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                                   APPENDIX OF
                                  DEFINED TERMS

            "ACH" means the Automated Clearing House System commonly used for
electronic payment transactions.

            "AFFILIATE" of any Person means any other Person controlling,
controlled by or under common control with such Person. RAL Originator shall not
be deemed an Affiliate of Tax Masters.

            "AGREEMENT" means this Amended and Restated Refund Anticipation Loan
Operations Agreement and all amendments hereof and supplements hereto.

            "APPLICANT" means a Person who has filed a RAL Application during
the current Tax Period.

            "BENEFICIAL FRANCHISE" means Beneficial Franchise Company Inc., a
Delaware corporation.

            "BENEFICIAL FRANCHISE INDEMNIFIED PARTIES" shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 4.3 of this Agreement.

            "BLOCK COMPANIES" means, collectively, Block Services, Block Tax
Services and Royalty.

            "BLOCK FRANCHISE" means an office owned by a franchisee of Block
Services or its subsidiaries that operates under the "H&R Block" name that is
open to the public for the preparation of Returns.

            "BLOCK INDEMNIFIED PARTIES" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 1.14 of this Agreement.

            "BLOCK INDEMNIFYING PARTIES" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 1.14 of this Agreement.

            "BLOCK LICENSED MARKS" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.2 of this Agreement.

            "BLOCK OFFICE" means (i) an office owned by Block Services or its
subsidiaries that operates under the "H&R Block" name and is open to the public
for the preparation of Returns and (ii) a Corporate Franchise.

            "BLOCK RAL PROCESSOR" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
4.1 of this Agreement.

            "BLOCK SERVICES" means H & R Block Services, Inc., a Missouri
corporation, and its subsidiaries.

                                   Appendix-1
<PAGE>

            "BLOCK TAX SERVICES" means H & R Block Tax Services, Inc., a
Missouri corporation.

            "BUSINESS DAY" means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day
on which banking institutions are authorized or obligated by law or executive
order to be closed.

            "CLASSIC RAL" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.15 of
this Agreement.

            "CORPORATE FRANCHISE" means a Person authorized by Block Services
(or an Affiliate of Block Services) pursuant to a corporate franchise agreement
to operate a Block Franchise. "Corporate Franchise" does not include a Person
authorized by a Major Franchise Agreement with Block Services (or an Affiliate
of Block Services) to operate a Block Franchise and subfranchise others to
operate a Block Franchise within a specified territory, or a subfranchisee of a
Major Franchisee.

            "DIRECT DEPOSIT" means the deposit of a Taxpayer's refund by the IRS
directly into a bank account designated by a Taxpayer on his or her Return.

            "DISCLOSING PARTY" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7.2(a) of this Agreement.

            "ELECTRONIC FILING" means the filing of a Return with the IRS, or
the applicable state taxing authority, by Block Services via its Electronic
Filing Software.

            "ELECTRONIC FILING SOFTWARE" means the proprietary software owned by
Block Services, which is used to electronically file Returns with the IRS.

            "ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING GUIDELINES" means the guidelines
established by the parties hereto related to the process of filing Returns.

            "ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS" means those electronic systems
used to either electronically file Returns with the IRS or to facilitate the
origination of RALs or the issuance of RACs.

            "EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT LETTER" means the letter agreement dated
November 5, 2002, by and among Block Companies and Household Companies.

            "FIRST OPERATIONS AMENDMENT" means the First Amendment to the Refund
Anticipation Loan Operations Agreement as of January 1, 2000, by and among Block
Tax Services, Tax Masters, HB, as successor in interest to BNB, and Beneficial
Franchise.

            "FINAL CREDIT CRITERIA" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
6.2(b) of this Agreement.

            "FINAL RAL AND RAC FEES" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
6.2(a) of this Agreement.

                                   Appendix-2
<PAGE>

            "GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY" means any federal, state, municipal, foreign
or other governmental department, authority, commission, board, court,
administrative agency bureau, body or instrumentality.

            "GLO" shall have the meaning set forth in the heading of Section
8.17(a) of this Agreement

            "HB" means Household Bank, f.s.b., a federal savings bank.

            "HOUSEHOLD COMPANIES" means, collectively, Tax Masters and
Beneficial Franchise.

            "ICB" has the meaning set forth in Recital G.

            "INFORMATION" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.10 of
this Agreement.

            "INITIAL CREDIT CRITERIA" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 6.2(b) of this Agreement.

            "INITIAL RAL AND RAC FEES" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 6.2(a) of this Agreement.

            "INSTANT RAL APPLICATION" means the application completed by a RAL
Applicant to obtain an Instant RAL from the RAL Originator that must contain,
among those other things as the RAL Originator shall reasonably require, a
certification signed by the RAL Applicant that he or she: (a) has not previously
filed any Return for the applicable Tax Year, does not have any previous tax
liabilities, delinquent student loans, or any other delinquent federally
guaranteed or sponsored loans, or delinquent child support payments; (b) has not
filed a petition (whether voluntary or involuntary) under any federal or state
bankruptcy or insolvency laws; and (c) has not filed any powers of attorney with
the IRS or any state taxing authority and has no power of attorney presently in
effect to direct any tax return to any third party.

            "INSTANT RAL" means a RAL of which a credit decision is made prior
to Block Services receiving both (i) positive acknowledgement of the underlying
Tax Return's acceptance for Electronic Filing and (ii) the Notification from the
IRS.

            "IRS" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 of this
Agreement.

            "LETTER AGREEMENT" means the letter agreement dated November 11,
2002, by and among Block Companies and Household Companies.

            "LICENSE FEES" means the fees paid to Block Services by Tax Masters
pursuant to the terms of Section 5.4 of this Agreement.

            "MAJOR FRANCHISE AGREEMENT" means an agreement between a Major
Franchisee and Block Services (or an Affiliate of Block Services) authorizing
the Major Franchisee to

                                   Appendix-3
<PAGE>

operate a Block Franchise and to subfranchise others to operate a Block
Franchise within a specified territory.

            "MAJOR FRANCHISEE" means a Person authorized by a Major Franchise
Agreement with Block Services (or an Affiliate of Block Services) to operate a
Block Franchise and to subfranchise others to operate a Block Franchise within a
specified territory.

            "NOTIFICATION" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.10 of
this Agreement.

            "ORIGINAL RAL OPERATIONS AGREEMENT" means the Refund Anticipation
Loan Operations Agreement, effective July 19, 1996, by and among Block
Companies, Beneficial Tax Masters, BNB and Beneficial Franchise.

            "PATENT RIGHTS" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1 of
this Agreement.

            "PERSON" means any legal person, including any individual,
corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company,
trust, unincorporated organizations, Governmental Entity or other entity of
similar nature.

            "PROPRIETARY INFORMATION" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 7.1 of this Agreement.

            "RAC" means a refund anticipation check issued by the RAL Originator
and delivered to a Taxpayer pursuant to the Refund Anticipation Check Service.

            "RAL" or "REFUND ANTICIPATION LOAN" means a loan to a Taxpayer
secured by such Taxpayer's federal income tax refund.

            "RAL ACCOUNT" shall mean an account established by the RAL
Originator for each RAL Customer.

            "RAL APPLICATION" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.4 of
this Agreement.

            "RAL CUSTOMERS" shall means individuals or entities that apply for
RALs or RACs under the program through Block Services (or its subsidiaries),
Corporate Franchises, and Major Franchisees and subfranchisees of Major
Franchisees that have elected to participate in the RAL Program.

            "RAL OPERATIONS AGREEMENT" shall have the meaning set forth in
Recital F.

            "RAL ORIGINATOR" means the insured depository institution engaged by
Tax Masters to serve as originator under the RAL Program.

            "RAL PROGRAM" has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1 of this
Agreement.

                                   Appendix-4
<PAGE>

            "RECEIVING PARTY" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.2 of
this Agreement.

            "REFUND ANTICIPATION CHECK SERVICE" shall mean a service pursuant to
which a check in the amount of a Taxpayer's federal income tax refund, less the
sum of (a) fees charged for the making of the check, (b) tax preparation and
electronic filing fees and (c) other properly withheld amounts, is delivered to
a taxpayer on account of a direct deposit refund (other than in connection with
a RAL made in advance of receipt of the related refund). "Refund Anticipation
Check Service" includes the delivery of a direct deposit refund check to a
Taxpayer in connection with such Taxpayer's denied RAL Application.

            "RETURNS" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 of this
Agreement.

            "ROYALTY" means HRB Royalty, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

            "SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT" has the meaning set forth in Recital
H of this Agreement.

            "SECOND OPERATIONS AMENDMENT" means the Second Amendment to the
Refund Anticipation Loan Operations Agreement dated as of January 1, 2001, by
and among Block Tax Services, Tax Masters, HB and Beneficial Franchise.

            "SUBSTITUTION" shall have the meaning set forth in Recital J of this
Agreement.

            "SURVIVAL PROVISIONS" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
4.4 of this Agreement.

            "TAX MASTERS" means Household Tax Masters Inc., a Delaware
corporation.

            "TAX MASTERS INDEMNIFIED PARTIES" shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 2.4 of this Agreement.

            "TAX PERIOD" means January 1 through June 30 of a year in which
individuals typically pay income taxes for income earned in the Tax Year.

            "TAX YEAR" means the period beginning on January 1 of the year
immediately prior to the current Tax Period and ending on December 31 of the
year immediately prior to the current Tax Period.

            "TAXPAYER" means a Block Services customer for any of its services.
It refers to both to individual taxpayers filing individual Tax Returns and to
joint taxpayers filing joint Tax Returns.

            "TERM" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1 of this
Agreement.

            "THIRD OPERATIONS AMENDMENT" shall have the meaning set forth in
Recital F of this Agreement.

                                   Appendix-5<PAGE>

                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.2

                              AMENDED AND RESTATED
                            REFUND ANTICIPATION LOAN
                             PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT

            THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED REFUND ANTICIPATION LOAN PARTICIPATION
AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), dated as of January 6, 2003, is made by and among
BLOCK FINANCIAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation ("BFC"), HOUSEHOLD TAX
MASTERS INC., a Delaware corporation ("Tax Masters"), and solely for purposes of
Sections 7.9 and 7.15 herein, HOUSEHOLD BANK, f.s.b., a federal savings bank
("HB").

                                    RECITALS

            A. BFC, Beneficial National Bank, a national banking association
("BNB") and Beneficial Tax Masters Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Beneficial Tax
Masters"), entered into a Refund Anticipation Loan Participation Agreement dated
as of July 19, 1996 (the "Original Participation Agreement"), wherein BFC agreed
to purchase from BNB and Beneficial Tax Masters, and BNB and Beneficial Tax
Masters agreed to sell to BFC, a participation interest in refund anticipation
loans made by BNB to customers of both H&R Block Tax Services, Inc., a Delaware
corporation ("Block Tax Services"), and its affiliates and certain franchisees
of HRB Royalty, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Royalty") and their affiliates.

            B. BFC, BNB and Beneficial Tax Masters, entered into an amendment to
the Original Participation Agreement, dated as January, 1998 (the "Initial
Participation Amendment").

            C. BFC, HB, as successor in interest to BNB, and Tax Masters (f/k/a
Beneficial Tax Masters), entered into a First Amendment to the Refund
Anticipation Loan Participation Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2000 (the
"First Participation Amendment"), wherein certain terms, conditions and
obligations provided in the Original Participation Agreement, as amended by the
Initial Participation Amendment, were modified, including, among others, the
substitution of HB for BNB as the originating bank, and the change in name of
Beneficial Tax Masters to Tax Masters.

            D. BFC, Tax Masters and HB have entered into a Second Amendment to
the Refund Anticipation Loan Participation Agreement, dated as of January 1,
2002 (the "Second Participation Amendment," and together with the Original
Participation Agreement, the Initial Participation Amendment, and the First
Participation Amendment, the "RAL Participation Agreement").

            E. HB has ceased its operations and in connection therewith, Tax
Masters has engaged Imperial Capital Bank ("ICB") to perform the origination
function for RALs and issuing function for RACs.
<PAGE>

            F. Tax Masters and ICB entered into a Sale and Servicing Agreement
for RALs and RACs, dated as of October 30, 2002, by and between Tax Masters and
ICB, which agreement such parties have amended to reflect the terms set forth in
an Amended and Restated Sale and Servicing Agreement for RALs and RACs (as so
amended and restated, the "Sale and Servicing Agreement"), which Sale and
Servicing Agreement has been delivered to Block Services as representing the
basic agreement between Tax Masters and ICB regarding the RAL Program pursuant
to which Tax Masters will be servicing the loans originated by ICB under the RAL
Program.

            G. H&R Block Services, Inc., a Missouri corporation ("Block
Services"), on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries, Block Tax Services, and
Royalty (Block Services, Block Tax Services and Royalty are collectively
referred to herein as "Block Companies"), Tax Masters, Beneficial Franchise
Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Beneficial Franchise") (Tax Masters and
Beneficial Franchise are collectively referred to herein as "Household
Companies"), and for certain limited purposes, HB, have entered into an Amended
and Restated Refund Anticipation Loan Operations Agreement, dated as of January
6, 2003, (as amended and restated, the "RAL Operations Agreement").

