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KB of Dallas, TX June 9, 2009

Contacted JK Harris to approach the IRS about 47K tax liability. Was told they would jump on the case and get the debt reduced along with interest and penalties. They sat on my case and avoided all calls and emails until they sent me my 2008 returns which weren't even completed.

I called to ask why the return wasn't completed and never heard back from them. I sopped paying hem and finally heard back from them. They claim they never told me they would do something to address my tax liability. They now claim they were hired to develop a business plan for me.

What? I'm not a business, I'm an individual taxpayer.

I have refused all requests for more money from them until they can produce some actual work product relating to the tax liability.

As the IRS agent told me there is no magic bullet for IRS issues. And none of these companies EVER produce results for their clients. Just look at all of the complaints for all of these companies.

Gary of Brockport, NY May 15, 2009

JK Harris stole 2900 from me. They told me they could get my 32,000 tax debt (due to illness and a 38% tax rate on retirement benefits that I screwed up myself. ALWAYS use a tax pro!) reduced to 3,000. JK Harris jerked me around for a full year, by which time I either had to enter into a payment agreement with the IRS or face prison time. In the end, JK Harris did absolutely NOTHING for me, and in all actuality, made things much worse. They are criminals, pure and simple. I finally recovered around 1,400 of my money through class action suits and small claims action, but that leaves 1,500 that JK Harris STOLE from me! They can do NOTHING for you that you can't do for yourself by just talking to the IRS. There is no magic pill that JK Harris can use to make the IRS go away. They'll just make you THINK they can, and in the end they'll just steal your money and get you into worse trouble with the IRS. AVOID THEM AT ALL COSTS!!!!!!!

Kurtis of Elyria, OH May 9, 2009

Lack of service, no follow-up, paid 1700.00 and received nothing in return from JK Harris only that they could arrange repayment with IRS which I could do myself. No return calls when filed complaint. Now owe more than before dealing with them. Contract I signed when dealing with them and paying them 1700.00 said they would reduce my debt by 70%, now told I make too much and have to repay all, be aware of this company and what they promise

Kenna of Chino, CA May 9, 2009

On july 10,2008, I met with a rep from JK Harris in a "BARROWED OFFICE" (should of been a clue right there!!!!!).My wife and i fell into tax problems of over 20,000,The JK Harris rep told us that his company could get our tax dept reduced to arround 750.00 to 1,200 because of "THEIR SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE TAX GAME"!! Being in tax dept for three years and feeling like a thief for not paying our taxes,we felt such a relief that our nightmare could soon be over,IF WE ONLY KNEW IT WAS JUST GETTING STARTED!!!!

We faxed document after document to them and never hearing back from them (thinking everything being done as promised),finally after several moths of not hearing from them, I called too see where we were at this time,was SHOCKED to hear from a "linda" that NO DOCUMENTS HAVE YET BEEN RECIEVED FROM US! I told linda that all the documents asked for was faxed(lucky i kept records of fax dates with comfirmation docs from fax ) she just said srry-nothing is here,I told her to stay there that im faxing over and want her to stand by fax machine,she relucantly said she would, since then NOTHING- NOTHING has been done,we are recieving threating letters from the IRS stating that OUR HOME OF 24 YEARS IS GOING TO BE TAKIN FROM US.

Calling JK Harris co and all we get is THEIR IN A MEETING AND WILL CALL U BACK WHEN MEETING IS THREW, NO CALL BACK EVER, its been over a year and again NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE! If your reading this and thionking of contacting JK Harris co for help, PLEASE DONT!!!!! AGAIN PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY!!!!!!! BUT IF YOU ARE USING THIS COMPANY AND FEEL THE SAME AS MY WIFE AND I-- WE WOULD LIKE TO FORM A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO TAKE THIS COMPANY TO COURT AND SEW NOT ONLY FOR OUR MONEY BACK BUT ALSO LOSS OF TIME AND GRIEF!!!!

