The Tax Club

In March of 2011, my daughter and I embarked on a venture. We were going to build a web business. The Focus group affiliated with Success Internet and Internet Success provided a coach and instructions for $15,480.00. Within a week, my daughter who has cerebral palsy was diagnosed with cancer which had metastasized from the breast cancer that she had had in 2009. I tried to get out of the deal. Jerry ** and Derek ** spoke with me. Derek told me that he was part of the Focus Group and he and Lee were the guys who get the job done right now. He said that if you don't invest now, you will never make any money. I was told that if I do everything he says, I will be making more money than I will ever need. He said to get a CRM, Marketing, and several other promotional services.

I sent a check for $7,450 and was billed $10,000.00 on a credit card. I was billed many other charges totaling nearly $70,000.00. I was told that they would build me a fully functioning website and I would have to do virtually nothing. I spent my whole summer getting products and dropshippers and all the while taking my daughter to radiation and chemo and dealing with her being sick. Derek and Lee and I forgot about Heather. She was supposed to be getting the designers and everything associated to building a functioning website. Derek told me that because of my circumstances with my daughter, he would personally get everything done quickly.

I still have nothing worth anything. He did build a pet supply website that is nonfunctioning. All of the products that I gathered and the dropshippers I paid for are of no use. I tried over and over to get a refund. I am about to lose everything and my daughter is still battling cancer. These people should be stopped. They took advantage of me and my situation. They made promises that they had no intentions of keeping. I have lost about $70,000.00 to these people. I am going to go to the Attorney General.

I was pressured to purchase products that I did not need. I purchased a Business Saver Package under very heavy sales tactics by The Tax Club. I had requested to call my personal accountant but they said no one else could set up an internet business as the Tax Club could. I also purchased two other packages through the Tax Club that was bringing my total costs close to $20,000. I have an internet coach that is building my website and guiding me at all levels of my new business. I told him how financially stressed I was and he told me that I did not need any of this company's products to run my internet business. I then called to cancel all services and was only able to cancel two of the services.

The Business Saver Package had passed the cancellation date. I am only requesting $1795 of the $2995 I was charged due that they did provide me with my LLC. The difference of $1200 was to cover the fair market value of the LLC. All of the products that they sold me were already covered in my affiliation with PMI, my business coaching company. I fell that the Tax Club knew I was uninformed as I was only in the first weeks of building my business. Their heavy-handed sales techniques leave little to desire. They are refusing to refund any money to the E-contract that I signed while still on the phone with them. I was not allowed time to even read it.

I was contacted by the Tax Club and they told me that I needed them if I was going to have a successful business, and I needed to purchase their tax service for $3,908, Business Credit Solutions for $3,524, and someone to build the website for $1,395. Once I realized what was going on, I called them up and told them that I had made a mistake and I didn't want their services anymore. I didn't know what I was thinking at the time and if they could refund me back part of what I had invested because really they hadn't done anything for me. They told me that I had 15 days to cancel the services and if I cancelled, I would get nothing in return. I am a senior and I need help. Please help

I was contacted by Jay ** and I was told that they will provide me with traffic on my website between 5,000 to 10,000 visitors. They charged me $2,497.00 and nothing happened. I got a call from Eddy ** and he was supposed to help me get company credit. After we talked about landing institutes, he said that I had to have copyrights and trademark, costing me $5,000 and no more contact. In July of 2011, I received a call from Kevin ** and I was told that he and Alex ** will take over the website and market profit. I was charged $3,000 and I have not heard from them. I made several calls to no avail. So my advice is that Tax Club is a fraud where they target senior citizens.

In mid-2008, my late wife got involved trying to start a web business to add to the shop she already had. She started through Stores on Line and PMI. It wasn't long before we kept getting calls from The Tax Club. She kept agreeing to use their services, to the tune of over $14,000. Unfortunately, my wife passed away shortly after. I contacted The Tax Club and asked for a refund as very little was done by them, but agreed to some of the things that were done. They sent me the refund documents via email, which were completely unreadable. I was contacted by Lango ** and she promised to send hard copies of the forms. When the forms arrived, the names were wrong. I contacted her again to have them corrected. She did and apologized for the problem. By the time I received, signed and returned the forms, I was told that since they were not returned within 30 days, they would not issue any refund whatsoever.

After my first complain, I got some sort of an agreement with The Tax Club that would help me. It did a little bit they cancel the $ 2500.00 Loan, but its not enough I still have an over max-up credit card.

So far the service I received it only worth $3000.00 ,I feel I was still over charged ,and I asking for a refund.

We signed up for The Tax Club business essentials and The Small Biz membership to the tune of $5,133.00 on January 2011. Also, on top of that, we paid $14.99 and $29.99 monthly. I had just started an e-commerce website and I was actually still building it when The Tax Club called us. They said that we really needed their expertise. They said that they would build a business plan for us and get us business credit, and not to worry about using all of our personal credit for their cost. I would be able to transfer it all to business credit. Instead, all I got was call after call from people all over the US with The Tax Club, trying to sell me everything they could!

I fell one more time for their trafficdriverpro.net scam. It cost me $2,500.00 with guaranteed 1000 unique visitors a month! I called them after a few weeks and told them that I wasn't getting any results and they told me that it would take 4-6 weeks to see the visits coming through. So it's been about four months and no results! No 1000 visitors etc. I called the main number for The Tax Club which is impossible to get a hold of anyone but snotty operators who transfer you to phones that tell you to leave a message. It took two weeks to finally reach Raymond, the guy who is in charge of the trafficdriverpro stuff. Like I said, I even contacted traffic driver pro and I was promised a call back but nothing!

We asked for it to be cancelled and refunded because it didn't do what they said it would! They like to argue that we had 15 days to cancel, which they never said, they said that it was guaranteed! Even if it was 15 days to cancel, I called within that time and they told me it takes time, 4-6 weeks for results! Really? How could you even cancel in 15 days if it takes 4-6 weeks to start working?!

Anyways, I just got the same e-mail I received, when I cancelled the other tax club membership, that they cancelled the items I requested but I'm not due any refund. So all in all, the company has lied and bilked me out of $7,633.00 and 5-6 months of monthly fees for doing absolutely NOTHING, except to put me and my family back in debt and ruin our credit rating! This company needs to be investigated for their scummy practices. I will be a witness!! Please help me!

I was contacted by PMI and then The Tax Club after sending for Anthony Morrison's Book. Each group relieved me of a significant amount of money to the tune of masking out my credit card. The calls kept coming from others at The Tax Club trying to talk me into more things and programs I should buy, extend my credit and take out a line of credit or let them build my website.