            H. Block Companies, BFC, HB and Household Companies have entered
into a letter agreement, dated November 5, 2002 (the "Expense Reimbursement
Letter"), regarding reimbursement of Block Companies' and BFC's expenses in
connection with Household Companies' replacement of RAL Originator.

            I. Block Services, Royalty, BFC, HB and Household Companies have
entered into a letter agreement, dated November 11, 2002 (the "Letter
Agreement"), pursuant to which Block Companies have consented to the
substitution ("Substitution") of ICB for HB as the RAL Originator under the RAL
Operations Agreement subject to certain conditions, including the condition that
Block Companies and Household Companies use their best efforts to reach
agreement no later than January 20, 2003 as to those changes to the RAL
Operations Agreement and related agreements required to effectuate the
Substitution and those changes to such agreements that are directly related to,
and reasonably required to fairly take account of, the Substitution.

            J. The parties desire to amend and restate the RAL Participation
Agreement to reflect the termination of HB as a party to this Agreement in
connection with the termination of HB as originator of RALs and issuer of RACs,
and to make certain other changes to the RAL Participation Agreement as
hereinafter set forth relating to the purchase by BFC of participation interests
in RALs made by the RAL Originator, and RACs issued by the RAL Originator to
certain customers of Block Services, Corporate Franchises, Major Franchisees,
subfranchisees of a Major Franchisee, or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing.

                                    AGREEMENT

      NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and of the
agreements of the parties hereto and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, BFC, Tax Masters and,
solely for purposes of Sections 7.9 and 7.15 herein, HB hereby covenant and
agree that the RAL Participation Agreement is hereby amended

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<PAGE>

and restated in its entirety with respect to Participation Interests purchased
by BFC and certain other acts and events that occur from and after the effective
date hereof by deleting the provisions of Sections 1.1 through 7.13 as the same
now appear and by substituting therefor the following Sections 1.1 through 7.17:

                                   ARTICLE I
                                   DEFINITIONS

            Section 1.1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following
terms shall have the meaning set forth below:

            "Accrual Period" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b).

            "Adjustment Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.4(c).

            "Affiliate" of any Person shall mean any other Person controlling,
controlled by or under common control with such Person.

            "Applicable Percentage" shall mean the percentage set forth for a
particular Tax Period in Section 2.5.

            "Applicable Tax Period" shall mean any of the ten consecutive Tax
Periods commencing with and including the Tax Period beginning January 1, 1997
and ending with and including the Tax Period beginning January 1, 2006.

            "Average Refund Balance" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.4(b).

            "BFC" shall mean Block Financial Corporation, a Delaware
corporation.

            "Base Purchase Price" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.3(a).

            "Block Franchise" shall mean an office owned by a franchisee of
Block Services or its subsidiaries that operates under the "H&R Block" name that
is open to the public for the preparation of tax returns.

            "Block Office" shall mean (i) an office owned by Block Services or
its subsidiaries that operates under the "H&R Block" name and is open to the
public for the preparation of tax returns and (ii) a Corporate Franchise.

            "Block Services" shall mean H&R Block Services, Inc., a Missouri
corporation.

            "Block Tax Services" shall mean H&R Block Tax Services, Inc., a
Missouri corporation.

            "Budget Period" shall mean, with respect to any Tax Period, the
period from January 1 before the commencement of such Tax Period to and
including the following December 31.

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<PAGE>

            "Business Day" shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or
a day on which banking institutions in Bridgewater, New Jersey are authorized or
obligated by law or executive order to be closed.

            "CPI" shall mean the index known as United States Department of
Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index, United States City
Average, All Items (1982-84=100), or if discontinued, the successor index that
most closely approximates the foregoing index.

            "Claim" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.2.

            "Closing Date" shall mean with respect to a Participation Interest,
the date on which such Participation Interest is sold to BFC pursuant to this
Agreement.

            "Collections" shall mean (i) all finally collected funds received by
Tax Masters as servicer for the RAL Originator and applied to Participated Pool
RALs, whether such finally collected funds arise from receipt of cash, checks,
wire transfers, ATM transfers, exercise of rights of offset or other form of
payment, (ii) promissory notes and/or other evidence of indebtedness accepted by
Tax Masters as servicer for the RAL Originator from or on behalf of Obligors in
payment of Participated Pool RALs (in which case such Collections shall be
deemed to be received by the RAL Originator for purposes of this Agreement on
the Business Day on which such promissory note or evidence of indebtedness was
received by the RAL Originator) and (iii) all fees charged by the RAL Originator
to customers of Block Offices for issuing Pool RACs (in which case such
Collections shall be deemed to be received by the RAL Originator for purposes of
this Agreement on the Business Day on which such RAC is delivered to the
customer).

            "Corporate Pool RAL" shall have the meaning given such term in the
definition of "Pool RAL."

            "Corporate Franchise" shall mean a Person authorized directly by
Block Services (or an Affiliate of Block Services) pursuant to a corporate
franchise agreement to operate a Block Office. "Corporate Franchise" does not
include a Person authorized by a major franchise agreement between a Major
Franchisee and Block Services, or an Affiliate of Block Services, to operate a
Block Franchise and to subfranchise others to operate a Block Franchise within a
specified territory, or a subfranchisee of a Major Franchisee.

            "Defaulted Pool RAL" shall mean each Participated Pool RAL which, in
accordance with the RAL Guidelines and Tax Masters' customary and usual
servicing procedures for RALs, the RAL Originator has charged off as
uncollectible; provided, however, that no Pool RAL originated during any Tax
Period shall be classified as a Defaulted Pool RAL prior to January 1 of the
following year.

            "Eligible RAL" shall mean each Pool RAL:

            (a) that was created by the RAL Originator, and is in compliance in
      all material respects, with the RAL Operations Agreement (or a Major
      Franchisee RAL

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<PAGE>

      Agreement, as the case may be) and the federal Equal Credit Opportunity
      Act, 15 U.S.C. Sections 1691 et seq.;

            (b) (i) as to which any blank preprinted form of disclosure
      statement supplied by Tax Masters on behalf of the RAL Originator to the
      tax preparation office at which such Pool RAL was originated for use in
      connection with the origination of such Pool RAL complied, as to form
      (subject to proper completion), with the requirements of the federal
      Truth-in-Lending Act, 15 U.S.C. Sections 1601 et seq. ("TILA") (it being
      understood that the foregoing shall not be deemed a warranty by Tax
      Masters that such form has been properly completed) and (ii) that was
      created in compliance with the other requirements of TILA; and

            (c) as to which, at the time of the sale of the Participation
      Interest in such Pool RAL to BFC, Tax Masters had good and marketable
      title thereto free and clear of all Liens arising under or through Tax
      Masters or any of its Affiliates.

            "ERA Operations Agreement" shall mean the ERA Operations Agreement
to be entered into between BFC, Royalty, Tax Masters and Beneficial Franchise
effective January 1, 2003.

            "Excluded RAL" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.2.

            "Governmental Authority" shall mean the United States of America,
any state or other political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising
executive, legislative judicial, regulatory or administrative functions
pertaining to government.

            "HB" shall mean Household Bank, f.s.b., a federal savings bank.

            "ICB" shall mean Imperial Capital Bank, a California state chartered
commercial bank.

            "Ineligible RAL" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.4(c).

            "Initial Periodic Servicing Fee Percentage" shall mean the Periodic
Servicing Fee Percentage initially determined for a particular Budget Period
pursuant to Section 2.4(a)(iii).

            "Initial Purchase Price" shall mean the initial purchase price for a
Participation Interest to be paid by BFC to Tax Masters as calculated pursuant
to Section 2.3.

            "License Fees" shall mean the license fees paid or payable to Block
Services, a Corporate Franchise, a Major Franchisee or a subfranchisee of a
Major Franchisee as a result of the making of a Pool RAL or a Pool RAC, which
are paid or payable contemporaneously with or shortly after the making of such
Pool RAL or Pool RAC.

            "License Fee Adjustment" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.3(b).

            "Lien" shall mean any pledge, hypothecation, assignment,
encumbrance, security interest, lien (statutory or other) or other security
agreement of any kind or nature whatsoever,

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including (without limitation) any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing.

            "Major Franchisee" shall mean the Person authorized by a major
franchise agreement with Block Services, or with an Affiliate of Block Services,
to operate a Block Office and to subfranchise others to operate a Block Office
within a specified territory.

            "Major Franchisee Pool RAL" shall have the meaning given such term
in the definition of "Pool RAL."

            "Major Franchisee RAL Agreement" shall mean an agreement from time
to time between Tax Masters and/or any one or more Affiliates of Tax Masters and
a Major Franchisee pursuant to which RALs are made to customers of Block Offices
of such Major Franchisee or its subfranchisees, as the same may be amended,
modified or supplemented from time to time.

            "Notifying Party" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.2.

            "Obligor" shall mean, with respect to any RAL, the Person or Persons
obligated to make payments to the RAL Originator, or an Affiliate of the RAL
Originator, with respect to such RAL.

            "Originator Party" shall mean any Person or entity through whom Pool
RALs or Pool RACs are made or serviced, and any other Person or entity that
prepares or arranges for the preparation of a tax return for a Pool RAL or Pool
RAC customer, or that files, makes or transmits or assists or arranges for the
filing, making or transmission of any such tax return, refund request or Pool
RAL or Pool RAC request, or that acts as a network or service bureau in
connection with any of the foregoing, or that owns, distributes, licenses or
otherwise has an interest in any software or other intellectual property used in
connection with any of the foregoing or in any trademark, service mark or brand
name under which Pool RALs or Pool RACs are promoted.

            "Participated Pool RAL" shall mean any Pool RAL in which a
Participation Interest has been sold to BFC pursuant to Section 2.1 and has not
been reassigned to Tax Masters or repurchased by Tax Masters pursuant to this
Agreement.

            "Participation Interest" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.1.

            "Periodic Servicing Compensation" for a Budget Period shall be equal
to (i) the sum, for all Participated Pool RALs made during the corresponding Tax
Period, of the Servicing Adjustments paid by BFC for the Participation Interests
corresponding to such Participated Pool RALs, plus (ii) any amount paid by BFC
to Tax Masters during such Budget Period pursuant to Section 2.4(c)(i), minus
(iii) any amount paid by Tax Masters to BFC during such Budget Period pursuant
to Section 2.4(c)(i).

            "Periodic Servicing Fee Percentage" shall mean the Required
Servicing Compensation for a Tax Period, divided by the aggregate Principal
Amount of Participated Pool RALs made in such Tax Period, as determined
initially pursuant to Section 2.4(a) and adjusted from time to time pursuant to
Section 2.4(b).

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            "Person" shall mean any legal person, including any individual,
corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company,
trust, unincorporated organization, governmental entity or other entity of
similar nature.

            "Pool RAC" shall mean any RAC issued by the RAL Originator through a
Block Office owned by Block Services, a Corporate Franchise, a Major Franchisee,
a subfranchisee of a Major Franchisee, or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing.

            "Pool RAL" shall mean (a) any RAL made by the RAL Originator through
a Block Office owned by Block Services, a Corporate Franchise or either of their
Affiliates, pursuant to or under color of (i) the RAL Operations Agreement or
(ii) a referral to the RAL Originator by Block Services, such Corporate
Franchise or such Affiliates pursuant to a contractual electronic filing
arrangement with any other Person, (b) any electronic refund advance ("ERA")
made by the RAL Originator originated through On-Line Tax Preparation ("OTP")
software pursuant to the ERA Operations Agreement (a RAL or ERA described in
subclause (a) or (b) may hereinafter be referred to as a "Corporate Pool RAL")
and (c) any RAL made during any Tax Period by a Major Franchisee or a
subfranchisee of a Major Franchisee, pursuant to or under color of (i) a Major
Franchisee RAL Agreement or (ii) a referral to the RAL Originator by a Major
Franchisee, or a subfranchisee or such Major Franchisee, of an Obligor whose
federal income tax return was filed electronically by such Major Franchisee, or
subfranchisee of such Major Franchisee, pursuant to a contractual electronic
filing arrangement between such Major Franchisee or subfranchisee and any other
Person (a RAL described in this subclause (c) may hereinafter be referred to as
a "Major Franchisee Pool RAL"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, "Pool RAL",
"Corporate Pool RAL", and "Major Franchisee Pool RAL", shall not include any RAL
for which no RAL fee is charged to a customer (a "No Fee RAL"), provided that
any RAL offered in connection with the parties' "CADE" initiative test shall not
be deemed a No Fee RAL.

