In 2011, my entire neighborhood in Hawthorne, CA (Bodger Park area, we all talk together) received identical form letters stating:
"We believe you are selling retail merchandise in Hawthorne. Pay for a business license or face penalties."
-17 identical scare-tactic form letters mailed to us in the last six years.
- 12.9.17: They mailed me an unsubstantiated "Invoice" for $7,253
(claiming over $500,000 in "gross retail sales" per year for the past seven years.)
ALTHOUGH I HAVE NEVER BEEN IN THE RETAIL SALES BUSINESS!
- with a Feb 1, 2018 deadline.
- THERE IS NO WAY TO REPLY TO THEM:
- Invoice says, “absent further taxpayer submissions,” yet
- 12.12.17: I called twice during weekday business hours: NO ANSWER at their number 877 845 7370
- 12.12.17: I mailed a certified, registered letter to their ONLY LISTED ADDRESS, a PO Box, not yet signed for as of 12.28.17
- MAS website www.mastax.org has no information on their Co: instead just a list of click-thru ads for unrelated companies such as “investing, signage, adoption, auto glass repair, gift baskets, medical facilities, TV shows," etc
- No information on how to request an extension of their Feb 1 deadline.
- Their Invoice: - only one page long - said “continued, Hawthorne business tax application package attached,” - nothing was attached
- Invoice says, “taxpayer has been properly noticed and has failed to resolve this matter,” incorrect - this is the 1st notice/Invoice I've received.
Signs MAS is actually just a poorly-run collection agency:
- Their Caller ID says “Unknown”
- When I call back, phone never answers
- Website is just ads for unrelated companies
- Not accepting Certified mail or emails
- “If” no response from them, my only recourse is to direct my lawyer to hire a courier to wait daily at their PO Box until someone arrives to pick up mail (if ever,) and require MAS to pay legal fees
Municipal Auditing Services, LLC Reviews
This is a very poorly-run collection agency.
In 2011, my entire neighborhood in Hawthorne, CA (Bodger Park area, we all talk together) received identical form letters stating:
"We believe you are selling retail merchandise in Hawthorne. Pay for a business license or face penalties."
-17 identical scare-tactic form letters mailed to us in the last six years.
- 12.9.17: They mailed me an unsubstantiated "Invoice" for $7,253
(claiming over $500,000 in "gross retail sales" per year for the past seven years.)
ALTHOUGH I HAVE NEVER BEEN IN THE RETAIL SALES BUSINESS!
- with a Feb 1, 2018 deadline.
- THERE IS NO WAY TO REPLY TO THEM:
- Invoice says, “absent further taxpayer submissions,” yet
- 12.12.17: I called twice during weekday business hours: NO ANSWER at their number 877 845 7370
- 12.12.17: I mailed a certified, registered letter to their ONLY LISTED ADDRESS, a PO Box, not yet signed for as of 12.28.17
- MAS website www.mastax.org has no information on their Co: instead just a list of click-thru ads for unrelated companies such as “investing, signage, adoption, auto glass repair, gift baskets, medical facilities, TV shows," etc
- No information on how to request an extension of their Feb 1 deadline.
- Their Invoice: - only one page long - said “continued, Hawthorne business tax application package attached,” - nothing was attached
- Invoice says, “taxpayer has been properly noticed and has failed to resolve this matter,” incorrect - this is the 1st notice/Invoice I've received.
Signs MAS is actually just a poorly-run collection agency:
- Their Caller ID says “Unknown”
- When I call back, phone never answers
- Website is just ads for unrelated companies
- Not accepting Certified mail or emails
- “If” no response from them, my only recourse is to direct my lawyer to hire a courier to wait daily at their PO Box until someone arrives to pick up mail (if ever,) and require MAS to pay legal fees