I have no website and I became ill shortly after signing up. My account was put on hold and the calls kept coming. The Tax Club assisted me in setting up a "S Corp" in Florida for over $1,200.00 in costs (I'll need to recheck the figures) and after Mark ** sold me the farm, I got a few phone calls from Justin who was of no help at all. I complained in an email on the site and he put my account on hold. I am unable to move forward to begin a business due to declining health. This business never got off the ground and I never even knew what the business was. So I feel quite scammed and I am asking for a refund of my money. I will be inactivating my business and who knows what tax reporting to the IRS I will be responsible for. I never got one word of guidance, direction or anything from The Tax Club. There were just phones calls about paying more money for more affiliate ideas. It was a total scam approach. I never received any of the benefits promised by The Tax Club other than the paperwork to send to the State of Florida and a corporate seal.

I attended a few webinars in the beginning but then my illness prevented me from participating. Everytime someone called, I'd ask questions about how all they were promising and talking about was going to happen if I didn't even know what kind of business or product I would be able to sell on this website. No one ever could answer other than to offer another way to empty my bank account and max out my credit card. This last time they wanted $10,000 and they told me to take a loan on my 401K to pay it and that was supposed to be a big bargain.

I find it hard to think that this is anything but a scam when the representatives put nothing in writing about what I'm asking or complaining about. The only way we communicate is with the phone and numerous telephone numbers all the time. I would appreciate a refund of my money since I cannot physically or mentally continue as stated early on.

Shortly after signing up with Achieve Technologies I got a call from The Tax Club. The thing that got me was them telling me that I would get the investments I made with them and Achieve back at tax time. In my mind I saw a check from the IRS for at least $9,000. I'm sure that's what they thought I was thinking too. Total credit card debt for this business venture right now is about $12,000. Over $5,000 to The Tax Club.

At tax time I already had my personal done. They prepared the corporate and to my surprise they told me I had to amend my personal taxes to show the loss that I had in my business. I don't need to pay less in taxes. I paid them a monthly fee ($49.95) for about 18 months. They helped me incorporate ($225 through legalzoom.com). They prepared my corporate taxes once ($205 for Turbo Tax software and $100 for my sister to prepare them). For the amount of time I was with them I used 2 of their services. How much of the investment with The Tax Club can I get back?

On March 14, 2011, I had a call from Ryan ** stating that I need a business in the United States for me to operate sales in this country with drop shippers as he finds out I was taking a course through Power Seller College. They were charging me $2995 and a monthly fee of $49.50 to access their website, which I did use very little due to limited time I am online. I got my company name set up, that went OK.

But after this, on March 21, 2011 James ** called to offer me a Corporate Credit Plan at $4295. I refused at that point as I knew it was more than I can afford. But as persistent he was, he mentioned he'll help me get corporate credit to pay off my credit card debt in a matter of no time. He failed to mention that it will take up to six months and I will have to do all the work. So even if I told him about thrice that I can't, I gave in and maxed out my credit card + $2500 loan with a finance company he chose.

Now with all these, I thought I had all planning systems in place to get my company off the ground. Boy was I wrong. I found out I still have to pay more to set up the website, the advertising, the merchant account, and so on as per David ** on March 28, 2011. He said all I paid for is coaching of difference department with The Tax Club. His part was to sell me his coaching plan for the price of $3693 to advertise and analyze the company progress. This was not accepted.

I was contacted by the Tax Club when I had signed up with Fortune Learning Systems (you know that FLS is in court). The Tax Club bullied me into paying them a fee for tax info and also a fee for My Essential Plans to set up an LLC (which I didn't need, but being a Canadian I didn't know that). The Tax Club set up 3 appointments for me and they never kept any of them, when I phoned to complain they said the account rep would phone me back in half an hour. He never did call. When the FTC shut FLS down, I never got an established business going so I did not need an LLC. I cancelled the membership with the Tax Club and asked for a refund, I was told there would be no refund. I complained to everyone I could think of and they responded with the same response they give everyone who complains. They took a goodly sum of money from me, and I would like to see them totally shut down just like FLS.

I signed up for The Tax Club because it was referred to me by legal zoom. At the time I was told there was an initial fee of $1600 and a monthly fee of $20. This ensures tax preparation every year.

The first two years went smoothly. Now they are telling me I need to pay $895 a year for tax prep in addition to the $20 per month. I was never told of this fee and they have no documentation of any such fee. The original contract says nothing about a tax prep fee. They have apologized to me for forgetting to mention the $895 per year fee; however, they will not refund any of my money.

They also have admitted that there is no documentation anywhere of any such fee. I have two small children to support and a struggling small business. I never would have signed up had I been informed about these fees.

If there is ever a class action suit against The Tax Club, I want to be involved. Please contact me. They are very dishonest and I feel like I have been scammed. They are taking advantage of innocent people who are just trying to make a living. Thank you.

On Nov 9, 2010, I've opened an internet e-commerce business and I'm coached by Premier Coaching in the process to learn the business. In the meantime, I've been contacted by Tax Club to take care of my legal paperwork. I've filled them out and sent it to Wyoming Secretary of State. It cost me $2999. As first deposit +$39.95/month that they agree to take only after the third from the third month.

I've decided to cancelled my adhesion and hire a personnel accountant to take care of it, in Writing a registered letter to Tax Club, to be reimbursed. No way, sir. First, I'd never get a written answer at my letter but I've been called by M. Corey *** from tax club ( * *** *** **** ext: **** ) to make me understand how profitable it will be to stay with Tax Club. Finally, I'm harassed by a young men who don't want to hear nothing but the care of my business plan that I don't have yet. I don't even have a web site yet. I'm still learning. This is really frustrating and after all complaints I'm reading with clients having the same problems, I think I'll have a hard time to have my money back.

A lawyer will charged me $1500 to have my money back. I'm retired with my wife and my handicapped daughter and my finances are not that great. Just enough to live in my fifth wheel. I only want a little Internet home Business to help me out with my budget. Now I'm $12,000 involved in that business and can't afford to spend another penny for the care of that little business. As a Canadian, is there anything I can do to have my money back ($3000 with tax club)? Thanks for your support.

Wow, all the complaints against the Tax Club do ring true in my experience, also. The Tax Club responses are a "boiler plate" form reply stating that they are committed to customers. That's garbage. I also lost a bundle of money to this back room sales operation. They do have accountants but it is their sales tactics that cause so much harm. I endorse a previous posters' comments that the Attorney General of the State of New York should close this company down.

I've read complaints about The Tax Club and I have the same experience. They even connect to my bank on three way communication to activate my credit card which I told them I'm keeping for emergency purposes. To make the story short, I got ripped off by about $20,000. I tried to get refunded but to no avail. I am trying to make payments for my debts that this caused me and am really having a hard time making ends meet. My credit score is ruined because of late payments. No physical damage has been done but a lot of emotional stress.

After signing up with an online hosting service on the 17th June 2010, so that I could supplement my government pension. I was spending time getting my web site up to scratch. On the 30th of July received a phone call from Domonic from the tax club informing me that he had got my name from the online hosting firm and that they would set me up with all the accountancy expertise I would need for the small sum of 4349.74au. I informed him at the time that I did not have that sort of money. He asked me if I had credit cards.