            "Principal Amount" of a RAL, shall mean:

            (a) the aggregate amount paid or payable by the RAL Originator to or
      for the account of an Obligor in connection with a RAL, and shall in any
      event include (i) the amount of any check properly issued or authorized to
      be issued by the RAL Originator to the order of any such Obligor, and (ii)
      any amounts paid or payable by the RAL Originator for the account of
      Obligor to any Originator Party, the Internal Revenue Service or any other
      Person (whether or not the RAL Originator has a right, contingent or
      otherwise, to withhold or retain any portion of such amount). The
      "Principal Amount" of a RAL shall not include any financing fee or refund
      account fee payable by such Obligor to the RAL Originator for such RAL.
      Each of the foregoing elements of a RAL shall be deemed to be made for
      purposes of this Agreement on the Business Day on which the RAL check
      clears the bank account used by the RAL Originator for the disbursement of
      RALs and such fact has been recorded in the computer files the RAL
      Originator uses for administering RALs; and

            (b) shall also include any payment made at any time by the RAL
      Originator with respect to any lost, altered or stopped check issued by or
      on behalf of the RAL Originator in connection with a RAL described in
      paragraph (a) (the "Underlying RAL"),

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      as well as any payment by the RAL Originator with respect to any lost,
      altered or stopped replacement check. Payments on any RAL described in
      this paragraph (b) shall be deemed to be made for purposes of this
      Agreement on the Business Day when the replacement RAL check clears the
      bank account used by the RAL Originator for the disbursement of RALs and
      such fact has been recorded in the computer files the RAL Originator uses
      for administering RALs.

            "Qualified Expenses" shall mean all direct expenditures incurred in
good faith by Tax Masters or any of its Affiliates in connection with ordinary
and routine origination and servicing of Participated Pool RALs and Pool RACs or
the performance of Tax Masters' obligations hereunder (other than the cost of
repurchasing Participation Interests as required by Sections 4.3 or 4.4) or
under the RAL Operations Agreement (or a Major Franchisee RAL Agreement, as the
case may be), including (without limitation) fees and amounts paid or payable to
Originator Parties, salaries, employee benefits, data processing costs,
depreciation, equipment rent, equipment maintenance, space rent, maintenance,
credit reports, legal forms and supplies, non-litigation legal expenses,
telephone and telegraph, postage, delivery charges, travel, purchased services
and systems, professional and consulting, external staff training and other
personnel-related expenses, advertising, sales promotion, collection, systems,
systems development, check clearing, cash management, software purchase,
licensing or development, fees of licensing service marks, trademarks or other
intellectual property, the costs of obtaining the accountant's report obtained
pursuant to Section 2.4(f), and data processing expenses; provided, however,
that Qualified Expenses shall not include (i) any bad debt expense pertaining to
any Participated Pool RAL, (ii) License Fees, to the extent duplicative of
amounts as to which BFC has paid its proportionate share pursuant to Section
2.3(b), (iii) any allocated expenses not related directly to the origination of
Participated Pool RALs or the making of Pool RACs, the ordinary and routine
servicing of Participated Pool RALs or the performance by Tax Masters or any of
its Affiliates of its obligations under this Agreement or the RAL Operations
Agreement (or a Major Franchisee RAL Agreement, as the case may be), whether
such expenses are allocated internally by Tax Masters or allocated to Tax
Masters by any of its Affiliates, (iv) interest expense, if any, incurred by Tax
Masters or any of its Affiliates in connection with the portion of Participated
Pool RALs that was not sold to and purchased by BFC, (v) any expenses pertaining
to Tax Masters' fraud service bureau to the extent Tax Masters receives
reimbursement of such expenses by Persons other than BFC or its Affiliates, (vi)
collection costs or expenses with respect to delinquent Participated Pool RALs
with respect to which Tax Masters (or any of its Affiliates) receives a
collection fee pursuant to Section 3.4, (vii) allocations of corporate overhead
expenses (including, without limitation, corporate management salaries and
benefits and depreciation of general plant and equipment not specifically
related to the origination and servicing of Participated Pool RALs), (viii) any
cost or expense for which Tax Masters or its Affiliates are reimbursed by a
third party (other than an Affiliate of Tax Masters) (including, without
limitation, costs or expenses for which Tax Masters is reimbursed by Block
Services pursuant to the indemnification provisions of the RAL Operations
Agreement) or (ix) any expenditures for goods or services procured by Tax
Masters or any of its Affiliates that are not related directly to the
origination of Participated Pool RALs, the making of Pool RACs or the
performance by Tax Masters or any of its Affiliates of its or their obligations
under this Agreement or the RAL Operations Agreement (or a Major Franchisee RAL
Agreement, as the case may be).

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            In the event any expenditure that pertains to more than one Budget
Period or should be capitalized and amortized or depreciated over more than one
Budget Period in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, such
expenditure shall be capitalized and included in Qualified Expenses for a Budget
Period only to the extent that such capitalized expenditure is (or should be)
amortized or depreciated during such Budget Period in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles.

            Qualified Expenses shall be allocated to Participated Pool RALs for
a Budget Period on the following basis (it being understood that, to the extent
that the operating unit of Tax Masters or its Affiliates that services RALs and
RACs also deals with other electronic filing derivative products, Tax Masters
shall allocate as Qualified Expenses only the expenses of such unit that are
otherwise Qualified Expenses) as it estimates in good faith are allocable to
RALs and RACs and not to other electronic filing derivative products: (x) all
permitted expenses as described above of Tax Masters and its Affiliates for RALs
and RACs of all types (whether or not Pool RALs or Pool RACs) during a Budget
Period shall be aggregated, (y) the result shall be divided by the total number
of RALs and RACs of all types purchased by Tax Masters during the corresponding
Tax Period, and (z) the result shall be multiplied by the number of RALs and
RACs made by the RAL Originator during such Tax Period that are Participated
Pool RALs and Pool RACs (and such result shall be deemed the Qualified Expenses
allocable to Participated Pool RALs and Pool RACs for such Budget Period). An
illustrative example of the allocation of Qualified Expenses to Participated
Pool RALs and Participated Pool RACs is set forth in Exhibit B attached hereto.

            "RAC" means a check issued by the RAL Originator and delivered to a
taxpayer pursuant to a Refund Anticipation Check Service.

            "RAL" shall mean any refund anticipation loan from time to time made
by the RAL Originator.

            "RAL Guidelines" shall mean the RAL Originator's policies and
procedures from time to time relating to the operation of its refund
anticipation loan business, including (without limitation) the policies and
procedures for determining the credit worthiness of refund anticipation loan
customers, the extension of credit to refund anticipation loan customers and
relating to the collection and charge off of refund anticipation loans.

            "RAL Originator" shall mean the insured depository institution
engaged by Tax Masters (subject to the Block Companies' rights under the Letter
Agreement) to serve as the originator under the RAL Program.

            "RAL Operations Agreement" shall have the meaning set forth in
Recital G.

            "RAL Participation Agreement" shall have the meaning set forth in
Recital D.

            "RAL Program" shall have the meaning assigned to it in the RAL
Operations Agreement.

            "Reassignment Amount" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
4.3.

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            "Reassignment Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.3.

            "Refund Anticipation Check Service" shall mean a service pursuant to
which a check in the amount of a taxpayer's federal income tax refund, less the
sum of (a) fees charged for the making of the check, (b) tax preparation and
electronic filing fees and (c) other properly withheld amounts, is delivered to
a taxpayer on account of a direct deposit refund (other than in connection with
a RAL made in advance of receipt of the related refund). "Refund Anticipation
Check Service" includes the delivery of a direct deposit refund check to a
taxpayer in connection with such taxpayer's denied RAL application.

            "Repurchase Value" of a Participated Pool RAL at any time shall mean
the Principal Amount of such Participated Pool RAL, less any Collections
received with respect to such Participated Pool RAL.

            "Required Servicing Compensation" means the amount of compensation
the RAL Originator is entitled to receive for originating and servicing
Participated Pool RALs and Pool RACs for a particular Budget Period as computed
pursuant to Section 2.4(a)(iv).

            "Servicing Adjustment" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.3(c).

            "Tax Period" for any year shall mean the period from and including
January 1 of such year to and including August 15 of such year.

            "Tax Masters" shall mean Household Tax Masters, Inc., a Delaware
corporation.

            "UCC" shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code, as amended from time
to time, as in effect in any specified jurisdiction.

            "Underlying RAL" shall have the meaning given that term in paragraph
(b) of the definition of "Principal Amount".

            Section 1.2. Other Definitional Provisions. Unless the context of
this Agreement otherwise clearly requires, references to the plural include the
singular, the singular the plural and the part the plural. The words "hereof,"
"herein" and "hereunder" and words of similar import when used in this Agreement
shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of
this Agreement; and Section and subsection references contained in this
Agreement are references to Sections and subsections in this Agreement unless
otherwise specified.

                                   ARTICLE II
                   PURCHASE AND SALE OF INTERESTS IN POOL RALS

            Section 2.1. Purchase and Sale of Participation Interests in Pool
RALs.

            (a) Purchase and Sale. Subject to the conditions set forth in this
      Agreement, Tax Masters agrees to sell to BFC, and BFC agrees to purchase
      from Tax Masters, from time to time, on a "checks cleared" basis, an
      undivided ownership interest in, and in an amount equal to the Applicable
      Percentage of, all of Tax Masters' right, title and interest

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      in and to each Pool RAL hereafter created, including all monies due or to
      become due with respect thereto and all Collections pertaining thereto and
      other proceeds (as defined in the UCC as in effect in the State of
      Delaware) thereof (a "Participation Interest"). Subject to the conditions
      set forth herein BFC agrees to pay for, purchase and accept all
      Participation Interests from time to time as provided herein. Except for
      the representations and warranties expressly made by Tax Masters in this
      Agreement, Participation Interests (and acquisition thereof by BFC) shall
      be without recourse to Tax Masters. Tax Masters represents and warrants to
      BFC that the Pool RALs were originated in compliance with the Final Credit
      Criteria and Final RAL and RAC Fees (as defined in the RAL Operations
      Agreement) and applicable law, excluding, however, any failure to comply
      which results from (i) any misrepresentation or omission to state a
      material fact by a RAL Customer, or (ii) action or inaction by any Block
      Office, Major Franchisee or subfranchisee of a Major Franchisee to perform
      its explicit obligations under this Agreement, a corporate franchise
      agreement between Block Services and a Corporate Franchise, a Major
      Franchisee RAL Agreement, or a subfranchisee agreement relating to the RAL
      Program between a Major Franchisee and a subfranchisee, as applicable
      (except for any action or inaction by such entities due to changes to the
      RAL Program required by the RAL Originator or Tax Masters outside of the
      deadlines set forth in this Agreement for any such changes).

            (b) The conveyance by Tax Masters to BFC of a Participation Interest
      in a Pool RAL shall be deemed to occur at the time when Tax Masters
      receives full payment from BFC of the Initial Purchase Price in respect to
      such Participation Interest corresponding to such Participated Pool RAL
      and all other Participated Pool RALs of Tax Masters arising on the same
      day. Upon such conveyance, BFC shall be the owner, to the extent of the
      Applicable Percentage, of a Participation Interest in such Pool RAL. The
      parties intend that if and to the extent that any conveyance of a
      Participation Interest in a Pool RAL is not deemed a sale of a
      Participation Interest, Tax Masters shall be deemed to have granted to BFC
      a security interest in the Participation Interest that was purportedly
      conveyed and that this Agreement shall constitute a security agreement
      under applicable law. Tax Masters agrees to authorize the filing of
      financing and continuation statements as BFC may from time to time
      reasonably request with respect to Participation Interests hereafter
      created or arising.

