Complaint / Review
Advantage Tax Resolution
Hired to process offer in compromise, Took money, ignored my calls, ignored IRS Santa Clarita, Beverly Hills

John from Illinois

In the last year I hired Advantage Tax (main contact - Matt Walsh) to do an offer in compromise for me. I questioned them extensivly about what they could do for me and they assured me without a doubt that they could get me an offer in compromise. I won't go through all the details but needless to say they promised many things they couldn't deliver and simple things like communicating with me and meeting IRS deadlines given to them they didn't do. Dozens of phone calls to them went unreturned. Dozens of excuses made by a secretary for why they couldn't take my calls. When I was able to talk to someone from their "legal department" they appeared to be teenage girls with very little knowledge regarding the IRS. The last straw was when they failled to meet an IRS deadline and I called to talk to them about it. I was told that for the next week they were only dealing with new client calls! I'm not joking. At that point I hired a new local attorney and fired them.

Advantage put alot of PRESSURE to collect payment in full and after receiving payment later found reason to charge again. They told me if I didn't come up with the money, their miraculous holding off of the IRS would be lifted. Even after paying again they didn't communicate with the IRS and a levey went through. They take "advantage" of the stress and depression that usually comes with owing the IRS back taxes.
I have found a couple of people who have had the same experiece with advantage and we are looking for others. Wev'e contacted the Attorney General in California and are doing the same in Illinois. This company is bold! They are so sure that the people theyr'e dealing with either are to depressed and have more then they can deal with concerning the IRS or don't have the means $ to pursue anything. What they are doing is criminal beyond a doubt and eventually will be stopped sooner or later. I want to help make sure it happens sooner.

Please post if you have or know of anyone who has had dealings with this company and would like to be a part of a class action lawsuit. This will be followed through to the end.