Power Tax Relief

My husband and I sold our only means of a vacation, our camper, to pay Power Tax Relief in two-thousand and eight over five-thousand dollars to help us with our incurred debt with the IRS. To make a short story even shorter, we were promised that they could get our tax bill down. At that time, the debt was around twenty-one thousand.

The OIC was refused (and I can't see how), but they ended up making a payment arrangement which we had already been doing anyhow. We have not been on vacation since we live paycheck to paycheck. We cannot pay our estimated taxes (my husband is self-employed) and pay what the feds want to. This was a scam. It put me through weeks and weeks of paper filing, finding receipts, etc., and I don't know whether to check if I want an attorney or not because if I can't get back the money or part of it, I sure can't pay an attorney.

I hired Power Tax Relief in 2008 to deal with a $27,000 tax bill for 2007. They charged me $4,000 and promised me that they could get me a settlement. Two to three years of a bunch of nothing, they contacted me out of the blue to congratulate me on my monthly payment they negotiated on my behalf. That's it? For $4,000, they negotiated for me a payment plan, not a settlement.

I could have done the same thing myself with a phone call. I feel as if they stole my $4,000 and the money would have been better sent towards my bill. They should be shut down and pay back the money they took from me. If you read their contract and are unhappy with their services, you can only sue them for half of your money back. I should have seen the writing on the wall

I did not hire power tax relief but I know two people who have worked there as I used to work in this industry. Their company is a boiler room. Most the clients aren't represented right but pressure is on their unlicensed sales team is under high pressure to sell their "great services." The salesperson I know said, they are so bad, he did not want to work there anymore. That is usually not the case unless it's really bad with sales people.

I recommend to people to call a company where you speak to a licensed professional when you call in. I do not work on these kind of cases anymore but I would refer anybody to Tax Resolution Professionals (www.**) because the place is run by licensed tax attorneys. I have sent two friends there and they were very happy with the service.There are other legitimate companies also, but the key is to make sure the person you talk to is licensed. Do not let a salesperson with a fancy title like 'tax expert' tell you what you qualify for.

I hired Power tax relief in October of 2007 to help me with an IRS back tax issue. I was told that they would be on top of this. Instead, after not returning my calls, I received a notice of tax liens and levy. When I spoke with the IRS they sated that Power tax relief had not been in touch with them in almost a year. All the while I was told that "we are on this" and that the IRS doesn't know what they are talking about. If anyone can give me a physical address I can promise that I will deliver a $4000 ass whooping for each fraud. Tax lien against my home and bank levy on my account.

I highly recommend contacting the agencies themselves and working with them if your pay Power Tax Relief after reading all these reports you have no one to blame but yourself. Do not be fooled by some of the big words they use they are useless. Kay T. the manager has nothing but excuses about why she has not called you back. She is friendly but that is a front she will not help you. We now owe 4x what we originally owed the 2 tax agencies after 5 years of \"trusting\" Kay and Power Tax relief.

I was a consultant for Power Tax Relief for approximately 9 months. In that time, I soon found out that their services were not being performed by their legal staff. In order to maintain business ethics, I resigned. I have been in finance and have been working with companies helping tax payers all over the country for almost 10 years. The tax payer whom I brought aboard with Power Tax Relief is one of many that the company has not represented against the IRS.

The result of this unfortunate client is that he did not have proper representation once I turned it over to one of the Enrolled Agents and he complained on this consumer complaints website tarnishing my name. I wish to have the taxpayer contact me to resolve this matter even though I am not with that firm any longer. I have been and still am representing many taxpayers with their IRS/State Revenue Department issues. Thank you!

I contacted Power Tax Relief in July 2009 to help me regarding the money the IRS was saying we owed. Their fee was $3900. We paid it in installments. They sent various mailings to us requesting copies of tax returns, IRS correspondence, etc. which I complied with. They had all of our financial information, including our income and expenses. The latest request from them for additional information came in November. I filled it out and mailed it back. In January 2010, I received two bills from the IRS for the years in question.