            (c) Upon BFC's request, Tax Masters agrees to use all commercially
      reasonably efforts to obtain for BFC (i) a "true sale" opinion of counsel
      to Tax Masters with respect to the sale by Tax Masters and the purchase by
      BFC of the Participation Interests in the Pool RALs, and (ii) a
      "nonconsolidation" opinion of counsel to Tax Masters with respect to Tax
      Masters and any subsidiary of Tax Masters that owns the Participation
      Interests prior to such sale and purchase, in both cases in form and
      substance typically employed in off-balance sheet financing or sale
      transactions generally; provided, however, that in connection with such
      efforts (A) Tax Masters shall not be obligated to restructure the terms of
      any agreement relating to the RAL Program, or any aspect of the RAL
      Program itself, in any way that adversely affects the economic interests
      of Tax Masters or its Affiliates, and (B) the failure of Tax Masters to
      obtain such opinions (after making commercially reasonable efforts to do
      so) shall not constitute a breach of any of Tax Masters' obligations under
      this Agreement and shall in no event

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      give rise to any liability on the part of Tax Masters or any of its
      Affiliates. With respect to such opinions and the RAL Program for a
      particular Tax Year, (1) BFC shall use all commercially reasonable efforts
      to request such opinions as soon as reasonably possible during the
      immediately preceding calendar year, and in any event, no later than
      September 1st of such preceding calendar year absent major structural
      changes to the RAL Program made or proposed by Tax Masters, (2) BFC shall
      use all commercially reasonable efforts to identify the entity, if any,
      with whom it intends to effectuate any financing or sale transaction, and
      the proposed structure of such financing or sale transaction, as soon as
      reasonably possible during the immediately preceding calendar year, and in
      any event, no later than September 1st of such preceding calendar year
      absent major structural changes to the RAL Program made or proposed by Tax
      Masters, and (3) BFC and Tax Masters shall cooperate and use all
      commercially reasonable efforts to complete all changes to the RAL
      Program, if any, and the legal documents and agreements reflecting such
      changes, if any, as soon as reasonably possible during the immediately
      preceding calendar year, and in any event no later than October 15th of
      such preceding calendar year absent major structural changes to the RAL
      Program made or proposed by either BFC or Tax Masters. BFC shall be solely
      responsible for all legal fees of the parties associated with any opinion
      undertaken pursuant to this Section 2.1(c). In connection with any request
      by BFC for an opinion pursuant to this Section 2.1(c) for a particular Tax
      Year, Tax Masters shall, upon reasonable request by BFC, provide to BFC
      copies of all material operative agreements executed by Tax Masters or its
      Affiliates relating to the origination of RALs by the RAL Originator, or
      the sale and servicing of Tax Masters' retained interest in the Pool RALs,
      for such Tax Year, as well as all material operative agreements executed
      by Tax Masters or its Affiliates relating to the financing or sale of such
      retained interest for such Tax Year, in each case only to the extent (i)
      such agreements are reasonably necessary to be reviewed by BFC in
      connection with the opinions contemplated by this Section 2.1(c), and (ii)
      the terms of such agreements permit disclosure to third parties; provided,
      however, that Tax Masters shall not add any provision to any such
      agreement that unreasonably prohibits disclosure to BFC, its accountants
      or counsel engaged in connection with the issuance of any opinion pursuant
      to this Section 2.1(c), or the entity, if any, engaged by BFC to
      effectuate any financing or sale transaction. BFC hereby agrees to hold
      all such agreements in strict confidence and not provide any copies or
      disclose any terms therein to any party other than its accountants, its
      counsel and the entity, if any, with whom BFC proposes to effectuate any
      financing or sale transaction; provided, however, that, notwithstanding
      any other provision in this Agreement, if such entity or an Affiliate of
      such entity is deemed by Tax Masters to be a competitor of Tax Masters in
      the making or servicing of RALs, then the disclosure of such agreements to
      such entity may be restricted by Tax Masters to the extent deemed
      necessary by Tax Masters, in its sole discretion, to protect its business
      interests and trade secrets.

            Section 2.2. Procedure. Each Business Day not later than 9:00 a.m.,
New Jersey time, Tax Masters as servicer for the RAL Originator shall give
notice to BFC (which notice may be by telephone, e-mail or facsimile) of the
number and Principal Amount of Pool RALs made by the RAL Originator and in which
Tax Masters has purchased a participation interest on the preceding Business Day
(it being understood that, for such purpose, a Pool RAL shall be deemed to be
made at the time set forth in the definition of "Principal Amount" in this

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Agreement), together with the Initial Purchase Price for the Participation
Interest corresponding to such Pool RALs. Not later than 4:00 p.m., New Jersey
time, on such Business Day, BFC shall pay to Tax Masters the full amount of such
Initial Purchase Price. Such payment shall be made to Tax Masters at such
domestic account designated by Tax Masters by notice to BFC from time to time,
in United States dollars and in funds immediately available at such office at
such time, without setoff, withholding, counterclaim or other deduction of any
nature whatsoever.

            Section 2.3. Initial Purchase Price. The Initial Purchase Price for
a Participation Interest shall be equal to the sum of:

            (a) the sum, for each Pool RAL corresponding to such Participation
      Interest, of the product of (i) the Applicable Percentage applicable to
      such Pool RAL, times (ii) the Principal Amount of such Pool RAL (the
      aggregate amount referred to in this clause (a) being referred to as the
      "Base Purchase Price" with respect to such Participation Interest), plus

            (b) the sum, for each Pool RAL corresponding to such Participation
      Interest, of the product of (i) the Applicable Percentage applicable to
      such Pool RAL, times (ii) the License Fees, if any, paid or payable by Tax
      Masters in connection with such Pool RAL (the aggregate amount referred to
      in this clause (b) being referred to as the "License Fee Adjustment" with
      respect to such Participation Interest), plus

            (c) the sum, for each Pool RAL corresponding to such Participation
      Interest, of the product of (i) the Periodic Servicing Fee Percentage
      applicable to such Pool RAL, times (ii) the Principal Amount of such Pool
      RAL (the aggregate amount referred to in this clause (c) being referred to
      as the "Servicing Adjustment" with respect to such Participation
      Interest).

            An illustrative example of the Initial Purchase Price formula is set
forth in Exhibit A attached hereto. The Initial Purchase Price for Participation
Interests shall be adjusted as provided in this Agreement, including Sections
2.4(b) through (d) of this Agreement.

            Section 2.4. Determination and Adjustment of Periodic Servicing Fee
Percentage; Adjustment of the Initial Purchase Price.

            (a) Determination of Initial Periodic Servicing Fee Percentage. The
      Initial Periodic Servicing Fee Percentage shall be determined in the
      following manner:

                  (i) Preparation of Annual Budget and Initial Periodic
            Servicing Fee Percentage Calculation. Tax Masters shall, after
            consultation with BFC, not later than September 15 before the
            beginning of each Tax Period, provide BFC with written notice of (A)
            its best preliminary estimate of the aggregate Principal Amount of
            Pool RALs and the number of Pool RACs to be made by RAL Originator
            during such forthcoming Tax Period, (B) a budget of Qualified
            Expenses (which shall take into account the estimated Pool RAL
            volume and Pool RAC volume) and (C) a preliminary calculation of the
            Required Servicing Compensation and the Initial Periodic Servicing
            Fee Percentage (each of which shall be calculated pursuant to
            Sections 2.4(a) (iii) and (iv) and shall be based

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            upon the estimate and budget referred to in this subclause (i)). The
            budget of Qualified Expenses shall list in reasonable detail by
            category Qualified Expenses it expects to incur during the Budget
            Period relating to such Tax Period in connection with the RAL
            Originator's origination and making of, and Tax Masters' ordinary
            and routine servicing of, the Pool RALs and Pool RACs expected to be
            made by the RAL Originator during such Tax Period. An illustrative
            example of the allocation of Qualified Expenses to Participated Pool
            RALs and Participated Pool RACs is set forth in Exhibit B attached
            hereto.

                  (ii) Review of Annual Budget by BFC. BFC shall have the right,
            for a period of 45 days from and after the date it has received from
            Tax Masters the items referred to in Section 2.4(a)(i), to review
            such items and suggest subcontracting specified servicing functions
            contemplated by the budget that, in the belief of BFC, may be
            performed more economically than is contemplated by such budget. In
            such event, BFC and Tax Masters shall solicit three bids from
            qualified subcontractors of nationally recognized standing selected
            by Tax Masters and BFC to perform such functions. Tax Masters shall
            either engage the subcontractor that submits the lowest bid or
            perform such function at the cost of the average of the three bids
            submitted by such subcontractors. Tax Masters shall revise such
            budget accordingly.

                  (iii) Calculation of Initial Periodic Servicing Fee
            Percentage. The Initial Periodic Servicing Fee Percentage for a Tax
            Period shall be equal to (A) Tax Masters' estimate of the aggregate
            Required Servicing Compensation for the Budget Period relating to
            such Tax Period, as based upon the budget for such Budget Period
            pursuant to Section 2.4(a)(i), divided by (B) Tax Masters' estimate
            or the Principal Amount of Participated Pool RALs to be made in such
            Tax Period, as provided pursuant to Section 2.4(a)(i). An
            illustrative example of the Initial Periodic Servicing Fee
            Percentage formula is set forth in Exhibit C attached hereto.

                  (iv) Calculation of Required Servicing Compensation. The
            Required Servicing Compensation for a Budget Period shall be equal
            to the sum of:

                        (A) the sum, for each of the categories of Pool RALs (a
                  category consisting of all Pool RALs to which the same
                  Applicable Percentage applies pursuant to this Agreement), of
                  the product of (I) the Applicable Percentage for such category
                  for the relevant Tax Period, times (II) $2.00 (for the Tax
                  Period beginning on January 1, 1997, and for Tax Periods
                  thereafter $2.00 adjusted as set forth below by the CPI for
                  the Applicable Tax Period), times (III) the number of
                  Participated Pool RALs of such category made by RAL Originator
                  during the relevant Tax Period, plus

                        (B) the sum, for each of the categories of Pool RALs, of
                  the product of (I) the Applicable Percentage for such category
                  for the relevant Tax Period, times (II) Qualified Expenses
                  allocable to Participated Pool

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                  RALs and Pool RACs during the Budget Period, times (III) a
                  fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate Principal
                  Amount of such category of Pool RALs made during such Budget
                  Period and the denominator of which is the aggregate Principal
                  Amount of all Pool RALs made during such Budget Period.

      The adjustment referred to in subclause (A) of the preceding sentence for
      each Tax Period beginning on or after January 1, 1998 shall be made as
      follows: for such Tax Period, in lieu of $2.00, the amount referred to in
      clause (A) of the preceding sentence shall be $2.00 times a fraction, the
      numerator of which shall be the average CPI for the June, July and August
      preceding the beginning of such Tax Period, and the denominator of which
      shall be the average CPI for the months of June, July and August 1996.

      For all purposes of calculating the Required Servicing Compensation, only
      RALs of the type described in paragraph (a) of the definition of
      "Principal Amount" shall be counted as Participated Pool RALs and each
      Pool RAL in which a Participation Interest was purchased and sold pursuant
      to this Agreement during a Tax Period shall be counted as a Participated
      Pool RAL made during such Tax Period.

      An illustrative example of the Required Servicing Compensation formula is
      set forth in Exhibit D attached hereto.

            (b) Periodic Adjustment of the Periodic Servicing Fee Percentage. At
      any time and from time to time during a Budget Period, Tax Masters may in
      its discretion, and shall at the reasonable request of BFC, review its
      then-current estimate of its Qualified Expenses for such Budget Period and
      of the volume of Participated Pool RALs during the related Tax Period.
      Following such review, Tax Masters shall, by notice to BFC, increase or
      reduce the Periodic Servicing Fee Percentage, effective two Business Days
      after the giving of such notice, by such amount as Tax Masters in good
      faith estimates is appropriate to reduce the next forthcoming settlement
      referred to in Sections 2.4(c)(i) or 2.4(c)(ii), as the case may be, to as
      small an amount as possible. If such adjustment results in a refund
      payable to BFC pursuant to Sections 2.4(c)(i) or 2.4(c)(ii) in an amount
      in excess of $100,000, Tax Masters shall pay BFC interest on the Average
      Refund Balance at a rate of interest equal to RAL Originator's prime rate
      of interest, fluctuating daily, in effect during the period commencing on
      the later of January 15 of the related Tax Period or the date of the most
      recent adjustment of the Periodic Servicing Fee Percentage pursuant to
      this Section 2.4(b) and ending on the date such refund is paid to BFC (the
      "Accrual Period"). Such interest shall accrue during the term of the
      Accrual Period. As used herein, "Average Refund Balance" shall mean an
      average weighted daily balance of the amount by which such refund exceeds
      $100,000, assuming such excess accrues ratably during the term of the
      Accrual Period. An illustrative example of the periodic adjustment of the
      Periodic Servicing Fee Percentage is set forth in Exhibit E attached
      hereto.

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            (c) Adjustment of Servicing Compensation to Required Servicing
      Compensation.

                  (i) Interim Servicing Compensation Adjustment. On a date (the
            "Adjustment Date") selected by Tax Masters, such Adjustment Date
            being not later than 30 days after the end of each Tax Period, Tax
            Masters shall calculate and provide to BFC, in reasonable detail
            and, to the extent possible, in a format consistent with that used
            to prepare the annual budget, a calculation of Tax Masters'
            Qualified Expenses accrued through the end of such Tax Period. Tax
            Masters shall also calculate and provide to BFC notice of the
            Required Servicing Compensation accrued through the end of such Tax
            Period (calculated as if such Budget Period had ended on such date)
            and the Periodic Servicing Compensation paid through the end of such
            Tax Period. If such Required Servicing Compensation is greater than
            such Periodic Servicing Compensation, BFC shall pay the excess to
            Tax Masters. If such Required Servicing Compensation is less than
            such Periodic Servicing Compensation, Tax Masters shall pay the
            excess to BFC. An illustrative example of the foregoing adjustment
            is set forth in Exhibit F attached hereto.

                  (ii) Final Servicing Compensation Adjustment. Not later than
            January 8 following any Budget Period, Tax Masters shall calculate
            and provide to BFC, in reasonable detail and, to the extent
            possible, in a format consistent with that used to prepare the
            annual budget, a calculation of Tax Masters' Qualified Expenses for
            the preceding Budget Period. Tax Masters shall also calculate and
            provide to BFC notice of the Required Servicing Compensation for
            such Budget Period and the Periodic Servicing Compensation for such
            Budget Period. If such Required Servicing Compensation is greater
            than such Periodic Servicing Compensation, BFC shall pay the excess
            to Tax Masters. If such Required Servicing Compensation is less than
            such Periodic Servicing Compensation, Tax Masters shall pay the
            excess to BFC. An illustrative example of the foregoing adjustment
            is set forth in Exhibit G attached hereto.