I answered yes. He then asked me to affirm the numbers, expiry and security numbers. Next thing I know the money is out of my accounts. They never asked me if I wanted to proceed with anything. They didn't care that it put me over the limit. I was just happy that it went through. I was then rung the following day by Justin *** account ex. He gave me a spiel about the business. I told me I would have to fill out papers and get credit so that the business could pay me back and he would send everything to me then he transferred me to Kelly ***, corporate record pro to explain all the details to me.

Web seminar on 26th August, useless. 30th August, no call. 31 August, no call. 1st September, Ronny *** calls... wants another 1700. I told him I didn't have any more and that I was going to look into their dealings and to date I have heard nothing more from them. Apart from the 59.95au, they kept taking out of my account every month so 9708.52au. Later, no word from anyone since my health is shot. My savings are gone. I am trying to live on a government pension that is not enough to keep me alive and all because I was taken in by the tax club scammers. I am 63. What can I do? Any suggestions?..

I was actually contacted by the Tax Club representative who outlined the benefits of membership which included setting up a business entity, why I should have it set up in the US, preparation of business plan, and organizing business credit. All this made sense. So in November 2008, I paid AUD5800 for the membership with ongoing monthly fees. The phone consultations were booked, my LLC was set up on the spot. And that's where the service ended. I was asked to pay further US2000 plus for business plan, more money for business credit card, then about USD2000 for bookkeeping service (with monthly fees). I didn't have any more money and I was taken aback by the Tax Club not being upfront about the costs involved, so I did not proceed. I did pay another US600 for basic bookkeeping service, where I actually kept my records for a while. Until during one of my two accounting consultations I was told that 1/bookkeeping does not communicate with The Tax Club and that it is not necessary for me to use this service. Confusion reigns.

For months I couldn't log in to my account as my password didn't work. I didn't receive any communication from the Tax Club other than "thank you for becoming a member" and recurring billing and newsletters. I had a hard time figuring out how the Club operates. I had two consultations, each time with a different accountant. I felt I was fobbed off, which was easy as I am totally new to being a business owner, let alone in the USA. The latest accountant advised me to alter the registration of my LLC. I had to chase the paperwork, which was meant to be emailed to me--it wasn't. Then IRS had a problem with my paperwork.I emailed The Tax Club about it. The last communication I had regarding the subject was asking me to send the IRS letter and someone will be contacting me. No one did. And I haven't heard back from The Tax Club since.

Tax time came, I made a phone call to customer service to find out about the technicalities of tax return. I needed to purchase VTO (virtual tax organizer). I logged in to my account successfully but when I pressed the "buy VTO button", error message appeared "account cannot be found". This problem was never resolved. In the process, however, I found another piece of information that had not been disclosed before I signed up for membership: the cost of the tax return, and that there is an extra charge for VTO. I don't know how much it is because I could not get to the purchase site. I sent a number of emails requesting an itemized invoice; i.e. what exactly was included in the membership. Interestingly when I made inquiries at a corporate business website I found on the Internet, I was provided with very clear information and clear step-by-step instructions as to what I will need to organize.

I then realized that not only did The Tax Club fail to disclose all financial information, but also did not provide structured information like EIN number to file taxes, does my LLC have one SS4 form (apparently I need one), who my resident agent is, DUNNS number application. Up to this point I didn't even know enough to ask questions. I think this makes for a really poor service. I sent emails to customer care email address, appointments@thetaxclub, billing@thetaxclub. All emails were returned to my mailbox. Apparently the mail system was unable to deliver. My latest emails were sent Aug. 16, Sept. 16 and Sept. 24.

I received no reply. Until Sept. 25 I received communication from the billing at The Tax Club that my account has been cancelled and that they are sad to see me go. What a joke. Reading the accounts of other Tax Club users, it seems that this organization deliberately targets individuals who are very new to business and therefore are vulnerable and naive. I am really surprised that they continue to be in business. Isn't there any consumer protection in the US?

In February of 2010 I decided to start an online business in advertising. I was contacted by the Tax Club who said they could do a number of things one of which was getting my business set up as an LLC entity. Upon naively paying $2,999 plus I realized that the refund period of 15 meager days had already came and gone. After 5 months of being in business to date my company has not made a single penny. The Tax Club sent me my Articles of Incorporation in a binder (I could have gotten my own Articles of Incorporation!) and say they deserve all of that $3,000.

I tried to get a refund but it was too late and as they say the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, when companies like the Tax Club suck everything they can out of a low income American. Isn't there any lawyer who could initiate a class-act lawsuit against these bottom feeders? I am currently living with my mother who is on the verge of losing her home, my cell phone has been turned off because of non payment, and my business I put over $10,000 into has not made a penny. The emotional damage of having everything taken from you has greatly taken its toll on my own happiness. I feel there is nothing anyone can do to stand up to these frauds.

I have had some of the same experiences as the ones that I read. I would like to know what each did to resolve these as I would like to know of a place to take my matter with the Tax Club. It seems that they should be investigated. I have spent a lot of money with them as they claimed that I would recoup this in my business. I just went further in debt and now have no money left with which to build my business.

After being ** enough to be ripped off for $43,386.72, we found this was just a scam with a lot of associated companies that every time the phone rang, it was somebody different asking for more money. There was bookkeeping, planning, credit and lots more also a website which never happened, which they kept spelling wrong. That's when they stopped phoning us. We wrote emails to ask what was happening and they replied they would look into it. We then got a phone call telling us we needed to spend another $600. We said no. No more phone calls, no nothing until we were contacted by Ester ** to see if we wanted to cancel our membership. In the meantime, they are charging us $50 a month to do nothing. We cancelled and asked for a refund. No, we are not getting any refund. Please help. What can we do?

Heavy sales pitch got me for 2,975 plus 49.95 a month starting 12/09. As soon as my credit ran out, so did the service [as they continued to run roughshod over my good credit score without regard until it was tapped] and hung me out to dry. No refund as of 5/10 and no returned calls. A perfect example of bate and switch and scam like business practice. Please stay away from anything to do with the tax club and the Manhattan professional group. Since my credit was tanked by these crooks it was necessary to enter a debt reorganization program and try to get back on track before I get an ulcer or lose my marbles. Here's hoping for some financial recovery from an unemployed American. PS. with friends like this who needs enemies.

Well, I too was scammed out of a lot of money from the Tax Club and A Way of Life/IW Solutions. I am a single mom, disabled with a disabled child on SS Disability and VA Disability under a doctor's care for severe depression, sleep apnea and chronic back pain related to surgery (a fusion). I only make $2,100 a month.

Well I received a call from IW solutions, wanting me to do an online business (which I knew nothing about). He convinced me that I would be able to make all my money back in 6 months guaranteed. If I could not, they would refund all the money invested. Well, I had no money to invest. Usually, I am very smart when it comes to money and doing something that I do not have the money to pay for but this time, I guess I was weak or stupid or whatever.

