Don’t Get Ripped Off and Don’t Waste Your Money
We have recently seen new companies being started that appear not to have qualified tax professionals on staff to resolve IRS problems. We are concerned that these companies make take your money, and not be able to perform the services they promise in their website.
There’s been an influx of new tax resolution companies being started that do not identify their staff’s tax professionals by name. Instead, these companies are making the following general statements in their websites:
- IRS insider knowledge
- Many years working as tax resolution specialists
- Staff includes: Attorneys, Enrolled Agents, CPA’s and Tax Specialists
- Our founders of the company have many years of tax resolution experience
Representing clients before the IRS requires a person to have significant tax knowledge, IRS insider knowledge and experience, negotiation and mediation skills and the personality needed to aggressively defend a client against the IRS.
When you have an IRS problem and are looking for a firm to represent you, we highly recommend that you find out the names of the tax professionals who are working at that firm. Hiring a tax representation firm based mainly on their slick looking website could be a fatal mistake on your part. Do your homework and ask questions. Any reputable firm you contact should be very willing to identify the names of the tax professionals they have on staff.
We also wanted to alert you to another major area of concern. Many of these new companies with no-named professionals have an A Better Business Bureau rating. These companies used someone’s professional credentials to open a Better Business Bureau listing. Although those credentials may have been issued several years ago (before the business started), the Better Business Bureau’s uses that date as the start date of the Better Business Bureau listing, rather than the more current actual opening of the company. These companies are tricking the Better Business Bureau into giving them an A rating for work that was done by one person, before the business was even started.
We believe that everyone has the right to be represented before the IRS in order to resolve their tax problems. Choosing the right firm to defend you against the IRS is one of the most important decisions you make in your life. Please take the time needed to find out the names and qualifications of the tax professional on staff and determine when the company actually opened for business.
You should feel comfortable knowing the firm you hire will consider you part of their family and that your case is their number one priority.
One Final Point: Some of the websites we’ve seen are actually referral websites, and not actual tax resolution companies. There are no professionals on staff and they don’t do any tax resolution work. Instead, the website company takes your name and telephone number and forwards the “lead” to an unknown tax resolution company.
Ask all of the questions you need to in order to feel comfortable about the firm you want to hire. Don’t get ripped off and don’t waste your money!