I immediately called Power Tax Relief about it. I was told "those are computer generated forms" and to ignore them! Then they asked about the requested information they'd sent to me in November, claiming they never received my reply. When I told them I'd returned it, on time, like everything else they've ever sent me, I was told that the statute of limitations had run out with the IRS and that in order to proceed, I would have to send them an additional $1000. I asked for a supervisor and the person I was speaking to claimed he was a supervisor. His name was Paul ***.

We got into a screaming match on the phone where he basically told me I was irresponsible for not following up on my case and there was nothing else they could do. I asked him what kind of company are you, to squeeze out an extra $1000 from people who don't have it. His reply was that my $1000 "wouldn't even pay to wash the windows" here! I have not contacted them since.

I did receive an email from Mr. M., with new forms to sign and a bill for $1000 to reopen my case. I have since contacted the IRS, who said the bills they sent are valid and reflect what we owe to date, and penalties and interest will continue to accrue. I want my $3900 back from this company. If I had it, I would give it directly to the IRS and bring that balance down.

Besides the stress and anxiety caused by this company, we are in a bad financial state. I am on unemployment and my husband was hurt on the job on 1/2/10. There has been no income on his part since and things are really tight with just mine. The money paid out to this company I would use to pay the IRS, thereby saving additional charges of penalties and interest.

I paid these people to help me with getting down my taxes. All they wanted was the money; they didn't care about anything else. They never kept me informed on what they were doing, which was nothing. The bottom line is they charged $3500 and I got nothing but more problems in return. Because they didn't know what they were doing, I had all my accounts frozen during the holidays. I had to get that fixed. And today, 1-26-10, I called the accounting dept. to see if I could get some of my money back. This guy asked if I wanted to reopen the case. I said I wanted some money back. He tells me you're not a customer, you will never be one again, so I told him I wouldn't let you people to rip me off twice. See the nerve of these people and the thing is they didn't do anything for the money.

i called the number off tv for power tax relief. i had a 96,000.00 case. i gave them 5,500.00. i have called numberous times with no respond. i feel neglected used.

about 2 years ago I paid power tax to negoiate a settlement with the IRS. I paid them 3500.00 plus 800.00 to redo my 2005 and 2006 tax forms. They assured me that they would resolve this in 6 months or less. It's been 2 years and I just received a certified letter that the IRS is going to levy my assets for the entire amount that I owe including the interest and penalties totaling 20,000.00. I am 63 years old living on social security disability totaling 1,444.00 per month, which they intend to take 30% of.

I guess I should have listened to buyer beware. I trusted them and borrowed the 3500.00 to pay them. I was just another victim of their scam. I cannot believe they are allowed to get away with this legally and morally. They just hung me and my family out to dry. I am now faced to work out a deal with the IRS on my own. I am at their mercy.

I now face losing my house which I have lived with my family for 15 years, my credit rating is in the toilet and I would have owed less in penalties and interest had I not paid for Power Tax Relief to represent me. I could have paid a portion of my debt with the money I paid them.

Just like everyone else, I too, was victim to Power Tax Relief. They took $3500.00 from my husband and I. We have called for a year and left message after message for a return phonecall. We still haven't recieved that call back. They did absolutly nothing for us. We will probably never see the money they took from us. We have since worked out a deal, by ourselves, with the IRS. Too bad we had to pay all the penalty and interst too.

I still to this day call and ask to speak with the manager, Nancy A. Everytime I call, I get the same runaround....She'll call you back, or can I take a message she's at lunch. Nancy is the manager there by the way. Sometimes you'll get her voicemail, and sometimes they won't even put you through. We are taking care of our tax debt. It's going to take a while, but we are making it right.

Once thing we have learned from this experience, is there is not "quick fix" to any problem, expecially tax problems. Talk to the IRS. Yes you may sit on hold for a while, but it's well worth it. Places like Power Tax Relief should be banned to do any buisness in any state. They just rob helpless people of their hard earned money. I am also interested in a class action lawsuit.