Actually, this happened when I was not sleeping and had not started using the CPap which I have to do due to the apnea. I just was not or could not think clearly. He convinced me to use my credit cards which I had excellent credit. It almost seemed as they knew what my credit rating was and how much credit I had available. I was told initially that I would have 1 hour a week for 6 months, 1-on-1 training and could call them any time for any help I would need. I continued to tell them that I knew nothing about doing a website or anything and again I was convinced that anyone could do this even if they had no experience on the internet or computer.

Finally, I agreed. My daughter was getting impatient and I needed to get her dinner, as I had been on the phone with him for about 1 hour. It would only cost $8,230.00, my goodness only $8,230.00. I told him that I could not stand another bill and I was convinced that I would make it back even before the first bill was due. Wow! That would be great. That to me, $8,230.00 was almost a years income of disability payments. I kept asking to call me back tomorrow and he kept convincing me that now was the best time. So I agreed I would put it on my card and would pay it all back in 6 months. It would only take about 16 hours a week to get the "Business" up and running. So I talked with my therapist the next day and he made me aware of the mess I was getting myself in so I called him to cancel the deal. It had only been 2 days, he would take no for an answer. I even told him that I was advised against it from my psychiatrist. He still would not accept no and convinced me that I could not go wrong and sent me a warranty that said if I had not made my money back in 6 months that they would refund it all or what I had not made in writing. I thought okay, how can I loose with a money back guarantee, right? Wrong.

Then all these other people started calling from the Tax Club, even before I knew anything about starting the business or anything. I kept telling them I had no business at this time. They kept telling me I needed this and I could just use the same card I used for the Training at IW Solutions/Apply Knowledge Institute. So I thought that I had to do all this because they knew all about the business and my credit and credit card. So IU agreed to the Tax Club. I had to have it, they said I needed business license, corporate records, corporate binders, etc. They would have other people to call me also that was with the Tax Club so I initially thought that I would get all the other services included. I was guaranteed a loan to start the business and all, they would do my business plan, logo for the business and everything and I could work on getting the business ready to go. Everyone who called wanted more money. I expressed my disappointment with each entirety that called my bill was climbing and I was not looking forward to a payment. Each person that called wanted $2,000-3,500 or more. I do have it all written down but not with me at the present time.

To make a long, long story short. I worked everyday from about 8 am until 9-10 a night with just an hour or so off to go pick up my daughter at school and get her something to eat. My medical condition seemed to deteriorate more and more every day and my "coach" for the business would call one time a week for 30 min., not 1 hour as promised. For the first month, I was looking around my own home to find stuff to put on eBay. This was not going to make me any money. I had to pay to put things on there too. I worked from 8-10 for 4 months. I then called and talked to them (Apply Knowledge) and explained that I was not well and my doctor did not want me doing this as it was detrimental to my health. I was informed they could not give me my money back. I talked with Dave S. first and at that time, I was not aware that IW Solutions who sold me the plan and Apply Knowledge was not the same place, as I had talked to a lay named Megan both times when I talked to Mike ** and the people at Applied Knowledge. I was confused and he (Dave) got very angry with me and was actually very hateful and mean the first time we talked. I kept trying to tell him what had happened and when and he said that Megan was his secretary and not with IW Solutions.

I then talked with another lady about 1 month later from another part of 1 of the businesses (not sure which at this time). She instructed me she would send me some suppliers that did drop shipping which was what this mess was all about. It was all garbage things not going to make my money back with them. As instructed by my doctor, I was sick, could not sleep, eat, drive or do very good at taking care of my daughter. Especially, after I would go to sleep while driving, this is when I quite trying to do this "Business".

I cancelled the Tax Club mess and was informed that I could not get any of my money back except the $859 for doing my taxes well. What did I need them to do my taxes for, I had made no money and just lost about $25,000.00. No business, No loan as promised, nothing. They faxed me a form to sign to release them of everything and they would refund the $859.00 for doing my taxes. I have not and will not sign it. All this mess has ruined my credit and my life. Please beware. If it sounds too good, believe me it isn't. I have ruined my credit. I went from having a 730-740 credit score to probably a 600 last time I checked and that was a month ago. I am going to go bankrupt, in debt of $25,000 for the "business" and $18,000 personal. I cannot make the payments. I probably will loose my home and then my daughter and myself will be on the street, because if I go bankrupt then I was told I would have to sell my 2005 Honda CRV which is paid for. If there is anything I can do please help. Thanks for listening.

It started when I purchased dean's books. A few weeks later, I was solicited by a phone call. I was then told by these people that they happen to call them selves PMI (professional marketing) that I could get a refund on the course if I went with the tax club, the course was around 3700 dollars. I then agreed with the tax club that I would get a refund on my course and then I would get a refund off there price as well. they charge around 3500.00, so as you can see this is a lot of money to be falsely mislead into a course that I could of put together for 10.00.

It was now tax time and I was told I could not refund anything because I did not make anything. This was a big blow. I then told PMI that I wanted my money back and that I wasn't satisfied with the course. I was then told that I was with the program for to long and see what the tax club has to say. I called the tax club and then told them I wanted a refund as well and they said we can refund you 895.00 for not doing your taxes.

I told them I wanted the whole bunch back and then asked if the conversation was recorded and then they said yes it was. I said great I would like to listen to it. They told me that they would review it and they would get back with me. I said sure. I still haven't heard from the tax club and it has been over 2 months ago. The guy I talked to with the tax club was Cade, he was the one that mislead me into the scamming tax club I am out a bunch of money I have my credit cards reviewing the tax club I'm not sure if I will when the dispute but that's alright I will apply for bankruptcy and I will laugh all the way to court knowing that the United states of America has these scamming people inside it. I will just have to say this was one hard lesson to learn about scammers.

Just like everyone else, we were struggling with the economy. I found an incredible product and was on my way to an ideal lifestyle. I then got a call from someone claiming to be from the company that I had just signed with. Only until they got my credit card number did they reveal that they were "The Tax Club." I started to receive high pressure sales call after sales call with more and more services. They claimed that I would get it back on my tax return. That did not happen.

After "investing" $20K of credit that I could not afford, I noticed charges for consultations that didn't even take place. Once they got my money, they put me out to dry. They didn't even get me a tax return. They tell me that it's my fault and it is. I should have done some research before signing up with them. I now have relationship/trust problems with my family (they don't trust me and they think I am an idiot). We now have to file for bankruptcy to get rid of this debt left behind from all of the "help" I got from the Tax Club.

I tried to open an on line business but still in the beginning stages on the business. I received a call for the tax club and they convince me I needed to have my business incorporated which I really did not. The only thing I needed was to get a license. I had no idea about anything about a business. They also convince me to buy this other package where I will get a business loan, business credit card, a grant or angel money where I do not need to repay back the money. The person from Chase even told me it is a con game but could not do anything about helping me.

