I was told by the owner of this particular Liberty Tax franchise, Annie Fuller, that it would cost me $98 if I wanted to file the RAL. I didn't want to pay that, yet I needed the money to get into a new rental house, so I did.
Three days later, still no check (they told me 24-48 hours) I called (and this would be the last time I'd reach them by phone, though I called scores of times after that!) and spoke to a girl who looked up my record and said I did not get approved for the RAL, that my return would come in about 2-3 weeks.
My return did come on May 2 as the IRS website had stated, yet it was short $500!!! I called this Annie, and of course she never returned my call, the office was not once open at the times posted.
I went to the IRS today and they showed that my money was actually deposited into some "mystery account", then into mine, minus the $500. I quickly called the police and filed a police report in front of the closed Liberty office.
People started coming out of their shops wondering what was going on, and more people filed police reports against them saying they too had been ripped off by them. One saw the owner in the casino last week plunk down $10,000 on a table—mine and other innocent client's money!
They are going down! I filed the police report, called the main company number, am talking to a fraud detective and am sending off my fraud papers to the IRS tomorrow. I just hope to get my money back!
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