I too have documented every single call. I also have all of the correspondence from Power Tax Releif. If there is a lawer out there that can take our case, I'm sure it will be well worth it. Thanks for letting me vent. We could have used that money to acutally pay off one full year of back tax debt, but instead paid it to a company that promised the world. Power Tax Relief, you will get yours!

In April, 2008, we learned that we owed just over $20,000 US and Arizona income tax. Shocked, we saw an add on TV for help from Power Tax Relief. We were asssured by them on our first phone call that they could help us get that reduced and possibly even get money back due to my health problems and advanced age, as well as my wife's age. We paid $3,900 and receive a packet with forms and requests for documents which we filled out and returned. We were told to send all correspondence from the IRS directly to them and they would handle everything. We received a notice of a hearing which we were told to ignore because they were handling it.

The next thing we heard was from the IRS asking us for payments of $500 per month. PTR will not call us back. At this point we don't know where to turn. Should we call the IRS and try to negotiate this ourselves? When my wife lost her job, we went further into debt and had to move from Phoenix to Albuquerque, NM for her to find work. We are living in our motor home and having trouble making the payments. We were offerred help by Power Debt Relief. They said they could negotiate with the bank for a lower interest rate and lower monthly payments. We were to make no more payment until their negotiations were finalized. Since then, Power Debt does not call us back, the bank has sent a summons for us to appear in court. they are asking for our home and we are so far behind we cannot make up the late fees. All contact with both Power Tax and Power Debt have ceased, they do not answer calls nor return our voice messages.

Well this is the end of the power tax soap opera.I put in acomplaint to the BBB.After that i tried the Att. general. The a/g said they did nothing wrong i got that letter 6/10/09 five days later i got one from p.tax they withdraw from my case. I guess in Cal when you hurt the feelings of a lawyer there aloud to hang you out to dry. The scam is it's takes so long for them not to do there job that you paid for $3,500 you get fustraited you start the phone calls, they tell you to wait another year. They blame you for all there mistakes. And they plan phone calls late friday when your going on vacation or family outings at the last minute of everyday.And they blame you for not giving them more info.

When at the first interview should have gotten it. But this there plan.And your right they will never call you back and give what you need info or anything esle. I was told by NYS,IRS that these people never made any deal or effort on my behalf.I spoke to the IRS they believe it or not they were more helpful than the nit-wits i got ripped from. Now i have to go to help me Howard on channel 11.All i can say is be careful,talk to the poeple of your state and talk to the IRS you be surprised how much they can help you.

At that point I knew I had been completely duped. I decided to contact the IRS advocacy group and they settled my debt in only a few months. On top of the $4,000 I lost in my original payment to Power Tax Relief the IRS tacked thousands of dollars on to my total cost with added interest over the two year period I thought my tax debt was getting handled. Also, because of the tax lien, my credit plumeted and I have not been able to get a reasonable interest rate since. It was two years of hell and to hear some of these stories I at least feel I'm not alone. If anyone is interested in banning together to put a class action suit together I would love to be involved. I have all my corresponding e-mails with PTR and paperwork saved.

I paid this company $4000.00 to have my tax debt reduced in 2007. Now they will not return my calls and have done nothing on my case.

Paid power tax 10,000 dollars to help resolve money owed to the IRS they said they could reduce my debt, 2006, now 2009 nothing settled other than they arranged payments , I submitted everything they requested and yet they requested them over and over with no results or answer, in May I filed a complaint with the BBB they responded to the BBB saying I didn't provide all necessary information they wont return my phone calls, and just called today and they said my case was closed !

I was not aware of my case closing, Kay T provided the BBB with very personal information only disclosed to them which I find unprofessional, I would like to file a class action lawsuit.

I contacted PTR in September of 2008 regarding issues I was having with back taxes owed to the IRS and State of MN for the tax years 2004,05,06.