Now, Chase sent the bill to a collection agency for the money and now they are calling me constantly to talk to me. The tax club has so many complaints against them and still doing business. I was con into this deal and they lied to get my money. When I filled a complaint with the BBB, they agree to pay partial of my money but I want full reimbursement because of the situation. Then someone else called me and wanted another $3,500.00 to solve the problem and I said to stop calling me. Also, I want you to know that I always tried to call when I got home and left messages and they called me during the day when I told them to call me after 7PM in the evening. I was not able to get a hold of them for one whole month and they did not do anything for me but took my money. I paid them $6,690.00 and want a full refund.

I have had the unfortunate opportunity of dealing with the Tax Club. They prepared my taxes for 2009 for a fee of $895 and I only got back around $800 for my federal return. This year, I wasn't going to use them but they insisted that since I had an S-Corp to claim a loss on, shouldn't I try to get that money back? So long story short, another $895 for tax prep because they were going to try to recover my money. My return looks like this: I'm getting $580 back Federal. I owe $22 to the state, as well as $130 for estimated taxes and another $788 to the state for business purposes.

So needless to say, I am now going to H&R Block and file a new personal return, less the business return, because I already paid the state I live in $520 in estimated tax. I lost over $12,000 which the Tax Club did not get back for me and wants me to pay another $130 + $788 to the state. I'd have to be a fool to file there return. I'm claiming a loss. I paid my estimated tax. I owe nothing to the fed. The state, as far as I'm concerned, is happy. It is my advice to anyone who gets a call from a company called the Tax Club to hang up. If you haven't done business with them, don't. I remain over $12,000 in debt, event though they were supposed to help me get money back. They knew I wouldn't get a good return but took my money anyway.

My complaint to the Tax Club: I have recently cancelled my account and requested a refund of 85% of the initial setup fee on 2/10/09, within the 30-day grace period described in the Tax Club letter of engagement. I received a refund authorization form for the amount of $352.45, which is not 85% of the $1497.00 I paid for the initial setup fee. There are itemized deductions reducing my refund that I disagree with. The Tax Club apparently associates a retail value to the products and services it claims to have rendered, but they seem arbitrary and are not detailed anywhere on the website that I can find. I don't see why the Welcome Package which I was charged $100 dollars for was not covered under the 15% administrative fee already deducted from my refund. It was a brochure and a blank pad in a binder, the retail value of which at Staples would have been considerably less.

I wasn't aware that the 10 minutes I spent on the phone with the representative who explained to me that the Tax Club only offered "tax strategy advice" and not filing services for the cost of membership as I was made to believe, would constitute a "New Client Orientation" and cost me another $100 from my refund. The "Tax Plan" that the Tax Club is claiming another $595 from my refund for, was nothing more than a generic tax advice booklet. Most of the information in it didn't pertain to my business needs at all. A book like this costs under $20 at Barnes and Noble.

The "Accounting Assistance" was scheduled by the Tax Club, not requested by me. I am still being charged $125 from my refund for it. Was the "accountant" I spoke to even certified? His professional advice to me on the subject of payroll was to "get help. " The only other "Accounting Assistance" call I received wasn't assistance at all, but a marketing call designed to sell me more services. No thanks!

I have enclosed a revised version of the refund authorization sent to me by the Tax Club. It is the only refund authorization I am inclined to sign, as I believe that the Tax Club's products and services have been fraudulently misrepresented to me. I was refunded a small amount of my setup fee, but not nearly the 85% that was promised with the 30 day grace period. I lost a significant amount of money on a scam. End of story, I guess.

Please respond to this letter upon receipt. I am willing to negotiate my refund personally, but will not hesitate to involve the NY Attorney General and the Better Business Bureau if I feel my complaint is being ignored and 85% of my initial setup fee is not returned to me.

I received a call from the Tax Club. It was deceiving right from the start. I was offered a website "just like Best Buy." I was thinking about owning a website and electronics sounded good. Christmas is coming. So I accepted the offer and was "on my way." I was really confused, hind sight is 20/20. I thought this was included with the website. Wrong! This was tax help for the website I didn't even have yet. It was not set up; it was not registered with the state. I was getting calls daily. They were like high pressured sales calls. I used my credit cards to finance this website. Finally, 2 months later, I found out I didn't have a website yet. I have to purchase it, through The Tax Club. This is after they pressured me into buying other services for a website I don't even have. At this point, I can't afford to purchase another service. They said no problem and financed me through Duvera (aka Prestige).

Then a couple months later (still no website), I decided I was over extending myself with this and decided I want to cancel my account with The Tax Club. Oh my! I called there to cancel my account and I was told there would be "no refunds." The contract states you have 2 weeks from the day you sign to cancel your membership. That is so ridiculous. Two weeks is in no way long enough to realize what you are getting your self into. And I was receiving "sales calls" more than 2 weeks after I signed. So, yes, I contacted the BBB and I am now in the process of contacting the Attorney General of New York. I really hope the Attorney General will start doing something about this company. It's a scam and do not fall for it. This company had deceived me and is an emotional let down. It is costing me economic hardship. I have to keep paying for a website I never had! Or my credit will be ruined. I don't have a high paying career. I am supporting myself and this is really hard on me financially.

I initially signed up with The Tax Club based on an ad I saw at LegalZoom.com. I paid an initial one-time $1500 payment plus $20/month. After I signed up, they said that they wanted to schedule phone calls with me to discuss my tax planning. I assumed this was to help with preparation of my tax records for the preparation of my tax return. It turned out that every call (there were about 6 calls scheduled) were to sell additional cost services to me. Plus the sales approach was combative.

Regardless, The Tax Club did prepare my 2008 tax return to my satisfaction. I received a call today (12/30/09) that was to discuss the status of preparing my 2009 tax return. I found out that I was going to have to spend an additional $850 to have the 2009 tax return prepared even though I had paid the initial $1500 fee plus I had been paying the monthly $20 fee that I thought was to go towards the preparation of my current year tax return. It turns out the $20/mth fee was only for access to tax consultants. So I cancelled my account. I can prepare my own business/personal tax return at much lower cost using TurboTax's business/home tax software. The Tax Club is a ripoff.

We were solicited by the tax club to buy their services for a start up business in real estate. We did not want to use our personal credit cards for this, because we hadn't even started our business yet. But we were pressured by them to use our cards, but that after we received our business articles and corporated binder, we would be able to get a small business loan from any bank and transfer any and all start up costs onto our business entity (which is the service they offered us...setting up an entity, in this case an s-corporation, which was unneccessary, as we had no "assetts" to protect).

They knew when they said that that it was a lie...just a way to get us to buy. After we received our articles of incorporation, and was then refused a loan, we contacted a lawyer who told us we were lied to...there was no way we would be able to walk into a bank and get a loan...we never would have used our personal cards had we known it would end up like this.

