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American Tax Relief

4801 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles

Leonce of Newbedford, MA May 31, 2008

Leonce of Newbedford, MA (05/31/08)
Watched one of their commercials and contacted them by phone. I was told that to handle my case I had to ok a money withdrawal from my checking account in the amount of 5500.00. After 30 days and no communication other than paperwork that was sent to me, I called and was told that 30 days had past and no response from me so I had to pay another 3900.00 to them to continue working on my case. At this pont I figured I had no choice and agreed.

Then nothing happened for a number of months until I call and was put in touch with another associate. So far all that has happened is I have to sign an agreement with the IRS stating that I will pay 533/month. I could of accomplished this by myself.

Bryan of Tuscola, IL April 15, 2008

Bryan of Tuscola IL (04/15/08)
I called American Tax Relief when I found out that in spite of trying to pay our taxes properly, we still owed 11,000. All the guy on the phone cared about was How much can you send us today? He mentioned a figure which seemed a reasonable amount but alarm bells rang when I realized that all he had to go on was an amount due and no specifics on the situation. When I started to ask questions he swore at me and told me I guess you don't need help. and then sworw agin and hung up.

Larry of Bradenton, FL April 1, 2008

Larry of Bradenton FL (04/01/08)
I did a free consultation with American Tax Relief during which my credit card number was taken. I opted to not use their services and after calling them to inform them I did not want to proceed, I also sent them a fax terminating my case. Two days after the date of my fax my credit card was charged 2450. When I discovered the charge on my credit card I called them to remove it. They talked in circles about how I was not in their database so they had no record of the charge and couldn't issue a credit. Fortunately, my credit card company dispute manager got them on a conference call and they changed their tune and said they would issue a credit.

Art of Brockton, MA March 28, 2008

Art of Brockton MA (03/28/08)
Took 2750 for a fee. I said I could not afford 5,500 - he said that he'd 'work with me' about any further amount - came to find out they sent a bank draft to my bank account and without my knowledge or consent, withdrew the remaining 2750. Then I got a call from his supervisor that he needed another 3500 because the amount owed the IRS was 20,000 more than I told Campbell, which was NOT TRUE!

I defaulted on my alimony, mortgage and ALL bills due this month, there is just no money in the till now!

Michael of Bozeman, MT March 26, 2008

Michael of Bozeman, MT (03/26/08)
I paid American Tax Relief 10,000 in advance to settle a 122,000 payroll tax debt.  ATR claimed that they could get the bill reduced by at least 60%. Once we paid we could not get a direct response or information from ATR on how our case was progressing.  

They gave us inaccurate and misleading information or no information at all. We had to attend a meeting with our local IRS agent without legal representation even though their literature indicated we would no longer have to deal with IRS.

When we called to get answers the people at ATR hung up on us and would not return calls. We have since obtained other legal counsel to resolve our tax issue and they have indicated other numerous errors made by ATR.

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