            (d) Float Adjustment. Concurrently with the payment of the
      settlement referred to in Section 2.4(c)(i), Tax Masters shall pay to BFC
      an amount equal to the product of $.50 times the number of Pool RACs
      (other than Pool RACs issued through a Major Franchisee or a subfranchisee
      of a Major Franchisee) issued during the Tax Period with respect to which
      such settlement relates. Such amount shall be offset against the amount,
      if any, owed by BFC to Tax Masters under Section 2.4(c)(i) so that only a
      net amount shall be owed under such Section 2.4(c)(i) and this Section
      2.4(d).

            (e) General Adjustment Payment Provisions. Payments under Sections
      2.4(c) and 2.4(d) shall be due and payable by wire transfer not later than
      2:00 p.m., New Jersey time, five Business Days after notice from Tax
      Masters setting forth such calculations, and such payment shall be deemed
      an adjustment to the Initial Purchase Price of the Participation Interests
      relating to Pool RALs made during the foregoing Tax Period.

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            (f) Accountants' Report. At the request of BFC (but no more often
      than annually), on or before June 30 of each year, Tax Masters shall
      obtain from its independent certified public accountants a special report
      (in such form and subject to such assumptions, limitations and
      qualifications as such accountants generally require for special reports
      of such type) that shall in effect state that the amounts calculated for
      the previous Tax Period under clause (c)(ii) above are in compliance with
      this Agreement or stating the nature of any variance from this Agreement.

            (g) Information About Servicing Costs. Tax Masters shall provide BFC
      with all information reasonably requested by BFC from time to time about
      Tax Masters' cost accounting methods pertaining to the making of RACs and
      the servicing and collection of Pool RALs and other RALs, and about the
      costs and expenses incurred by Tax Masters from time to time pertaining to
      the servicing and collection of Pool RALs and other RALs. BFC shall have
      the right from time to time, at its expense, upon reasonable advance
      notice, to cause a firm of nationally recognized independent accountants
      selected by it to examine and verify such information.

            (h) Arbitration. Any dispute or controversy between BFC and Tax
      Masters involving the determination and/or the calculation of the
      Servicing Adjustment, the Initial Periodic Servicing Fee Percentage, the
      Required Servicing Compensation, the Periodic Servicing Fee Percentage,
      Periodic Servicing Compensation and/or Qualified Expenses, or any other
      dispute or controversy or relating to the calculations or determinations
      made pursuant to this Section 2.4, shall be submitted to, and settled by,
      arbitration in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph (h) and
      the rules of the American Arbitration Association (except as herein
      specifically otherwise stated or amplified). The arbitrator in the
      arbitration provided for in this paragraph (h) shall be an independent
      public accounting firm of nationally recognized standing that (A) is
      qualified under the rules of the American Arbitration Association, (B) has
      not provided audit or consulting services to either BFC, Tax Masters, the
      RAL Originator or any of their Affiliates during the immediately preceding
      two calendar years and (C) has not been engaged by either BFC, Tax Masters
      or the RAL Originator or any of their Affiliates to provide audit or
      consulting services for the current fiscal year of either party. BFC shall
      select two independent public accounting firms that qualify under the
      preceding sentence and shall submit the name of such firms to Tax Masters,
      which in turn shall designate one of such firms as the arbitrator. The
      decision of the arbitrator shall be final, binding, conclusive and
      nonappealable. Each party shall make such records available to the
      arbitrator as shall be necessary for such arbitrator to render a decision.
      Other than attorneys' fees and expenses (which shall be borne by the party
      incurring the same), the costs of the arbitration shall be borne equally
      by BFC and Tax Masters.

            Section 2.5. Applicable Percentages. The Applicable Percentage for
Corporate Pool RALs shall be 40%; provided, however, the Applicable Percentage
for Corporate Pool RALs shall be 49.999999% for each Tax Period during which Tax
Masters (or any of its Affiliates) is the exclusive facilitator of a Refund
Anticipation Check Service to customers of Block Offices owned by Block
Services, Corporate Franchises and any of Block Services' Affiliates. The
Applicable Percentage for a Major Franchisee Pool RAL shall be 25%.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.5, any Applicable
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particular Tax Period may be such lesser percentage as specified by BFC by
giving written notice to Tax Masters on or before September 1 immediately prior
to such Tax Period (it being understood that (i) such lesser percentage shall
pertain only to the particular Tax Period for which such notice is given and
(ii) if no such notice is given for a particular Tax Period, the Applicable
Percentages shall be the percentages as set forth in this Section 2.5), or (b)
for any portion of a particular Tax Period shall be reduced to zero if BFC has
exceeded its internal funding limit (it being understood that (i) the reduction
of the percentage to zero shall only be in effect during the periods of time BFC
has exceeded its internal funding limit and (ii) for the periods of time BFC has
not exceeded its internal funding limit, the Applicable Percentages shall be the
percentages as set forth in this Section 2.5).

                                  ARTICLE III
              SERVICING, ADMINISTRATION AND COLLECTION OF POOL RALS

            Section 3.1. Servicing and Administration of Participated Pool RALs.
Tax Masters as servicer for the RAL Originator shall underwrite, service and
administer the Participated Pool RALs and shall collect payments due under the
Participated Pool RALs in accordance with its customary and usual servicing
procedures for servicing RALs made by the RAL Originator through Block Offices
or Major Franchisees or subfranchisees of Major Franchisees and in accordance
with the RAL Guidelines, and in which Tax Masters has purchased a participation
interest. Tax Masters as servicer for the RAL Originator shall, subject to the
terms of this Section 3.1, have full power and authority, acting alone or
through any party properly designated by it hereunder, to do any and all things
in connection with such servicing and administration that it may deem necessary
or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Tax Masters as
servicer for the RAL Originator is hereby authorized and empowered to execute
and deliver, on behalf of BFC, any and all instruments of satisfaction or
cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other
comparable instruments, with respect to the Participated Pool RALs and, after
the delinquency of any Participated Pool RAL and to the extent permitted under
and in compliance with applicable law and regulations, to commence enforcement
proceedings with respect to such Participated Pool RALs. In addition, without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, Tax Masters as servicer for the RAL
Originator is hereby authorized and empowered, in the ordinary course of
collecting any Defaulted Pool RAL, to sell or transfer such Defaulted Pool RAL
free and clear of any interest of BFC (proceeds of such sale or transfer being
treated as Collections for purposes of Section 3.2). BFC shall furnish Tax
Masters with any documents necessary or appropriate to enable Tax Masters to
carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder. Tax Masters shall
not be obligated to use servicing procedures, offices, employees or accounts for
servicing the Participated Pool RALs that are separate from the procedures,
offices, employees and accounts used by Tax Masters in connection with servicing
other refund anticipation loans.

            Section 3.2. Collections. On each Business Day not later than 4:00
p.m., New Jersey time, Tax Masters as servicer for the RAL Originator shall
distribute the Applicable Percentage in all Collections (except those payments
received from the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") in the normal processing of
refunds designated for direct deposit) with respect to each Participated Pool
RAL received by Tax Masters as servicer for the RAL Originator (or any of its
Affiliates) on the preceding Business Day (less collection fees payable by BFC
to Tax Masters or

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Tax Masters' Affiliates pursuant to Section 3.4). Such distribution shall be
made to BFC at such domestic account designated by BFC by notice to Tax Masters
from time to time, in United States dollars and in funds immediately available
at such office at such time, without setoff, withholding, counterclaim or other
deduction of any nature whatsoever and regardless of the form of Collection
received by Tax Masters as servicer for the RAL Originator (or any of its
Affiliates). Funds received from the IRS as part of the normal processing of
refunds designated for direct deposit will be distributed to BFC in the manner
provided herein on the day that RAL Originator receives such funds in its
designated account(s) at the applicable United States Federal Reserve Bank;
provided, that one day's interest shall be deducted by Tax Masters as servicer
for the RAL Originator from each such payment in order to reflect the fact that
the fundings of Participated Pool RALs are on a one-day delayed basis. For the
purpose of the above-referenced interest deduction, interest shall be calculated
on the basis of a 365 day year (or a 366 day year in a leap year) at the 30 day
dealer placed commercial paper rate as published in the Money Rates section of
the Wall Street Journal for the previous Business Day.

            Section 3.3. Reports; Records for BFC.

            (a) Daily Reports. On each Business Day during an Applicable Tax
      Period, Tax Masters as servicer for the RAL Originator shall prepare and
      forward to BFC a report setting forth (i) the aggregate amount of
      Collections processed by Tax Masters as servicer for the RAL Originator
      (or any of its Affiliates) with respect to Participated Pool RALs on the
      preceding Business Day and BFC's share thereof, (ii) the number of, and
      aggregate outstanding amount of, Participated Pool RALs as of the close of
      business on the preceding Business Day and BFC's share thereof, and (iii)
      the number of Pool RACs made by the RAL Originator on the preceding
      Business Day and BFC's share of RAC fees pertaining thereto. Tax Masters
      as servicer for the RAL Originator shall at all times maintain its
      computer files with respect to Pool RACs and Participated Pool RALs in
      such a manner so that Pool RACs and Participated Pool RALs may be
      specifically identified.

            (b) Monthly Reports. On the 8th day of each calendar month, or if
      such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day,
      Tax Masters as servicer for the RAL Originator shall forward to BFC a
      report setting forth (i) the aggregate amount of Collections processed
      with respect to Participated Pool RALs during the preceding calendar month
      and BFC's share thereof, (ii) the aggregate amount of Participated Pool
      RALs outstanding as of the end of the last day of the preceding calendar
      month and BFC's share thereof, (iii) an aging of Participated Pool RALs
      outstanding as of the end of the last day of the preceding calendar month,
      (iv) the aggregate Defaulted Pool RALs as of the end of the last day of
      the preceding calendar month and BFC's share thereof, (v) the number of
      Pool RACs made during the preceding calendar month and BFC's share of
      Collections pertaining thereto, and (vi) the aggregate Participated Pool
      RALs that are not Defaulted Pool RALs but with respect to which payment
      has not been received within 30 days after such Participated Pool RALs
      were made by the RAL Originator and a participation interest therein was
      purchased by BFC, and BFC's share thereof. Such report shall be
      accompanied by an officer's certificate, stating that to the best of such
      officer's knowledge such report is complete and accurate.

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            (c) Independent Accountants' Reports. BFC may cause a firm of
      nationally recognized independent accountants (who may also render
      services to Tax Masters) to furnish, at the expense of BFC, a report to
      BFC and Tax Masters to the effect that such firm has made a study and
      evaluation of the RAL Originator's and Tax Masters' internal accounting
      controls relative to the making of Pool RACs and servicing of Participated
      Pool RALs under this Agreement, and that, on the basis of such study and
      evaluation, such firm is of the opinion (assuming the accuracy of any
      reports generated by the RAL Originator's and Tax Masters' third party
      agents) that the systems of internal accounting controls in effect on the
      date set forth in such report relating to making of Pool RALs by the RAL
      Originator and servicing procedures performed by Tax Masters as servicer
      for the RAL Originator pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, taken as a
      whole, were sufficient for the prevention and detection of errors for such
      exceptions, errors or irregularities as such firm shall believe to be
      immaterial to the financial statements of the RAL Originator and Tax
      Masters and such other exceptions, errors or irregularities as shall be
      set forth in such report.

            Section 3.4. Collection Fee for Defaulted Pool RALs. BFC shall pay
to Tax Masters as servicer for the RAL Originator a collection fee in an amount
equal to the Applicable Percentage with respect to a Defaulted Pool RAL, times
25% of the Principal Amount of each Defaulted Pool RAL collected by collection
offices of Tax Masters as servicer for the RAL Originator or any of its
Affiliates. Such fee shall be paid in the form of a deduction from Collections
remitted to Tax Masters (or an Affiliate of Tax Masters) pursuant to Section 3.2
pertaining to such Participated Pool RAL.

                                   ARTICLE IV
                         REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

            Section 4.1. General Representations and Warranties of Tax Masters.
Tax Masters hereby represents and warrants to BFC as of the date hereof (which
representations and warranties shall survive any purchase and sale of
Participation Interests pursuant to this Agreement):

            (a) Organization and Good Standing. ICB is a commercial bank duly
      organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of California,
      has its principal banking office located in the State of California and
      has a bank branch located and authorized to conduct banking operations in
      the State of Nevada. ICB has full corporate power and authority to own its
      properties and conduct its business as such properties are presently owned
      and such business is presently conducted, and to execute, deliver and
      perform its obligations under this Agreement. Tax Masters is a corporation
      duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of
      Delaware and has full corporate power and authority to own its properties
      and conduct its business as such properties are presently owned and such
      business is presently conducted, and to execute, deliver and perform its
      obligations under this Agreement.

            (b) Due Authorization. The execution and delivery of this Agreement
      and the consummation of the transactions provided for in this Agreement
      have been duly

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      authorized by Tax Masters by all necessary corporate action on its part
      and this Agreement will remain, from the time of its execution, an
      official record of Tax Masters.