I had a tax preparer that did not file some of my deductions and I needed to go back and make the proper adjustments. By the time I was notified I was being audtited for the other years as well. I don't deny there were errors made and all I wanted to do was get them corrected and hopefully be relived of the penalties and interest. PTR told me my case was an ideal one and that they could easily get me relief and reduce the overall amount owed as well.

I paid them $4200.00 and since then have been on the chase to get them to even call me back. It is now June of 2009 and I have traded several emails with Kay TSE and each time she says they have everything completed and they are ready to complete my new return.

They latest lie was that she needed information from my 2007 return becasue I over paid that year even though that year was not in question. So I supplied that information and again PTR and Kay fell of the face of th earth and I have not heard back since. I have left threats to contact the BBB and the state attorneys office for both California and Minnesota and had a letter sent certified by my attorney with a refund reuest but to date have heard nothing and recieved no refund.

I called the IRS and state of MN to see if they PTR has contacted them since my case started... You can guess the answer. They were conacted one time in October of 08 for a copy of my transcript and nothing since then.

This is very sad and I would like to suggest any other person effected by this to contact me so we can start a class action law suite against this company for their wrong doings.

PTR sold me on a 90+ success rate. I pyd $3900. & then pyd all txs penalties & intrst. on the promise that PTR would dilingently work to get an abatement reselution. ofcourse I questioned what would be there motivation after being payed. Was appropiatly lied too. It took them 6 mo. to right a 2pg letter (no phone or email) to wrte a 2pg. letter.to the IRS that I could hve done in 30mn. I wrote a chck for $31000. to this day have not recieved a phone call or email from PTR. these poeple are thieves.

I have been unemployed since nov. 08 and have diabeties. so far i have not rcvd a dime of gov. asst. and my $ is gone. cant get in touch w/ PTR and dont knw what to do.

I had my bank acconts frozen during the christmas holidays.That wasn's so bad i didn't have to buy presents because i couldn,t get into my accounts. And i kept telling them nys is really getting [upset] they said they do that by (certefied) letters. So i had to get that fixed,they said they took care of it nys said they didn't do anything. They said only we can make rules and follow them, no one esle tells us what to do.

Plus when i went to get this problem fixed they made call out ss# across the room. The bottom line is Tax relief poeple wanted money in two weeks they say you have a month. And yes it's going on about a year and when i finaly got someone yeserday they sa before the end of the year 2009 i will be happy. I hope so because of all they put me threw it better be good. I been reading some of the complaints and it's as if i wrote them. They blaimed me for everything they don't think they do anything wrong.

Well i have cancer, I have other problems. The bottom line is i owe $10,000. when this is done i will most likely owe more than when it started.

I have read the other complaints about Power Tax Relief and feel truely taken in by this swindle. I paid $8700. to get the tax consultation promised by telephone. As with the others who have a grievence, my situation is similar in that there is no response to phone calls or e-mail inquiries. Recently, the IRS did file a lien and attach a portion of my Social Security. Power Tax Relief did file papers for an Offer in Compromise, but the IRS refused to even abate any of the interest or penalty charged, saying they felt they intended to recover the entire amount.

The result of two years of delays and slow or no response, is that I am assesed all taxes, interest, penalty, plus I have duped into false assurances of help and representation.

17,2009 and still nothing.

I Do have all
invoice papers from power tax.THE calls
to KAY TSE WHO works for power tax are
endless.I have not heard nothing from

power tax in over a year.

WELL so far i have payed IRS about6,000
dollars and state over 3,000 dollars
I HAVE TAX LENS and great big problems

that are not going away at anytime soon.

We called power tax relief , explained our situation, they asked for a ten thousand dollar check to begin the process we, sent them a check , filled out all applicable information and it's been 3 years and they are still giving us the run around, sending the same forms to be filled out, no return phone calls, no news of any pertinent information regarding settling with the IRS, several calls have been made and no response.

