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Complaint Review: Wall & Associates Inc. - Blacksburg Virginia
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Wall & Associates Inc.
808 South Main Street Blacksburg, 24060 Virginia, USA
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888-203-0477
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www.wallandassociates.net
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Wall & Associates, Inc. Misrepresntation of ability to help with IRS tax debts -- SCAM Blacksburg Virginia
My wife and I hired Wall & Associates in September 2013 to help in reducing tax debts and penalties the IRS had put on us for 4 years worth of audits. Prior to hiring Wall & Associates I had negotiated a payment plan with the IRS.
We paid a "Retainer" fee to Wall & Associates of $3750, and a monthly payment of $400. They were of NO assistance to us whatsoever! Claimed we made too much money to ask for penalties to be abated. After 5 months I received a letter from the IRS saying that they could not give information to Wall & Associates because THEY had failed to sign the power of attorney papers, so for 5 months (while I was paying them) they apparently had NO communication with the IRS.
In April 2014 I sent them notice that unless they give me a complete breakdown of the work that had been put in on my case that we would terminate the contract. They failed to do so and I sent a termination letter to them at the end of April. Since then, the phone is ringing off the hook trying to get me to call them back. I refuse!
Beware these schisters and do not use them or give them any money! If there is an attorney out there filing a class action lawsuit, count me in!! I'd love to take these b******** to the cleaners!! Contact me through Ripoff Reports.
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Anonymous
Atlanta,Georgia,
USA
Wall & Associatiates IRS Rep Acitivites
#2Consumer Suggestion
Tue, May 12, 2015
These comments are to both the consumer who believed that they were wronged, and to Wall & Associates who believes they are an upstanding Tax Professional who gives back to the community.
Number 1: As an Ex-IRS Tax Auditor, I am confused as to why the Wall & Associate ex-customer would say that the Power of Attorney, ("POA") Form 2848, was never submitted by Wall & Associates....for 5 months? But yet when you look at their websites, there are defamatory comments against the IRS employees and their competency, etc.
If Wall & Associates would have executed the POA at the time they executed an agreement to work for this now ex-customer, and at the time that they took all of this money, perhaps they wouldn't be in a position of having to file complaints with the courts.
My recommendation to any consumer seeking assistance with Offers and Compromises or Tax Audits, do you research. Does Wall & Associate's website clearly explain their qualifications in their "About Us" web page on their website? I do not see it. Are any them either Ex-IRS employees who who be the best qualified to help a grieving taxpayer/customer get their issues settled or resolved with the IRS? I do not see this either on their website. So, who is "Wall"? Who are these people? Why pay someone well over $3,000 without requesting references first?
They simply make a lot of claims to have settled this or that, so in the future, customers should challenge them with providing them with at least 3 -5 ex-customer references that they can call before giving Wall & Associates a dime, or before signing any agreement with them or any other company claiming to be "better than, or more knowledgeable than the IRS employees."
5 months? The POA should have been the first thing Wall and Assoicates completed and filed with the IRS. How can Wall & Assoicates not know that they have a client for 5 months, but have not done any work by way of communicating directly with the IRS? This is of major concern and violates IRS Circular 230. (See a small snippet below of the IRS's rules governing those who claim to represent others before the IRS):
Number 2: I strongly encourage this taxpayer to write into the IRS to report their concerns if they really feel that they have been taken advantage of, and also sue Wall & Associates to have every dime of their money returned to them. These are only my suggestions and recommendations. We as CPA's, Tax Attorney's and law abiding Accountants do not want our profession abused by a select few, that is, if any abuse ever occurred.
Number 3: If you truly owe the taxes and don't want to pursue other avenues to maybe challenge the basis of lawI used by the IRS to assess the tax due, and you have already agreed to a payment plan, and you have the money to pay, then stick with the plan, and don't allow your vulnerability to show thru by contacting these companies running these TV ads promising what they, in a numbe of cases, will never deliver.
Trust me - they are not bigger than the IRS! Call the IRS yourself if you get a bill and request your own payment plan. In general, they want the tax deficiency paid off within 72 months (6 yrs), so take your tax bill, divide it by 72 months to get some idea of what your monthly payment could be. If you can't pay that, then, and only then, would I recommend contacted an Ex-retired IRS employee, or a CPA with the requisite experience, because nobody else never having worked for the IRS will ever really truly be in a position to ever understand or help through with this process.
31 U.S.C. §330. Practice before the Department
(a) Subject to section 500 of title 5, the Secretary of the Treasury may —
(1) regulate the practice of representatives of persons before the Department of the Treasury; and
(2) before admitting a representative to practice, require that the representative demonstrate —
(A) good character;
(B) good reputation;
(C) necessary qualifications to enable the representative to provide to persons valuable service; and
(D) competency to advise and assist persons in presenting their cases.
(b) After notice and opportunity for a proceeding, the Secretary may suspend or disbar from practice before the Department, or censure, a representative who —
(1) is incompetent;
(2) is disreputable;
(3) violates regulations prescribed under this section; or
(4) with intent to defraud, willfully and knowingly misleads or threatens the person being represented or a prospective person to be represented.
The Secretary may impose a monetary penalty on any representative described in the preceding sentence. If the representative was acting on behalf of an employer or any firm or other entity in connection with the conduct giving rise to such penalty, the Secretary may impose a monetary penalty on such employer, firm, or entity if it knew, or reasonably should have known, of such conduct. Such penalty shall not exceed the gross income derived (or to be derived) from the conduct giving rise to the penalty and may be in addition to, or in lieu of, an
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#3General Comment
Mon, May 11, 2015
Please take notice that Wall & Associates, Inc. (“Plaintiff”) has filed an action in the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas (Ohio) – Wall & Associates, Inc. vs. “Anonymous” – due to allegedly false and disparaging statements published concerning Plaintiff on Ripoff Report. This complaint is one for defamation per se, defamation, tortious interference with existing economic and/or business relationships, and tortious interference with prospective economic and/or business relationships against Defendant. Plaintiff seeks the following relief: a preliminary and permanent injunction; declaratory judgment; general, exemplary, and punitive damages; and attorneys’ fees. Defendant must answer the complaint within the time allotted by the Court.
"Anonymous," please contact Plaintiff’s counsel at [email protected] to obtain a copy of the Complaint.
