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Tax Masters, Roni Deutch, JK Harris, Blue Tax and Other National Tax Debt Advertisters Who Use Lies and Half-Truths to Hook Taxpayers

Many people who sufferer from back IRS tax debt first became interested in hiring a tax firm after seeing a  TV commercial or infomercial from one of the many companies who have a national television campaign such as Tax Masters, Roni Deutch, JK Harris or Blue Tax. In time taxpayers have came to realize that outstanding promotions do not equal outstanding tax debt results as claimed (i.e. pennies on the dollar or a portion of your tax debt). What many have learned is that the best value (quality and price) is not to be found at the heavily advertised national chain tax relief/resolution companies. Rather the best values are the gem in the rough tax firms that do virtually no advertising and obtain clients from good word of mouth on and offline. Unlike the national chain tax firms, quality independents maintain a workable case load and focus on quality rather than quantity. I recommend that any person considering hiring a tax firm first ask to speak to the person who will a...

Tax Masters-TV Commerical Scammers

Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson sued TaxMasters Inc., last month claiming the Houston-based company engaged in consumer fraud and deceptive trade practices. Earlier in 2010 the Texas Attorney General sued them for the same sales scam shenanigans that I speak about throughout this blog.  Here is a news clip from a station in Austin, Texas talking about Scam Masters: According to the lawsuit filed by Minnesota, TaxMasters uses deceptive ads to lure in clients. (Similar to tax telemarketing companies that I reveal  here ). Once clients contact the company, high pressure telemarketers push and manipulate taxpayers into paying anywhere from $2000 to $10,000 + in up front fees. As with telemarketing companies who cold call people on federal and state tax liens, taxpayers are promised that former IRS professionals and attorneys (any attorney worth a damn will not be caught working for one of these companies) wi...