We were in the hole with the IRS. and we saw the commercial on power tax relief and thought that was our way to get help. unfortinitly not so we sent 4000.00 dollars to help us we were getting letters from the IRS on Levys on Property and could believe this was happening. We were calling every week for a year and no one would tell us anything we finaly had to pay the IRS on what we owed to stop interst and penelties. As the same we would not get any info on our case until i told them we already paid IRS and they said they could aleast get our Interest and penelties back and it would be around 6500.00 back after dealing with them for a year.

We got back 15.00 dollars. This company has really put people in a bas situation as far as health due to stress.This needs to stop why cant we actually get the relief we need. Companies like this needs to be investigated. Like they say if its to good to be true then its not worth trying. please help all the people get their money back from firms like this people are suffering already due to the economy and theres groups like this one taking advantage of those less fortunet.

We were in the hole with the IRS. and we saw the commercial on power tax relief and thought that was our way to get help. unfortinitly not so we sent 4000.00 dollars to help us we were getting letters from the IRS on Levys on Property and could believe this was happening. We were calling every week for a year and no one would tell us anything we finaly had to pay the IRS on what we owed to stop interst and penelties. As the same we would not get any info on our case until i told them we already paid IRS and they said they could aleast get our Interest and penelties back and it would be around 6500.00 back after dealing with them for a year.

We got back 15.00 dollars. This company has really put people in a bas situation as far as health due to stress.This needs to stop why cant we actually get the relief we need. Companies like this needs to be investigated. Like they say if its to good to be true then its not worth trying. please help all the people get their money back from firms like this people are suffering already due to the economy and theres groups like this one taking advantage of those less fortunet.

Took eveything i had due to fear of losing my home. faught with my spouse due to stress nothing that they really done but from a broke point of view that is enough stress to make people sick.

Power Tax relief seems to disappear with my hard earned money that I had to borrow in the first place because I believed they would help my husband and i come to and arrangement with the IRS. I call. noone calls back. I ask for paperwork showing what they have accomplished on the case and nothing. They avoid my calls. It has been over a year and nothing. i paid them around $ 4,000.00 and I want my money back so i can use it, like I should have, to pay some towards my tax liens.

Thats another thing they say they will get tax liens lifted. well they are on my credit report. they dont do anything but collect your money. I have tried patience, and have tried calling mui and kay the employees of this company to rectify this but they will not talk to me the receptionist always gives me an excuse that they are busy or out of the office. I have seen no proof of their attending to my case .According to the IRS only 10% can get a leniency on their owed taxes .They dont tell you that on the phone or on the power tax relief website.

I guess I am in the 90% that should have done it the right way. By contacting IRS myself. We have tried calling them and we are put on hold for over 10 minutes.We recieved their message on our answering machine and i have already stated to them we have given them enough information I will not send no more paperwork. I refuse to deal with their lies. I have recieved no copies of anything of what they have done.I have asked and nothing.

Still owe Irs, even more now because of penalities, loss of money I really could use. I am hurt depressed because we are broke as it is and we borrowed money, which we still owe, for the power tax relief. I hate being scammed and lied to. Wont someone please help us all get our money back

I hired Power Tax Relief to defend me in an IRS audit and file late returns after seeing their commercial on Fox News Chicago promising to ELIMINATE you tax problems including settling for pennies on the dollar with the IRS. After I called them and gave them my credit card # and $5100.00 to handle the audit thru finality and file ALL of my late returns which was promised they gave me the run around and passed my account from person to person at PTR and did NOTHING for me in the end. I am still getting IRS notices and Power Tax GRIEF has MY $5100.00 and does not return my calls or e mails. Look Power Tax relief up at Los Angelas BBB and usefulcomplaints.com as there are many more people which they PREYED UPON

I am out $5100.00 that they charged me for PROMISES they used as a SCAM, They have caused me undue stress,depression,mentel and physcal anguish and much much more and I am still getting levy notices from the IRS and am losing everything, maybe even my life at this point.