Brian of Oxford, IA May 8, 2009

As a result of divorce, and a business my ex-wife and I had sunk our savings into, I found myself owing the IRS over 161,000. I contacted JK Harris out of a desire to remain anonymous with local attorneys and CPAs. My mistake was made out of a lack of experience, making emotional decisions and feeling criminal for not being able to pay my fair share of taxes. I should have known beter when they wanted 7,500 to resolve my issues and for representation with the IRS. I negotiated to 5,500 and feeling as though I had made progress to resolve the issues. It was only the beginning. I cannot begin to describe the encounter, except for saying what many others have, they did nothing. Absolutely nothing. No return calls, many voicemails that went unreturned and actually found the IRS far easier to deal with. I simply want to warn others to NEVER contract with this firm. They are ineffectual at best and criminal at worst. At the end of the day, you will simply waste valuable time dealing with this shell of a company, simply hire an attorney and avoid yourself a headache.

Robert of Windermere, FL May 5, 2009

JK Harris screwed us. It's been over a year and a half. We called numerous times. Today we called them & now they tell us they did all they could. And they told us that our case has been transfered to another person. The never ever call or let us know what is happening with our case. The refused to refund us because of lack of services. First they tell us when we hired them we would only pay a fraction of the amount we owe the IRS. Then, and this is many mounts later, they are still working on the case.

Also JK Harris agreed at the time we signed up, they will also represent us with our New York State Taxes. The problem with that is today they tell us they have not done anything with New York State. The IRS tells us that we pay too much rent. JK Harris never informed us about a limit to the amount of rent we need to pay. This is after signing a two year lease. All this information we got was because of phone calls we made to either IRS or JK Harris. We never know who our JK Harris representative ever is or was.

Each time we call we are told that we "now have a new representative". when we started with JK Harris, our income was (our new rep is now A. johnson) very low. We lost our house in Hernendo, Fl. Since we moved our income has gotten better. But, only after we moved. Also when we signed with JK Harris I did not receive SSI until a few mounts before we moved to our rental. Since we moved to our new address and only then our income has improved. It was only after then that the IRS told us we make too much & pay too much rent. WE CALLED IRS. NOT JK HARRIS.

What in the world do they do? Keep our money & sit on there rear. JK Harris sat on our case too long.(we spoke to a William no last name) Even JK Harris said they took too long. Talking too them is like talking to a brick wall. JK Harris never gives a straight answer, always give us some kind of double talk. We were paying the IRS 62. JK Harris tole us to not pay the IRS anymore because they are handling our case. JK Harris promises you when you sign up with them that "you will pay only a fraction of what you owe the IRS" EVEN in the TV ad JK Harris says that.

This is not the only complaint against them. Just go on the internet. The list is endless. The only thing we did not do is check JK Harris before we signed with them. Is there something we can do? Or is it too late. The only advice we have is DO NOT UES JK HARRIS. We are so behind that we now filing bankruptcy. Is there anything we could do.

Paige of Maryville, IL April 21, 2009

Paige of Maryville IL (04/21/09)
J K Harris promised to reduce my tax owed. They did not. They have not done anything for me and I am still paying them.

Robert of Trenton, NJ April 18, 2009

Robert of Trenton NJ (04/18/09)
Several years ago, I went through the divorce from hell. One of the repercussions was the failure to pay taxes. It was my fault, but I was under tremendous stress and wasn't functioning normally. Nonetheless, I need legal representation with the IRS. I hired JK Harris to represent me and after almost 2 years of trying to contact someone at the company to help, they never did anything for me.

I eventually realized the company was a total scam. I am not along, search the web for JK Harris Scam and you will learn it is not a reputable company. They claim to be the largest company defending taxpayers. However, check out their website and you will not find an address or central location listed. The address I used in this complaint was my so called contact for assistance.

I wound up paying the IRS a huge amount of money. But it was the money that I paid JK Harris and never received one iota of assistance, that burned me more than anything else.

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