By this time, we were past the time allowed for a full refund. It is my contention that they knew all they had to do was get us past that grace period, and we'd be stuck with all charges. They talked us into incorporating ourselves (which was TOTALLY unneccessary) and convinced us that we needed them to do this. In our naivete, they sold us a bill of goods that not only were unneccessary, but over priced.

As a result of this trickery, I am faced with multiple credit card charges that I can not dispute because the time allowed for disputes has passed. They charged my credit card $2,995.00, plus a recurring monthly charge of $49.95, plus an additional $895 for tax preparation. We've cancelled the "services" they sold us, but refuse to refund our money.

They haven't even credited our cards with a prorated charge...they are simply keeping everything. As a result, my credit rating is suffering, my credit lines have dropped, and my interest rates have skyrocketed. I am falling deeper into debt because of these unscrupulous sales people, and all I want is to be credited back the charges and get them out of my life.

I decided to start an internet business. I received a call from their marketing department about setting up an LLC. The person that sold me the training package said to decline but listen to what they have to say. Upon declining I was told I should first make enough money with my training (over $30000) to require the need of an LLC and just focus on learning how to make a profitable website. Later I received a call from The Tax Club stating that "I don't know where you heard that information but you must set up an LLC if you want to start an online business".

The guy's first name was Hanna but he never stated his last name (the first sign of a scam). After a convincing speech I charged the $3999 for the Canadian start-up package (over $4600 Canadian at the time) to my credit card) and asked "will there be any other big expenses to start up?". He said "No you'll just have to get a business license that will cost about $200 max (turns out I don't even need a business license for E-commerce in Alberta).

Later I received a call from The Tax Club about appointments with people that could "help me in starting my business". The first call was from Chad C. from Small Biz Credit. He stated the company had a "28 step process to remove all debt from you name in chunks at a time over 6-8 months". I was offered 2 packages: silver and gold. Silver was a do-it-yourself package for $1999US and gold was a let-us-do-it-for-you package at $2999US. I purchased the gold package ($3700 Canadian at the time) in good faith that they would take care of all the complications.

Upon signing up I received an E-contract (that is just as legally binding as a written contract) that required my signature. After taking care of this I received an email stating I had 2 new lines of credit for All Access Books and My Essential Plans for $1000 each to put toward that investment if needed.

A week later I received a call from Frank C. of All Access Books offering me book keeping services via The Tax Club for $2499 and $99 quarterly (all of which he said were all tax deductible). I declined and he lowered the price to $1499. Upon further declining he offered me the service for $300US with the remainder payable at $50US per month. He also seemed to know nothing about the $1000 credit line from Small Biz Credit. I refused the deal (my first smart move in all of this).

Later I contacted Small Biz Credit for assistance in filling out the application (I called Chad C. and he referred me to the staff at that company). At first they stated that I need to have a business set up in the US but after telling them I lived in Canada and was told they could help the response was "Just fill out the application the best you canand we'll get back to you".

A week later their website went down and they still charged me $49US monthly. I later called them twice asking them how to get corporate credit. They gave me great responses over the phone and said they would send me an email detailing what I need to do (one staff member said she arrange for a business loan department to contact me and she would email me the information). To this day I have not received any emails from Small Biz Credit and their website is still down.

I invested almost $10000 in setting up an LLC with The Tax Club. My LLC is set up but they filed the company address at my apartment (no protection whatsoever). The company that is coaching me on web design has helped me a lot so far but they ask me how The Tax Club got my information. If I didn't have a solid paycheck from my other job I'd be declaring bankruptcy from these crooks. AVOID THE TAX CLUB AT ALL COSTS.

Then they contacted me about setting up a bookkeeping service. They informed me that as a corporation, I needed to file reports with the IRS, immediately, or within the first 30 to 60 days of setting it up. After I signed up, I found that all they were going to do for $1,000.00 for the first year was to allow me to use their online spread sheet, so that I could put my figures in and print out a report for my taxes at the end of the year. I contacted Frank C, the salesman and informed him that he had lied to me and of my dissatisfaction in the way Tax Club does business. I was informed that his supervisor would contact me. In the meantime, I contacted a CPA that informed me that no quarterly reports are ever due by the IRS. She did explain that estimated taxes are the only thing that is due quarterly.

When his supervisor called me, I told her that before she tries to lie to me, I have already contacted a CPA and know the answers. She admitted that there are no quarterly reports due and that she would refund my money.

The problem that has yet to be resolved is the fact that the Tax Club did not nor does it use the same legal program as Stores on Line, as they had told me. My corporate structure is all screwed up and my assets are dangling in the wing. My corporation now needs to be dissolved and I have to start all over again. When I spoke with Anthony W from Tax Club he kind of acknowledged that they did not do what I had requested, and agreeded to draw up the disillusion papers and return my money. This is not acceptable since I am out not only the money for their non services but also filing fees, postage, 2 months of income since I cannot open a bank account without the corporate papers, as well as interest on my credit card. What they did is lie to me and screw thing up beyond belief. Had the told me they do not do what I asked for, I would have never done business with them.

What the Tax Club had also done is put PMI, Stores on Line, and themselves in a possible legal mess. I want this matter resolved in a fair and equitable manner, and I want PMI to help in negotiating a resolving this matter since you sold my name to them and they are an affiliate of yours. If this matter cannot be resolved then I will be forced to file a lawsuit in which I will name all 3 companies, and we can then battle it out in a jury trial. I want to be fair about this, but tax Club knowingly screwed me out of not only two months income, but also two months exposure of my site online. I sincerely hope that you can persuade Tax Club to resolve and settle this mess they created so that it can be put to rest.

I contracted with Stores-On-Line to set up an on-line marketing website. They told me that I needed to have a good tax accounting firm to handle the business and they referred me to The Tax Club out of New York. I have paid them the up-front fees and $49.95 per month and have received nothing useful in return. They did my 2005 tax return which indicated a $5000 refund. The IRS said I was only due $2000.

When I called The Tax Club to get it straightened out they offered to sell me another contract to contest the IRS ruling - they did not stand behind their return. Obviously I refused and handled it myself. When I tried to do my 2006 return on their system it kept reverting to the 2005 information. I finally gave up on them and now use TurboTax with much better and more professional results. I believe that The Tax Club is a scam.

I would like a refund of all my monthly payments from 2005 on, since they have done nothing for me and didn't stand behind their work. I seriously doubt that I have any legal redress, since I too was a naive neophyte who signed their contract without review by an attorney.

I signed up with The Tax Club after they convinced me that owning a business would require a lot of financial knowledge and they were the ones to do this. It cost me $1518 to enroll and then $29.95/mo. They promised they would be able to get an extra $1000 in tax savings over my prior year's return. I was unable to meet their deadline to give them all my tax stuff in 2 wks as they need it by February so I ended up waiting until 2008 return to finally get this done.