            (c) No Conflict. The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
      performance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the
      fulfillment of the terms hereof will not conflict with, result in any
      breach of the material terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or
      without notice or lapse of time or both) a material default under, any
      indenture, contract, agreement mortgage, deed of trust, or other
      instrument to which Tax Masters is a party or by which it or any of its
      properties are bound.

            (d) ICB's Deposit Accounts. Deposits in ICB's deposit accounts are
      insured to the limits provided by law by the Bank Insurance Fund
      administered by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

            Section 4.2. Representations and Warranties of Tax Masters Relating
to the Participated Pool RALs. Tax Masters hereby represents and warrants to BFC
as of each Closing Date (which representations and warranties shall survive any
purchase and sale of Participation Interests pursuant to this Agreement):

            (a) Eligible RAL. Each Participated Pool RAL is an Eligible RAL as
      of the Closing Date relating to the Participation Interest sold to BFC
      with respect to such Participated Pool RAL.

            (b) Sale and Ownership; Title. Each sale of a Participation Interest
      by Tax Masters to BFC on such Closing Date constitutes either (i) a valid
      sale, transfer, assignment, set over and conveyance to BFC of all right,
      title and interest of Tax Masters in and to such Participation Interest
      (and the Applicable Percentage in the underlying Pool RALs), free and
      clear of any Lien of any Person claiming through or under Tax Masters or
      any of its Affiliates, or (ii) if it is ultimately determined by a court
      of competent jurisdiction that a sale from Tax Masters to BFC did not
      occur, then a grant of a security interest (as defined in the UCC as in
      effect in the applicable state) by Tax Masters to BFC in each
      Participation Interest purportedly conveyed pursuant to such sale. On each
      Closing Date, immediately prior to any such sale of (or grant of a
      security interest in) a Participation Interest, Tax Masters will be the
      sole legal and beneficial owner of, and will have marketable title to, the
      Participation Interest in the underlying Pool RALs, free and clear of any
      Lien, claim or encumbrance (other than the interests of BFC contemplated
      by this Agreement). Neither Tax Masters nor any Person claiming through or
      under Tax Masters shall have any claim to or interest in such
      Participation Interest, except for the interest of Tax Masters therein as
      a "debtor" (specifically, as seller of payment intangibles) for purposes
      of Article 9 of the UCC.

            Section 4.3. Remedy For Breach of Representations and Warranties. In
the event of a breach of any of the representations and warranties set forth in
Section 4.1, BFC may by notice then given in writing to Tax Masters direct Tax
Masters to accept reassignment of the Participation Interests within 30 days of
such notice (or within such longer period as may be specified in such notice but
in no event later than 120 days), and Tax Masters shall be obligated

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to accept reassignment of the Participation Interests on a date specified by BFC
(the "Reassignment Date") occurring within such applicable period on the terms
and conditions set forth below; provided, however, that no such reassignment
shall be required to be made if, at any time during such applicable period, the
representations and warranties contained in Section 4.1 shall then be true and
correct in all material respects. In connection with such reassignment, Tax
Masters shall remit to BFC on the Reassignment Date an amount equal to the
aggregate of the respective Applicable Percentages of the Repurchase Values of
each Participated Pool RAL (the "Reassignment Amount"). Such remittance shall be
made to BFC at such domestic account designated by BFC by notice to Tax Masters,
in United States dollars and in funds immediately available at such office at
such time, without setoff, withholding, counterclaim or other deduction of any
nature whatsoever. Except as provided in Section 5.1, the obligation of Tax
Masters to purchase the Participation Interests in accordance with this Section
4.3 shall constitute the sole remedy respecting any breach of the
representations and warranties set forth in Section 4.1 available to BFC.

            On the date on which the Reassignment Amount has been paid to BFC,
the Participation Interests in the uncollected Participated Pool RALs, all
monies due or to become due with respect thereto and all proceeds thereof shall
be released to Tax Masters, or its designee or assignee, and BFC shall execute
and deliver such instruments of transfer or assignment, in each case without
recourse, representation or warranty (except only for the warranty that since
the date of sale by Tax Masters to BFC, BFC has not sold, transferred or
encumbered any such Participated Pool RALs or interest therein), as shall
reasonably be requested by Tax Masters to vest in Tax Masters, or its designee
or assignee, all right, title and interest of BFC in and to the Participation
Interests in the uncollected Participated Pool RALs, all monies due or to become
due with respect thereto and all proceeds thereof. BFC's right to resell and Tax
Masters' obligation to repurchase a Participation Interest pursuant to this
Section 4.3 shall apply only to a Participation Interest that is adversely
affected by or impaired as a result of a breach of a representation or warranty.

            Section 4.4. Transfer of Ineligible RALs.

            (a) Repurchase. In the event of a breach with respect to a
      Participated Pool RAL of any representations and warranties set forth in
      Section 4.2(b)(i), or in the event that a Participated Pool RAL is not an
      Eligible RAL as a result of the failure to satisfy the conditions set
      forth in clause (c) of the definition of Eligible RAL, and as a result of
      such breach of event such Participated Pool RAL is charged off as
      uncollectible or BFC's rights in, to or under the Participation Interest
      therein are materially impaired, then, upon the earlier to occur of the
      discovery by BFC of such breach or event, or receipt by BFC of written
      notice from Tax Masters of such breach or event, BFC may by notice then
      given in writing to Tax Masters direct Tax Masters to repurchase the
      Participation Interest in each such Participated Pool RAL within 30 days
      of such notice (or within such longer period as may be specified in such
      notice but in no event later than 120 days) on a date specified by BFC
      occurring within such applicable period on the terms and conditions set
      forth in Section 4.4(c).

            (b) Repurchase After Cure Period. In the event of a breach of any of
      the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 4.2 and 2.1(a),
      or in the event that a

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      Participated Pool RAL is not an Eligible RAL as a result of the failure to
      satisfy the conditions set forth in the definition of Eligible RAL or Pool
      RAL (contingent on that failure not being caused by (i) any
      misrepresentation or omission to state a material fact by a RAL Customer,
      or (ii) action or inaction of any Block Office, Major Franchisee, or
      subfranchisee of a Major Franchisee to perform its explicit obligations
      under this Agreement, a corporate franchise agreement between Block
      Services and a Corporate Franchise, a Major Franchisee RAL Agreement, or a
      subfranchisee agreement relating to the RAL Program between a Major
      Franchisee and a subfranchisee, as applicable (except for any action or
      inaction by such entities due to changes to the RAL Program required by
      the RAL Originator or Tax Masters outside of the deadlines set forth in
      this Agreement for any such changes)), other than a breach or event as set
      forth in Section 4.4(a), and as a result of such breach any Participated
      Pool RAL becomes a Defaulted Pool RAL or BFC's rights in, to or under the
      Participated Pool RAL or its proceeds are materially impaired, then, upon
      the expiration of 60 days (or such longer period as may be agreed to by
      BFC, but in not event later than 120 days) from the earlier to occur of
      the discovery of any such event by BFC or receipt by BFC of written notice
      from Tax Masters of any such event, BFC may by notice then given in
      writing to Tax Masters direct Tax Masters to repurchase the Participation
      Interest in each such Participated Pool RAL within 30 days of such notice
      (or within such longer period as may be specified in such notice but in no
      event later than 120 days) on the terms and conditions set forth in
      Section 4.4(c); provided, however, that no such repurchase shall be
      required to be made if, on any day prior to such repurchase, such
      representations and warranties with respect to such Participated Pool RAL
      shall then be true and correct in all material respects as if such
      Participated Pool RAL had been created on such day.

            (c) Procedures for Repurchase. When the provisions of Sections
      4.4(a) or 4.4(b) require repurchase of a Participation Interest in a
      Participated Pool RAL (such Participated Pool RAL being hereinafter
      referred to as an "Ineligible RAL"), Tax Masters shall accept reassignment
      of such Participation by remitting to BFC an amount equal to the
      Applicable Percentage of the Repurchase Value of the Ineligible RAL as of
      the date of such repurchase. Such remittance shall be made to BFC at such
      domestic account designated by BFC by notice to Tax Masters, in United
      States dollars and in funds immediately available at such office at such
      time, without setoff, withholding, counterclaim or other deduction of any
      nature whatsoever. Upon such remittance, BFC shall automatically and
      without further action be deemed to transfer, assign, set over and
      otherwise convey to Tax Masters, without recourse, representation or
      warranty (except for the warranty that since the date of conveyance by Tax
      Masters to BFC, BFC has not sold, transferred or encumbered any such
      Participation Interest), all right, title and interest of BFC in and to
      such Participation Interest. BFC shall execute such documents and
      instruments of transfer or assignment and take other actions as shall
      reasonably be requested by Tax Masters to evidence the conveyance of such
      Participation Interest in the Ineligible RALs, all monies due or to become
      due with respect thereto and all proceeds thereof pursuant to this Section
      4.4(c). The obligation of Tax Masters to repurchase Participation
      Interests in Ineligible RALs in accordance with this Section 4.4(c) shall
      constitute the sole remedy respecting any breach of the representations
      and warranties set forth in Section 4.2 available to BFC.

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            (d) Impairment. For the purposes of Sections 4.4(a) and (b) above,
      proceeds of a Participated Pool RAL shall not be deemed to be impaired
      hereunder solely because such proceeds are held by Tax Masters for more
      than the applicable period under Section 9-315(d) of the UCC as in effect
      in the State of Delaware.

                                   ARTICLE V
                                      TERM

            Section 5.1. Termination of Purchase and Sale Obligations. The
obligations of Tax Masters to sell Participation Interests in Pool RALs pursuant
to Section 2.1 that are RALs described in paragraph (a) of the definition of
"Principal Amount" in this Agreement, and the obligations of BFC to purchase
Participation Interests in such Pool RALs pursuant to Section 2.1, may be
terminated:

            (a) by the mutual written agreement of BFC and Tax Masters;

            (b) by either party, if the RAL Operations Agreement has been
      terminated;

            (c) by Tax Masters, if (i) there is a failure by BFC to perform or
      observe any material term, covenant or agreement contained in this
      Agreement, and any such failure shall remain unremedied for 10 days after
      written notice of such failure shall have been given to BFC by Tax
      Masters, (ii) there is an order or decree restraining, enjoining,
      prohibiting, invalidating or otherwise preventing the transactions
      contemplated by this Agreement or Tax Masters' performance of any of its
      material obligations under this Agreement, (iii) there shall be pending,
      or any Governmental Authority shall have notified Tax Masters of its
      intention to institute, any action, suit or proceeding against Tax Masters
      to restrain, enjoin, prohibit, invalidate or otherwise prevent the
      transactions contemplated by this Agreement or Tax Masters' performance of
      any of its material obligations under this Agreement, (iv) any
      Participated Pool RAL, or any purchase or sale of a Participation Interest
      in a Participated Pool RAL, or Tax Masters' performance of any of its
      material obligations under this Agreement would be illegal, and there are
      no reasonable steps that Tax Masters could take to prevent such
      illegality; or (v) there is a dissolution, termination of existence,
      insolvency, appointment of a receiver of any part of the property of, or
      assignment for the benefit of creditors by, or the commencement of any
      proceeding by or against BFC under any bankruptcy or insolvency law;

            (d) by BFC, if (i) there is a failure by Tax Masters to perform or
      observe any material term, covenant or agreement contained in this
      Agreement and any such failure shall remain unremedied for 10 days after
      written notice of such failure shall have been given to Tax Masters by
      BFC, (ii) there is an order or decree restraining, enjoining, prohibiting,
      invalidating or otherwise preventing BFC's performance of any of its
      material obligations hereunder, (iii) there shall be pending, or any
      Governmental Authority shall have notified BFC of its intention to
      institute, any action, suit or proceeding against BFC to restrain, enjoin,
      prohibit, invalidate or otherwise prevent BFC's performance of any of its
      material obligations hereunder, (iv) BFC's performance of any of its
      material obligations hereunder would be illegal and there are no
      reasonable steps that BFC could take to prevent such illegality, or (v)
      there is a dissolution,

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      termination of existence, insolvency, appointment of a receiver of any
      part of the property of, or assignment for the benefit of creditors by, or
      the commencement of any proceeding by or against Tax Masters under any
      bankruptcy or insolvency law; or

            (e) by BFC, if as of any September 15, any representation or
      warranty of Tax Masters set forth in Section 4.1 would not be true, if
      repeated as of such date; provided that BFC gives notice of such
      termination not later than the September 30 next following such September
      15.

