Complaint Review: Tax Incorporated - TAX ALLEVIATION EXPERTS - Los Angeles California

THIS REPORT IS WRITTEN IN GREAT ANGER.

NEARLY 2 WEEKS AGO, THE IRS GOT US... MANY OF YOU READING THIS REPORT CAN UNDERSTAND. THE BANK ACCOUNTS WERE ZEROED OUT (PLUS THOUSANDS IN OVERDRAFT FEES), OUR CONTRACTORS, WITH WHOM WE HAVE DONE BUSINESS WITH FOR YEARS WERE NOTIFIED OF THE TAX LIEN (TAKING ALL OUSTANDING INVOICES DIRECTLY FROM THEM TO THE IRS). WE IMMEDIATELY CALLED TAX INC, AS THEY CAME UP ON A LOCAL WEBSEARCH ENGINE & SOUNDED INTERESTING! I DID A SEARCH ONLINE QUICKLY, AND CAME UP WITH NOTHING. TURNS OUT AFTER SEARCHING FURTHER ON - THEY WERE BBB MEMBERS UNDER THE NAME TAX ALLEVIATION EXPERTS UNTIL LAST AUGUST (NEARLY 200 CLAIMS IN ONE YEAR AGAINST THEM). MY PROBLEM LIES HERE....

JANUARY 31, 2006...

CALLED TAX INC. EXPLAINED PROBLEM. PROBLEM BEING: NO TAXES PAID IN 2005 DUE TO PAYMENTS ON PREVIOUS YEARS TAXES, CURRENTLY NO INCOME WHATSOEVER BECAUSE OF LEVIES ON WAGES - AND A BANK ACCOUNT OF -2000.00 (TOOK ALL OUR SAVINGS AS WELL) SENT HUGE PACKET DOWNLOADED FROM IRS WEBSITE (I COULD HAVE DONE) AND WE COMPLETED IN NEARLY 6 HOURS OF AWFUL PAPERWORK (WHERE IS THIS SO CALLED ASSISTANCE THAT I PAID 2100.00 FOR?)

TED AT TAX INC.. IS ONE HECKUVA SALESMAN. HE IMMEDIATELY PROMISED THAT ALL WAGE GARNISHEMENTS WOULD BE LIFTED THE SECOND WE MADE TAX INC POWER OF ATTORNEY. HE ALSO PROMISED THAT ALL FUNDS WOULD BE RETURNED TO OUR CHECKING ACCOUNT WITHIN 2-10 BUSINESS DAYS AS THEY COULD PROVE ECONOMICAL HARDSHIP... LOSING THE HOUSE, THE CARS, THE BUSINESS... OUR LIVES... BECAUSE OF THE IRS LEVIES/LIENS.

HE AGREED THAT WE WERE BROKE AND THAT WE COULDN'T AFFORD TO MAKE A SINGLE PAYMENT AND NEEDED TO GET THE MONEY BACK. HE WAS "NICE" ENOUGH TO TAKE 1/2 THE FEE OF 4400.00 FOR THEIR IMMEDIATE SERVICES ON 02/01/06 (BORROWED FROM CREDIT CARD WHICH IS NOW MAXED OUT AS WELL). TED ASSURED US THAT HE WOULD BE IMMEDIATELY ASSIGNING OUR "CASE" TO AN IRS AGENT THAT HE HAS A GOOD REPOR WITH.... HMMM... DOES HE EVEN KNOW ONE?

JANUARY 31, 2006...

SEARCHED ONLINE - SEE THAT TAX ALLEVIATIONS IS SAME CO. AS TAX INC. WE ARE SCREWED. UNTIL THEY RECEIVE THE REST OF THEIR MONEY ON FEBRUARY 28TH (AN ADDITIONAL 2100.00) THEY DO NOTHING. ALSO SCAM ARTISTS WHO TAKE MONEY FROM PEOPLE & GET THEM NOTHING. OFFERS ARE TURNED DOWN - MONEY NOT RETURNED TO BANK ACCOUNTS, ETC. IT'S UGLY - I'M SCARED.

02/02/06 - CALLED TED - CAN DO NOTHING... OUR IRS AGENT NOT IN THE OFFICE. SENT 4 EMAILS TO 101 DIFFERENT PEOPLE SUPPOSEDLY "ASSIGNED" TO OUR CASE. THIS PLACE IS A JOKE - THEY ARE NOT A REAL COMPANY AT ALL. WHO ARE THEY?