Their process is hard to understand and there are no prompts to click to ask for more information as there are in TurboTax or TaxCut programs but I finally got it all in. They returned my tax returns giving me only $10,727 but my return from the year before was $11,934 so this did not give me an extra $1000 but was actually less. I also had done my own taxes to be safe and was able to get myself using H&R Blocks TaxCut $12,701 so I know I should have been able to get more. They claim they are professionals with the knowledge of business tax deductions so I don't understand why they wouldn't know more than just a TaxCut program.

When I asked for my money back they replied that it had been more than 90 days? There was not anything about 90 days to finish my tax returns. I had joined in August so I don't know which year they thought they could have done my tax returns for within 90 days. I responded about this and the most they would do is to cancel my $29.95/mo but I still had to pay an additional month as now they are saying they also needed 5 days notice to also cancel the billing.

My guarantee says that if they are unable to get me $1000 more than the prior year's tax return, then they would either give me $1000 in additional services or return my money. I have asked for my $1518 return but they are saying the poor tax return that they gave me that would cost me a loss of $2430 is what the additional services is. They claim this tax return cost $1415 which is outrageously expensive.

You would think anyone who would charge that much would also do a much better than average job of the return but they didn't even do better than the TaxCut program. Since when does someone guarantee a product or your money back or a replacement of it but only gives you back the same defective product and says they gave it to you whether you like it or not.

I paid $1518 to enroll plus had to continue paying the $29.95/mo until I could get my taxes done which amounted to $898.50 plus an additional month since they supposedly need an additional 5 days to cancel something so another $29.95. Luckily I didn't use their return or I would have lost an additional $2,430.

They would not refund my books at all yet wouldn't send them back. I was sent an email of my refund amount and it did not say 200.00 it was more like 1,080.00, when I faxed it back they called to tell me they sent me incorrect information and the refund was only for 200.00 and I would not be awarded the amount on the original form. The second form they sent me had deductions for every phone call/conversation I participated in and for "tax plan books" they sent me. I never returned the second notice to them because I did not agree with what they were doing and I am owed the original amount they said. Between the phone calls and with customer services pleading my case the 2week time period had passed for a refund and I couldn't get anything back. I feel that this company takes advantage of first time business owners and RIPS THEM OFF BIG TIME! This is a warning, You Do Not need this services. There are qualified tax preparers out there to handle your needs. I don't see how these people sleep at night.

a one time fee of 2,995.00 plus a recuring fee of 49.95 each month. i said ok because i never been in business and they said i needed this to continue.

on 4/24/09 they wanted me to join my essential plans , for $3693.00 and they said i have to join small biz credit solutions for 29995.00 with a recurring charge of 49.95 , i told them i really didnt want it they said i needed this to continue. so i said ok if canceled befor 30 days im charged 15% processing fee, if it accurs after 30days no refunds.

so i called them and emailed them to cancel my stuff they will not take no for and answer they lie very much all of them. now my 30 days is over and they said its too late i called my credit card and they cant do any thing because i sid it was ok for them to charge my cards.now on the 5/2/09 there charging my another 49,95 recurring charge for complete business package and another 6000.00, please can some one help

I have MS and all this stress does not help me. I was looking for something that I could do from my home.

My Girlfriend signed up for the service for me as a gift (near christmas 08). (December 11th 2008)

She told me about it, I asked what they do and why would you spend that kind of money. I knew I wouldn't need or use their services. I then called up the next day (Dec 12th) and tried to cancel. They needed her on the phone to talk to me, so I did a three way call. She previously asked them to put me on her account, and then she told them to add me again on that call. (It just got confirmed yesterday that I should have been on her account since that day. However, I was not and learned about it in April.)

So we talked, I requested to cancel and we were due a full refund (california has a 3 day right of recision).

She was contacted by their "cancellation department" in which she spoke to M. Digiglio. She informed him it was a bad time for her, as she was driving. He asked her why she was cancelling, and she informed him because of her partner. He then pushed a 6 months free program to her. she was hesitant stating that it wouldn't help her any. (The phone call lasted 17 minutes, and she drives stick.) I believe she was fed up trying to get this man off the phone, and said sure.

I was not once contacted by this company and I had no Idea that this call transpired on Dec. 15th until just this last april 2009. we waited until mid january to see if there was a refund posted. Not seeing any, we filed a dispute with american express. They took 3 months,and came back with a "sorry, it looks legit" b.s. answer.

My girlfriend is soft spoken with a partial speech impediment,and has been in special ed classes before. I hate to see her being taken advantage of by these no good crooks, who took her 4,000.

when I called in this april they made an executive decision to not refund the money because she said "yes" -which she didn't- to "continuing 6 months free". we have not once opened their packages, still have them, and we have not once logged into their site, yet they claim they have provided good on their services.

I was supposed to be on the account, they should not have gone around me like this.

BE WARNED.

I, like many others here, have been conned out of many thousands of dollars. I also had a very good credit rating. They insisted that all these expenses for the payroll, document center,logo & marketing package, business plan, S- corporate papers, tax accountants, etc. had to be in place by the end of the year for the government to accept your business as a legitimate company. Well, I fell for it hook line and sinker! Of the near $30,000.00 I spent through all of their other entities, I received maybe $2,000.00 worth of actual services. And when they could not get any more money from my credit cards, they wouldn't even do my taxes. I had to find someone else to do them.

They have maxed out my credit cards, all three of them and I have had to close them and go into a pay down program. I have no credit left to use. What money I make from my regular job, 90% goes to pay off my credit cards. I barely have money to pay for my prescriptions and I don't go to the doctor when I need to because of the co-pays. This company and all of it's other little entities are vulchers, preying on the little people who are trying to fulfill a dream.

I began working with an online company back in October of 2007 to set up my own business. They recommended The Tax Club for all of the financial set-up. I received several calls from them and they convinced me to sign up with them at a rate of $2,018.00 and a reoccurring monthly charge of $19.95. They convinced me to set up my business as a C-Corp and I needed a registered agent in my area for legal purposes which cost me $795 and $22.00 a month. I received numerous calls from them pushing other services they offered, they were very pushy, I had a hard time saying no. In my naive nature I signed up with them for Vital Payroll at $1845, ll Access Books at $2,395 with a $99 monthly charge, Corporate Records at $195 with a $7.95 a month charge, Manhattan Professional Group - Business Docs for my monthly records/meeting minutes at $1249 and paid to have a business plan written up for $24,98.

I was with The Tax Club for 5 months for a total of $11,739.50! To top it off, the man who did my taxes for 2007 convinced me that since I didn't have the business up and running and hadn't made any money yet, I should file the 2007 business expenses with the 2008 (so he wouldn't have to do the work!). The guy also messed up our personal taxes and had to file an amendment! When I canceled my membership All Accesses Books gave me a refund of about half the original fee: $1,197.50 and sent me a copy of the records they had done up to that point, which of course didn't include anything from 2007. I now have 3 credit cards because The Tax Club pushed me to keep signing up for more of their services. I finally said no to one of their services when I had no more credit to use. I'm sure somewhere along the way, there are more expenses but these are the ones I can remember at the moment.

