So far, Americans who have filed their taxes have discovered that the average refund is up nearly ten percent this year –to an all-time high of about $3, 000.

到目前为止，那些已经全部缴税的美国人已经发现平均退税额在今年高达10%，总的说就是大约$3,000。

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Some carriers, like Australia's Qantas, put passengers up in hotels, but many did not, offering instead only to refund tickets or exchange them for later flights.

一些航空公司，例如澳洲航空公司，为乘客安排了酒店，但很多公司没这么做，改而只提供退票或换成以后的航班。

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NEEA immediately announced to the 433 candidates who were at the test centers at the time of the test that they could either get a full refund of their testing fees, or take a free make-up test.

由于适用的考试磁带无法被及时送达有关考点，教育部考试中心立刻宣布，433名当时来考点参加考试的考生可以获得考试费用的全额退款或免费参加补考。

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Yuupon is letting users book their deals now, choose the travel dates later (granted a lot of other sites let you do this as well), gives buyers several days to decide before the deal evaporates (another growing strategy) and cancel the trip for a full refund up until the date before your voucher expires.

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Getting the mess straightened out took 16 months the first time, and she had to get a second job to make up for the lost refund.

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Eventually, the IRS may clear it up and issue a refund, but it has limited resources to handle these complaints and it can be a nightmare for taxpayers.

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