02/02/06 - CALLED MICHAEL - SAYS WE NEED TO LEAVE THE LEVIED MONEY WHERE IT IS (THEY CRUSHED OUR CHECKING/SAVINGS) FOR "PLAY" WITH THE IRS. EXPLAINED THE REASON WE CALLED TAX INC WAS TO GET THAT DAMNED MONEY BACK... HE SAYS CAN DO NOTHING - IRS LADY NOT IN.

02/03/06 - CALLED AMY & SOME MS. CHUNG LADY (??) WHOEVER THE HECK THEY ARE & THEY SAID "THEY CAN DO NOTHING", IRS LADY NOT IN. CONFIRMED THE NEED TO COME UP WITH 2005 TAXES AND AN ADDITIONAL 10,000.00 TO LIFT LIEN. NOW WE NEED 18,000.00 TO SETTLE A 23,000.00 DEBT? DANG - I CAN DO THAT FROM HOME - WHO ARE THESE CREEPS COMING UP W/ NEW FIGURES AND EXCUSES EVERY DAY.

02/04/06 - MONEY STILL NOT RETURNED TO OUR ACCOUNT. LEVIES/LIENS NOT LIFTED. TED @ TAX INC STATES THAT UNTIL WE MAKE AN ESTIMATED 8,000.00 PAYMENT INTO THE IRS FOR 2005 TAXES, THAT THEY ARE UNABLE TO DO ANYTHING. WE ASKED - WHY THEN DID YOU PROMISE US ALL THIS KNOWING WE COULDN'T PAY? WHEN TED ASKED US WHERE WE WERE AT INITIALLY HE KNEW THERE WERE NO PAYMENTS FOR 2005! HOW DARE HE SAY THIS NOW THAT HE HAS OUR MONEY! HE RESPONDED - TAKES TIME - BUSY FIRM - NOTHING WE CAN DO UNTIL YOU COME UP W/ 2005 TAXES.

02/06/06 - SPOKE W/ OUR IRS AGENT - SHE'S IN THE OFFICE - HAS NOT RECEIVED WORD FROM ANYONE AT TAX INCORPORATED. TOLD BY TED @ TAX INC THAT ALL WAGE GARNISHMENTS WERE LIFTED.

02/06/06 - CALLED MICHAEL, TED, AMY, & MS. CHUNG. NO RESPONSE FROM ANY OF THEM - DEMAND MONEY BACK. HAVE NO SIGNED CONTRACT, ETC. IRS AGENT SAYS SHE HASN'T HEARD FROM THEM. THEY HAVE BEEN LIARS FROM THE GETGO. ASKED IRS IF LEVIES/LIENS WERE LIFTED AS TAX INC HAD PROMISED THE DAY BEFORE. THEY RESPONDED WITH A BIG FAT NO!! THEY HAVE APPROVED NOTHING OF THE SORT, IF WE WEREN'T ALREADY 3,000.00 NEGATIVE AT THE BANK - THEY WOULD CONTINUE TAKING FUNDS.

02/07/06 - DEMANDED MONEY BACK AS TAX INC HAS DONE NOTHING FOR OUR CASE. CLEARLY LIED FROM THE BEGINNING & MADE PROMISES OF REDUCING OUR TAXES, RETURNING OUR MONEY & STOPPING ALL COLLECTION/PENALTIES/GARNISHMENTS IMMEDIATELY. IRS HAS HEARD NOTHING FROM TAX INC. WE HAVE BEEN SCAMMED. HAVE SPOKEN WITH TED WHO REFUSES TO RETURN OUR MONEY. HE HAS ASKED US TO "COME UP WITH" 8,000.00 ESTIMATE TAXES, AND ALLOW THE IRS TO KEEP THE FUNDS WHICH THEY HAVE TAKEN FROM THE BANK ACCOUNT TO USE AS A NEGOTIATING TACTIC? HUH? I COULDA DONE THAT!

I CALLED THEM IN AN AWFUL FINANCIAL STATE. I BEGGED THEM FOR HELP - THEY FED OFF OF US & HAVE DONE NOTHING MORE THAN MAKE US AN ADDITIONAL 2100.00 IN DEBT. I WANT THIS MONEY RETURNED TO MY ACCOUNT IMMEDIATELY. WHAT DO I DO? THEY HAVE QUIT TAKING OUR PHONE CALLS - SOMEONE, ANYONE... PLEASE HELP. THESE LIARS ARE RUINING US!

Amanda

Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
U.S.A.