I still have not been able to get the business up and running, have since changed the rating of the business from a C-Corp to an LLC and am paying off debt (having a hard time!!!) for services that were extremely inadequate. I had excellent credit previous to this experience but cannot get anymore credit due to this financial hardship. The house that my husband and I wanted to purchase is no longer a reality and we are in jeopardy of losing our current condo. My bills are barely manageable and we live paycheck to paycheck, sometimes having to sell items to keep on top of payments.

BE AWARE - this company uses many toll free numbers to avoid being found on BBB. Sales person sold a bill of good claiming, if you are dissatisfied, you have 30 days to cancel. After sending our SSNs openly on the internet, filling out our IRS forms incorrectly and failing to document one thing correctly, we decided to cancel only to find out that their 15% cancellation fee is padded by an imaginary list price of services, resulting in NO refund.

We paid $1997 for tax services, none of which was refunded.

$1000-$2000? The contact that was pushing us wanted $6,385!! Several times he called this a 1-time fee. Then he says there will also be a $50 monthly fee! Are these guys on crack? My husband and I were already turned off by the slimy tactics this salesperson was indorsing to avoid paying taxes. Then when he slammed us with the cost (He earlier asked us our current income,hmmm...),we started laughing out loud. Of course, if you don't have $6K floating around, try Package B- for a measly $5,135...No? How about Package C for a trifling $3,890 (plus the monthly fee)?

The guy was unbelievably pushy and when we said we weren't interested, he accused us of not being serious about our new business!! My husband and I were both livid after that, but the guy would not end the call even though we said we had to go (We really did have a small medical problem.) I will hang up on a person that ticks me off to that extent, but my reasonable spouse will not. After a time it was apparent that this guy was not going to let go, so we finally did hang up.

This person was no CPA with expert advice. He was incapable of adding and subtracting simple figures ($100 - 30). His only job was to push product.

Needless to say, we were quite displeased with the whole conversation. To make matters worse it has put a scar on any future relationship that we have with the company that recommended Tax Club's services.

Just in...the indorsing client is dropping Tax Club! Yeah!!

$0, but a lot of frustration and anxiety about our business start-up.

Mis-stated what I would receive. Bait and switched services, Never received the help promised. Gave me the run-around on money back guarantee, kept refering me to other departments, never received any money back. Have been charging my credit card for Monthly fee of $19.95 for 10 months. Cannot get them to respond.

Cost me a total of over $1000.00 to this point, continues to cost me.

The Tax Club sold me a tax accounting package for $1500 and $19 a month that was supposed to give me unllimited access to a licensed CPA that has expertise in my area of business in my state. After joining the Tax Club I received weekly sales calls by people that called the calls consultations. Each call ended with a hard sell on a different service like bookkeeping, legal documents and other services. Each service would be thousands more. They would tell me that my accountant would be calling me but I have a different meeting scheduled first fo some other subject.

I would wait for the scheduled call and the call would be another sales call. They kept me on the hook until my right of recission for getting a refund had expired. I never signed a contract but they say that by logging into their website I accepted the terms of service. The 2008 VTO was not available on the site and I needed to do my taxes immediately. They would not tell me when the VTO would be available when I asked over email. They continued to keep me on the hook to allow the 30 days to expire. The credit card company attempted to give me my money back but they can only do so much.

Since the Tax Club provided terms of service they say I received they woudl not reverse the charges. I did not electronically sign anything that I remember and if I did they failed to deliver on their promises as they gave in their sales call. I have started a class action lawsuit against the Tax Club. This company is also known as the Manhattan Professional Group.

I have lost $1500 that they refuse to refund. They reviewed my refund request twice and declined it twice. I believe the review process is a way to drag out the refund and assist with getting the disgruntled customer to give up the fight and eat the loss while they take your money for doing nothing. They call their sales calls consultations and partial completion of the services they sold you. I was never told that I would get these sales calls only that I would have access to a licensed CPA in my state that specializes in my business field.

I was contacted about two weeks after setting up my S-corp by Natalie who had a great hopes and promises as to our refund and deductions eventhough we had just started at the end of December. She promised huge refunds, personal CPA's and accountants and help with everything from business plans constant protection and consultation for our business. None of these things happened, everything was fraud. And when confronted they handled it as if I was the problem and they are unaware of their terrible services. Be aware. I am submitting this to my lawyer. Half as refund

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After about the fourth time he told me that they would be Agressive and even Creative in finding my newly formed S-Corp tax deductions I told him that I would have to run this all past my current CPA. He scheduled a follow up phone call for two weeks later. Meanwhile a simple Google search netted me plenty of evidence to convince me that The Tax CLub is not for me. I feel sorry for those folks who signed up with these jokers and lost out.

Damage: None thanks to this website and others like it. I managed to save myself from any losses.

These were high presure sales calls also. When we realized that this was a scam , we demanded money back. They did a partial refund. The end result was after the refunds we still ended up paying almost$1400 for an EIN. (that's about 5 minutes worth of paper work.)

Other than being out the $1400, we also have to start from scratch setting up our business (about 2 months behind schedule) I can't tell you the stress that causes as we can't find out what if anything has been sent to our state government. They have helped push us to the brink of collapse.

By the way, the whole time that they are pressuring us into putting more and more on our credit cards they are promising that they will get it all (our business investments) back at the end of the year. I found out recently that is not possible.

They sold us thousands of dollars worth of services using fraudulent statements and these services wre not even needed given the financial situation we were in at the time. Also they took 3 tries at preparing our tax return. We finally took it to a local firm who more than doubled the amount of the refund we are getting compared to what they did.

We purchased services we can not pay for based on the lies they told us. If what they had told us had been true we would be able to pay back the debts. We have talked to several lawyers about filing for bankruptcy and our cridt will be ruined.

After speaking with Mr. Seither, who is very good at convincing you that they are the tax experts... I signed up for their membership for $2000. Yes this seemed like a hefty fee... but when comparing their $20 a month fee for unlimited phone calls, and preparation of two tax returns a year, one personal and one business, it made more financial sense in the long run then pain $275 an hour to my current CPA every time I had a question. What I found however is that I know more about taxes than the people that work for the tax club.

Their tax planners, their bookkeepers, their corporate executives, etc. all give different answers to the same question... none of them coinciding with what my attorney says. Especially when it comes to forming a business entity. And during each consultation they continually tried to get you to sign-up for more services. One service to form a corporate entity, another for bookkeeping, etc. each one costing $1-$2000.

I also found out that I do all the work when preparingt taxes. I have to implement everything into their computer program... I might as well just buy TurboTax. When asking for a refund I am told that I could only get a refund within the first three days and that I am obligated to still pay the $20 a month for year. When I asked to speak to a supervisor, I am put on hold and ignored.