Tax Masters or BFC shall exercise a right of termination provided above by
written notice to the other party. Upon such termination, all obligations of Tax
Masters to sell Participation Interests in Pool RALs pursuant to Section 2.1
that are RALs described in paragraph (a) of the definition of "Principal Amount"
in this Agreement, and all obligations of BFC to purchase Participation
Interests in such Pool RALs pursuant to Section 2.1, shall automatically cease
and BFC shall have no further obligation to purchase additional Participation
Interests corresponding to such Participated Pool RALs. Termination pursuant to
this Section shall not otherwise affect the rights or obligations of the parties
hereto under this Agreement. Without limitation, such termination shall not
affect the obligations of Tax Masters to sell Participation Interests pursuant
to Section 2.1 with respect to Pool RALs that are RALs described in paragraph
(b) of the definition of "Principal Amount" in this Agreement to the extent that
the Underlying RAL is itself a Participated Pool RAL with respect to which a
Participation Interest was sold to BFC prior to such termination, and shall not
affect the obligation of BFC to purchase a Participation Interest with respect
to such Pool RAL pursuant to Section 2.1.

            Section 5.2. Right to Exclude Certain RALs. If, from time to time,
BFC or Tax Masters believes in good faith that any specified RALs (of the type
described in paragraph (a) of the definition of "Principal Amount" in this
Agreement) that otherwise would constitute Pool RALs may violate or conflict
with any requirement of law in any jurisdiction, such party (the "Notifying
Party") may give notice to the other parties of such fact, specifying the
applicable jurisdictions, and specifying such further actions on the part of
BFC, Block Tax Services, the RAL Originator or other Persons, if any, as would
in the opinion of the Notifying Party prevent such violation or conflict. Unless
such steps have been taken within seven days after receipt of such notice, then,
effective from and after such seventh day such RALs made after such day in such
specified jurisdiction shall not constitute Pool RALs (such RALs being
hereinafter referred to as "Excluded RALs"). If such steps subsequently are
taken, and the other party gives notice to the Notifying Party of such fact,
then the Notifying Party, shall, as promptly as practicable after such notice,
by further notice to such other party, revoke its earlier designation of such
RALs as Excluded RALs, and RALs of the specified type made after the date of
such revocation shall not constitute Excluded RALs (and hence shall constitute
Pool RALs).

                                   ARTICLE VI
                          CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TAX MASTERS

            Section 6.1. Certain Rights of Tax Masters.

            (a) Rescission. If any payment received or application of funds made
      by Tax Masters on account of any Participated Pool RAL shall be rescinded
      or otherwise shall be

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      required (or if Tax Masters believes in good faith that such payment or
      application of funds is or may be required) to be returned or paid over by
      Tax Masters at any time, BFC, promptly upon notice from Tax Masters, shall
      pay to Tax Masters an amount equal to the Applicable Percentage of the
      amount so rescinded or returned or paid over, together with the Applicable
      Percentage of any interest or penalties payable with respect thereto.

            (b) Payover. If BFC receives any payment or makes any application on
      account of its Participation Interest in any Participated Pool RAL, BFC
      shall promptly pay over to Tax Masters the amount in excess of the
      Applicable Percentage of the amount so received or applied and until so
      paid over, the same shall be held by BFC in trust for Tax Masters.

            Section 6.2. Indemnification. Immediately upon Tax Masters' demand
therefor, BFC shall reimburse and indemnify Tax Masters for and against the
Applicable Percentage share of any and all liabilities, obligations, losses,
damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses and disbursements
of every kind and nature whatsoever that may be imposed upon, incurred by or
asserted against Tax Masters, acting pursuant hereto, or in any way relating to
or arising out of this Agreement or any Participated Pool RAL or the origination
or servicing thereof, or any action taken or omitted by Tax Masters under this
Agreement or any Participated Pool RAL, including, without limitation, any
amounts payable by Tax Masters pursuant to the RAL Operations Agreement
(pursuant to indemnification provisions thereof or otherwise), and any amounts
that Tax Masters shall be required to pay or repay to any statutory
representative of any Obligor or Originator Party or to creditors of any such
Obligor or Originator Party acting as such statutory representative (all of the
foregoing being referred to collectively as "Claims"); provided, however, that
BFC shall not be liable under this Section 6.2 for its Applicable Percentage of
(i) any obligation of Tax Masters to repurchase Participation Interests in
accordance with Sections 4.3 and 4.4, (ii) any out-of-pocket expenses of Tax
Masters on account of origination of ordinary and routine servicing of
Participated Pool RALs, to the extent duplicative of amounts as to which BFC has
paid its Applicable Percentage share pursuant to Article II, (iii) attorneys'
fees and related litigation expenses incurred by Tax Masters with respect to
Claims (it being understood that each party shall be responsible for its own
attorneys' fees and related litigation expenses with respect to Claims) (iv) any
Claim attributable to a Participated Pool RAL failing to be an Eligible RAL, (v)
any Claim attributable to a breach by Tax Masters of an express obligation of
Tax Masters under this Agreement, or (vi) any Claim attributable to the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of Tax Masters. Notwithstanding any other
provision herein, if BFC breaches any of its obligations hereunder and any such
breach results in a claim for indemnification by the RAL Originator against Tax
Masters, Tax Masters shall have the right to indemnification from BFC to the
extent Tax Masters is required to indemnify the RAL Originator.

            Nothing in this Section 6.2 shall be construed to make BFC liable
for (i) any portion of any liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties,
actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses and disbursements imposed upon,
incurred by or asserted against Tax Masters or any of its Affiliates relating
solely to or arising solely from any RAL other than a Participated Pool RAL or a
RAC other than a Pool RAC or (ii) any Claim with respect to which Tax Masters is
indemnified by any third party (including, without limitation, Block Tax
Services, any Major Franchisee or any other Originator Party). Tax Masters shall
remit to BFC the Applicable

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Percentage of any amount received by Tax Masters as indemnification from a third
party to the extent such indemnification pertains to a Claim for which BFC
previously indemnified Tax Masters pursuant to this Section 6.2.

            If different Applicable Percentages apply to Pool RALs with respect
to which a Claim arises, then (A) to the extent the Claim is identifiable to a
particular Pool RAL or to Pool RALs made in a particular Tax Period, the
Applicable Percentage applicable to BFC's indemnification obligation with
respect to such Claim shall be equal to the Applicable Percentage applicable to
such particular Pool RAL or to such Tax Period, as the case may be and (B)
otherwise, the Applicable Percentage applicable to BFC's indemnification
obligation with respect to such Claim shall be a weighted average of the
Applicable Percentages applicable to the Pool RALs or the Tax Period with
respect to which such Claim arose.

            Section 6.3. Survival. The obligations of BFC under this Article VI
shall survive any termination under Section 5.1 and all other events and
conditions whatever. If and to the extent that any obligation of BFC under this
Article VI is unenforceable for any reason, BFC agrees to make the maximum
contribution to the payment and satisfaction of such obligation which is
permitted under applicable law.

                                  ARTICLE VII
                                  MISCELLANEOUS

            Section 7.1. Customer Lists. To the extent permitted by applicable
law, Tax Masters as servicer for the RAL Originator agrees to provide to BFC, or
any Affiliate of BFC during the term of this Agreement, within a reasonable time
after BFC's (or such Affiliate's) request but not more than twice during any
calendar year, a list of all persons (and, their full mailing addresses) to whom
the RAL Originator made and Tax Masters purchased Pool RALs or Pool RACs during
the most recently ended Tax Period. Such list shall be provided in electronic
form and, to the extent reasonably practicable, in a form typical of mailing
lists, purchased in the open market. Neither BFC nor its Affiliates shall use,
or permit the use of, such list for purposes of soliciting customers for credit
related products. BFC and such Affiliates shall take appropriate action by
agreement with third parties having access to such list to prohibit such third
parties from using such list for purposes of soliciting customers for credit
related products. Tax Masters shall be designated a third-party beneficiary in
any such agreement for purposes of enforcing such restricted use of such list.

            Section 7.2. Major Franchisees. BFC and Tax Masters agree to
negotiate in good faith with each other and with Major Franchisees to enter into
an arrangement with such Major Franchisees whereby (i) such Major Franchisees
and BFC purchase Participation Interests in Major Franchisee Pool RALs made by
the RAL Originator through such Major Franchisees or their subfranchisees and
purchased by Tax Masters and (ii) BFC provides financing to such Major
Franchisees to enable such Major Franchisees to purchase such Participation
Interests. In connection with such arrangement, (i) such Major Franchisees may
purchase from Tax Masters up to a 49.999999% undivided ownership interest in the
applicable Major Franchisee Pool RALs and (ii) BFC may purchase from Tax Masters
percentage ownership interests in such Major Franchisee Pool RALs in a
percentage amount equal to 49.999999% minus the percentage ownership interest
purchased by such Major Franchisee in such Major Franchisee Pool RALs;

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provided, however, that the percentage ownership interest purchased by BFC in
such Major Franchisee Pool RALs shall not exceed 25% and the combined percentage
ownership interests purchased by such Major Franchisee and BFC in such Major
Franchisee Pool RALs shall not exceed 49.999999%.

            Section 7.3. Independent Evaluation. BFC expressly acknowledges (i)
that, except as provided in Sections 2.1(a), 4.1 and 4.2, Tax Masters has made
no representation or warranty, express or implied, to BFC and no act by Tax
Masters heretofore or hereafter taken shall be deemed to constitute any
representation or warranty by Tax Masters to BFC; and (ii) that, in connection
with its entry into and its performance of its obligations under this Agreement,
BFC has made and shall continue to make its own independent investigation of the
economic and legal risks associated with the making of RALs and purchase of
Participation Interests.

            Section 7.4. Notices. All notices required or permitted to be given
under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be given by registered or
certified mail, return receipt requested, or by nationally recognized overnight
courier, addressed as follows:

            If to BFC, to:

                  Block Financial Corporation
                  4400 Main Street
                  Kansas City, Missouri 64111
                  Attention: Jeffery A. Yabuki

            If to Tax Masters, to:

                  200 Somerset Corporate Blvd.
                  Bridgewater, New Jersey 08807
                  Attention: Patrick A. Cozza

            Any party may change the address to which it desires notices to be
sent by giving the other parties ten (10) days prior notice of any such change.
Any notices shall be deemed given upon its receipt by the party to whom the
notice is addressed.

            Section 7.5. Modification; No Waiver. This Agreement shall not be
modified or amended except by an instrument in writing signed by or on behalf of
the parties hereto. No waiver of any breach of, or failure to perform or
observe, any material term, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement
shall constitute or be construed as a waiver by BFC or Tax Masters of any
subsequent breach or failure or of any breach of or failure with respect to any
of the other provisions of this Agreement.

            Section 7.6. Prior Understandings. This Agreement supersedes all
prior oral understandings between the parties hereto relating to the
transactions provided herein.

            Section 7.7. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of Delaware, without regard
to choice of law rules thereof.

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            Section 7.8. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in as many
counterparts as may be deemed necessary and convenient, and by the different
parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which, when so executed, shall
be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute
one and the same instrument.

            Section 7.9. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of BFC and Tax Masters and their representative
successors and assigns and shall not be assigned by either party hereto without
the prior written consent of the other parties hereto, which consent shall not
unreasonably be withheld, conditioned or delayed, and any purported assignment
without such consent shall be void. HB has ceased its operations and will
assign, effective as of December 31, 2002, all of its rights and obligations
under the RAL Participation Agreement to Tax Masters.

            Section 7.10. Securitizations. Tax Masters will use its reasonable
efforts to assist BFC with respect to the negotiation and execution of all
instruments and documents and to take all actions that are reasonably necessary,
or as BFC may reasonably request, in order to facilitate the sale by BFC of the
Participation Interests acquired by BFC pursuant to this Agreement and the
assignment by BFC of BFC's rights under this Agreement to an Affiliate of BFC,
and the resale of such Participation Interests and the reassignment of such
rights by the Affiliate to one or more liquidity providers. Notwithstanding such
assignment of its rights, BFC shall remain liable to perform all of its
covenants and obligations under this Agreement.

            Section 7.11. Headings. The Article, Section and any other headings
in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed
to alter or affect the meaning or interpretation of any of the provisions
hereof.

            Section 7.12. Confidentiality. Without limitation of any other
obligations of confidentiality contained in this Agreement, the RAL Operations
Agreement or otherwise arising (but subject to the provisions of Section 7.1),
all information, materials and documents heretofore or hereafter furnished to
BFC (or to its officers, directors, agents, representatives or advisors) by Tax
Masters, by Persons acting on behalf of by Tax Masters or at Tax Masters'
direction, or otherwise in connection with this Agreement, either orally, in
writing or by inspection, regarding the Obligors, any RAL, any RAC, this
Agreement or the RAL Operations Agreement shall be deemed confidential and,
except to the extent required by law, shall be kept in strict confidence under
appropriate safeguards by BFC and its officers, directors, agents,
representatives and advisors.

            Section 7.13. Not a Joint Venture. Neither this Agreement nor the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be deemed to give rise to a
partnership or joint venture between Tax Masters and BFC.

