Exhibit 23
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors
World Acceptance Corporation:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (Nos. 33-52166, 33-98938, 333-107426, 333-14399, 333-135621) on Form S-8 and the registration statement (No. 333-139445) on Form S-3 of our reports dated May 30, 2008 with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of World Acceptance Corporation and subsidiaries as of March 31, 2008 and March 31, 2007, and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders’ equity and comprehensive income, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended March 31, 2008, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2008, which reports appear in the annual report on Form 10-K of World Acceptance Corporation for the year ended March 31, 2008. Our report on the consolidated financial statements refers to the fact that the Company adopted FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, effective April 1, 2007 and Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 123 (revised 2004), Share-Based Payment effective April 1, 2006.
Greenville, South Carolina
May 30, 2008