            Section 7.14. Tax Masters Not a Tax Preparer. Nothing in this
Agreement or the RAL Operations Agreement shall be construed to imply that Tax
Masters at any time is in any way responsible for the preparation, filing or
contents of any tax return of any Obligor under a Pool RAL, and BFC shall
indemnify Tax Masters from and against all liabilities, obligations, losses,
damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses and disbursements
of every kind and nature whatsoever which may be imposed upon, incurred by or
asserted against Tax

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Masters arising from any claim, allegation or assertion that Tax Masters is or
may be in any way responsible for the preparation, filing or contents of any
such tax return, or that Tax Masters, by virtue of its participation in the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, is engaged in an activity that
subjects Tax Masters to any penalty on account of the negotiation of any tax
refund check in violation of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

            Section 7.15. Termination of HB as a Party and Assignment of HB's
Responsibilities to Tax Masters; Events Prior to Amendment. HB is hereby
terminated as a party to this Agreement; provided that HB will assign to Tax
Masters, effective as of December 31, 2002, all of HB's agreements, duties and
obligations under the RAL Participation Agreement arising out of events
occurring prior to the effective date of this Agreement; provided, however, that
such assignment by HB to Tax Masters is subject to Block Services', BFC's and
Royalty's rights under the Letter Agreement. Subject to HB's assignment of its
rights and obligations to Tax Masters pursuant to the immediately preceding
sentence, the parties affirm that they are responsible for performing all of
their agreements, duties and obligations under the RAL Participation Agreement
arising out of events occurring prior to the effective date of this Agreement,
and the provisions of the RAL Participation Agreement shall survive and continue
to define the rights and obligations of the parties with respect to such prior
events.

            Section 7.16. Financial Privacy. Tax Masters and BFC agree to comply
with the financial privacy provisions of Section 7.2 of the RAL Operations
Agreement.

            Section 7.17. Effective Date. The effective date of this Agreement
is January 1, 2003.

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            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amended and
Restated Refund Anticipation Loan Participation Agreement to be executed by
their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date set forth
above.

                                         BLOCK FINANCIAL CORPORATION

                                         By: /s/ Becky S. Shulman
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             Name: Becky S. Shulman
                                             Title: Vice President and Treasurer

                                         HOUSEHOLD TAX MASTERS INC.

                                         By: /s/ Patrick A. Cozza
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             Name: Patrick A. Cozza
                                             Title: President

And solely for purposes of Sections 7.9 and 7.15 of this Amended and Restated
Refund Anticipation Loan Participation Agreement:

                                         HOUSEHOLD BANK, f.s.b.

                                         By: /s/ Patrick A. Cozza
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             Name: Patrick A. Cozza
                                             Title: Senior Vice President

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                                                                       Exhibit A

                      CALCULATION OF INITIAL PURCHASE PRICE

                                  (SECTION 2.3)

Formula

            (A) the sum, for each Pool RAL corresponding to such Participation
interest of the product of (i) the Applicable Percentage applicable to such Pool
RAL, times (ii) the Principal Amount of such Pool RAL, plus

            (B) the sum, for each Pool RAL corresponding to such Participation
Interest, of the product of (i) the Applicable Percentage applicable to such
Pool RAL, times (ii) the License Fees, if any, paid or payable by the RAL
Originator in connection with such Pool RAL, plus

            (C) the sum, for each Pool RAL corresponding to such Participation
Interest of the product of (i) the Periodic Servicing Fee Percentage applicable
to such Pool RAL, times (ii) the Principal Amount of such Pool RAL.

Example

Assumptions:

<TABLE>
<S>                                                              <C>
Pre-1999 Tax Period
Aggregate Principal Amount of Pool RALs for
  Participation Interest                                         $1,800,000,000
License Fees for Pool RALs for Participation Interest                16,800,000
Periodic Servicing Fee Percentage (calculated
  pursuant to Section 2.4)                                                .533%
Applicable Percentage for all Pool RALs                                     40%
</TABLE>

Calculation:

<TABLE>
<S>                                                             <C>
      (A)  (40% x $1,800,000,000)                               $  720,000,000
Plus  (B)  (40% x $16,800,000)                                       6,720,000
Plus  (C)  (.533% x $1,800,000,000)                                  9,594,000
                                                                --------------
=     Initial Purchase Price                                    $  736,314,000
                                                                ==============
</TABLE>

<PAGE>

                                                                       Exhibit B

                        ALLOCATION OF QUALIFIED EXPENSES

              (DEFINITION OF QUALIFIED EXPENSES; SECTION 2.4(a)(i))

Formula

            (x) all permitted expenses (as described in the definition of
"Qualified Expenses") of Tax Masters and its Affiliates for RALs and RACs of all
types (whether or not Pool RALs or Pool RACs) during a Budget Period shall be
aggregated.

            (y) the result under clause (x) above shall be divided by the total
number of RALs and RACs of all types made by the RAL Originator and its
Affiliates and purchased by Tax Masters during the Tax Period corresponding to
the Budget Period (except that RACs shall not be part of this denominator with
respect to a Tax Period that is not a RAC Service Period).

            (z) the result under clause (y) above shall be multiplied by the
number of RALs and RACs made by RAL Originator and its Affiliates and purchased
by Tax Masters during such Tax Period that are Participated Pool RALs and Pool
RACs (and such result shall be deemed the Qualified Expenses allocable to
Participated Pool RALs and Pool RACs for such Budget Period).

Example

Assumptions:

<TABLE>
<S>                                                                  <C>
Permitted expenses of all types for RALs and RACs of all types       $25,000,000
Total Number of RALs of all types                                      2,646,000
Total Number of RACs of all types (post-1998 Tax Period)               1,460,000
Total Number of Participated Pool RALs                                 2,097,000
Total Number of Pool RACs (post-1998 Tax Period)                       1,000,000
</TABLE>

Calculation:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                        Pre-1999              Post-1998
                                                     -----------            -----------
<S>                                                  <C>                    <C>
    (x)  Qualified Expenses                          $25,000,000            $25,000,000
/   (y)  Total number of RALs and RACs (if
         applicable) of all types                      2,646,000              4,106,000
x   (z)  Total number of Participated Pool
         RALs and Pool RACs                            2,097,000              3,097,000
                                                     -----------            -----------
=   Qualified Expenses Allocated to
        Participated Pool RALs and Pool RACs         $19,812,925            $18,856,551
                                                     ===========            ===========
</TABLE>

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                                                                       Exhibit C

            CALCULATION OF INITIAL PERIODIC SERVICING FEE PERCENTAGE

                              (SECTION 2.4(a)(iii))

Formula

            (A) Tax Masters' estimate of the aggregate Required Servicing
Compensation for the Budget Period relating to the Applicable Tax Period,
divided by

            (B) Tax Masters' estimate of the Principal Amount of Participated
Pool RALs to be made in such Tax Period

Example

Assumptions:

<TABLE>
<S>                                                               <C>
Pre-1999 Tax Period
Estimated Aggregate Required Servicing Compensation                   $9,602,770
Estimated Principal Amount of Participated Pool RALs              $1,800,000,000
</TABLE>

Calculation:

<TABLE>
<S>                                                               <C>
   (A)                                                            $    9,602,770
/  (B)                                                            $1,800,000,000
                                                                  --------------
=  Initial Periodic Servicing Fee Percentage                                .533%
                                                                  ==============
</TABLE>

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                                                                       Exhibit D

               CALCULATION OF REQUIRED SERVICING FEE COMPENSATION

                              (SECTION 2.4(A)(IV))

Formula

            (A) the sum, for each of the categories of Pool RALs (a category
consisting of all Pool RALs to which the same Applicable Percentage applies
pursuant to this Agreement), of the product of (i) the Applicable Percentage for
such category for the relevant Tax Period, times (ii) $2.00 (for the Tax Period
beginning on January 1, 1997, and for Tax Periods thereafter $2.00 adjusted by
the Consumer Price Index for the Applicable Tax Period), times (iii) the number
of Participated Pool RALs of such category made by the RAL Originator during the
relevant Tax Period, plus

            (B) the sum, for each of the categories of Pool RALs, of the product
of (i) the Applicable Percentage for such category for the relevant Tax Period,
times (ii) Qualified Expenses allocable to Participated Pool RALs and Pool RACs
during the Budget Period, times (iii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the
aggregate Principal Amount of such category of Pool RALs made during such Budget
Period and the denominator of which is the aggregate Principal Amount of all
Pool RALs made during such Budget Period.

Example for Pre-RAC Service Period

Assumptions:

<TABLE>
<S>                                                                  <C>
Applicable Percentage for all Pool RALs*                                     40%
Number of Participated Pool RALs*                                      2,097,000
Qualified Expenses Allocable to Participated Pool RALs*              $19,812,925
</TABLE>

      By definition, Pool RALs during a Tax Period that is not a RAC Service
      Period includes only Corporate Pool RALs

Calculation:

<TABLE>
<S>                                                                   <C>
      (A) (40% times $2.00 times 2,097,000 RALs) =                    $1,677,600
plus  (B) (40% times $19,812,925) =                                    7,925,170
                                                                      ----------
=     Required Servicing Fee Compensation                             $9,602,770
                                                                      ==========
</TABLE>

<PAGE>

Example for Post-RAC Service Period

Assumptions:

<TABLE>
<S>                                                                 <C>
Applicable Percentage for Corporate Pool RALs                         49.999999%
Applicable Percentage for Major Franchisee Pool RALs                         25%
Number of Participated Corporate Pool RALs                            2,097,000
Number of Participated Major Franchisee Pool RALs                       500,000
Qualified Expenses Allocable to Participated Pool
RALs and Pool RACs                                                  $18,856,551
</TABLE>

Calculation:

<TABLE>
<S>                                                                 <C>
     (A)  (49.999999% times $2.00 times 2,097,000 Corporate
          Pool RALs) =                                              $ 2,097,000
          (25% times $2.00 times 500,000 Major Franchisee
          Pool RALs) =                                                  250,000
                                                                    -----------
          subtotal                                                  $ 2,347,000
                                                                    -----------
plus (B)  (49.999999% times $18,856,551) times (2,097,000/
          2,597,000) =                                              $ 7,612,939
          (25% times $18,856,551) times (500,000/2,597,000)            907,617
                                                                    -----------
          subtotal                                                  $ 8,520,556
                                                                    -----------

=    Required Servicing Fee Compensation                            $10,867,556
                                                                    ===========
</TABLE>

<PAGE>

                                                                       Exhibit E

                 PERIODIC ADJUSTMENT OF SERVICING FEE PERCENTAGE

                                (SECTION 2.4(b))

Assumptions:

            Qualified Expenses Allocable to Participated Pool RALs and Pool RACs
for pre-1999 Tax Period remained the same at $19,812,925, but the number of
Estimated Pool RALs increased to 2,150,000 from 2,097,000 Pool RALs and the
aggregate principal amount of Pool RALs increased to $1,850,000,000 from
$1,800,000,000.

Calculation:

      ((40% Applicable Percentage x $2.00 x 2,150,000 revised number of Pool
      RALs) plus (40% Applicable Percentage x $19,812,925 Qualified Expenses
      allocable to Participated Pool RALs)) divided by $1,850,000,000 = .521%
      Adjusted Servicing Fee Percentage

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                                                                       Exhibit F

                    INTERIM SERVICING COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENT

                               (SECTION 2.4(c)(i))

Assumptions:

            Qualified Expenses Allocable to Participated Pool RALs and Pool RACs
for pre-1999 Tax Period remained the same at $19,812,925, but the number of
Estimated Pool RALs increased to 2,150,000 from 2,097,000 Pool RALs and the
aggregate principal amount of Pool RALs increased to $1,850,000,000 from
$1,800,000,000.

Calculation:

<TABLE>
<S>                                                                               <C>
    Required Servicing Compensation ((40% Applicable Percentage x $2.00 x
             2,150,000 revised number of Pool RALs) + (40% Applicable
             Percentage x $19,812,925 Qualified Expenses allocable to
             Participated Pool RALs))                                             $9,645,170

    Periodic Servicing Compensation (.533% Periodic Servicing Fee
             Percentage x $1,850,000,000 aggregate Principal Amount of
             Participated Pool RALs)                                               9,860,500
                                                                                  ----------

    Adjustment (payable to BFC)                                                   $ (215,330)
                                                                                  ==========
</TABLE>

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                                                                       Exhibit G

                     FINAL SERVICING COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENT

                              (SECTION 2.4(c)(ii))

Assumptions:

            Qualified Expenses Allocable to Participated Pool RALs and Pool RACs
for pre-1999 Tax Period increased from $19,812,925 to $20,000,000, but the
number of Estimated Pool RALs remained unchanged from interim adjustment at
2,150,000 Pool RALs.

Calculation:

<TABLE>
<S>                                                                               <C>
    Required Servicing Compensation ((40% Applicable Percentage x $2.00 x
             2,150,000 number of Pool RALs) + (40% Applicable Percentage x
             $20,000,000 Qualified Expenses allocable to Participated Pool
             RALs))                                                               $9,720,000

    Periodic Servicing Compensation ((.533% Periodic Servicing Fee
             Percentage x $1,850,000,000 aggregate Principal Amount of
             Participated Pool RALs) + $(215,300) Interim Adjustment)              9,645,170
                                                                                  ----------

    Adjustment (payable to Tax Masters)                                           $   74,830
                                                                                  ==========
</TABLE>

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