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Tax Group Center, Inc.


Country United States
State California
City Calabasas
Address 5010 Parkway Calabasas #110
Phone 877-605-7635
Website http://www.taxgroupcenter.com/

Tax Group Center, Inc. Reviews

  • Apr 21, 2020

I am retired IRS (30 yrs) and now a tax consultant helping folks with tax problems. A client sent me a copy of a letter received annotated as a "DISTRAINT ORDER" that indicated that this warrant "serves the same function as a court judgment" and that "levying procedures will begin within 15 days of receipt", and to either full pay or call 800-285-2093 "to avoid action".

I called this number and "GRADY' answered the line, "Tax Group". I asked that he identify the company and he hung up. I called a second time and grady answered and told me that "I don't have to tell you anything" and hung up on me once again.

(NOTE: The IRS CANNOT levy within 15 days of this distraint order letter unless other procedural requirements have previously been met by the IRS, such as the mailing of the LT-11 or L1058 letters, and then, only after 30 days have expired, can a levy be sent. And the mailing of these letters is not public information so there is no way that the company mailing this would be aware of this action. So this letter is complete BS!)

Listen up folks. If you call a company claiming to provide tax assstance, and they refuse to identify who the company is; who the principals are; where there office is located; and who the parties are who will actually be representing you via the IRS Power of Attorney form, RUN FOR THE HILLS! I have seen far too many of these blatantly false and misleading letters mailed out to my clients attempting to scare folks to these unscrupulous companies, whose main focus is to get you to pay them large sums up front, and then typically do a very crappy job of representing the taxpayers interests!

  • Jul 7, 2019

In Sept 2018 I reached out to Tax Group about un-filed taxes for 2 years . I spoke with a Jennifer Shapiro (Sr Tax Analysts ) and over the course of a week or 2 sent them a bunch of tax related documents and proof of debt . After they reviewed the information they agreed to work on my case for $1950 . A few months went by and I didn't hear anything and then I was contacted again asking for $1500 to work they already said they would do.

I paid because I needed this done and they guaranteed me there would be no further chargers. Fast forward to this week (June 27th 2019 ). Tax issues still not resolved , multiple calls not returned and finally a get a call from Deen Britar stating they need another $3000 dollars to resolve my tax issues and they have worked something out with the irs and I only owe a few hundred dollars now.

I decided to hold off on paying this until I contact the IRS . Today after a 45 minute wait time I spoke to a IRS agent and they inform me they are close to levying my bank account and the only contact that was made was in October 2018 to verifying information by a Lauren. I will be demanding a full refund , filing a civil law suit , filing a complaint with the FTC, State of GA where I live and the state of CA if I don't get every dime I paid back.

  • Mar 1, 2018

I am a retired CPA and litigation support expert. I was asked by our plumbing contractor to look into charges from, and work provided by, the Tax Group Center ("TGC"). I have NEVER seen such poor work and out-of-this-universe charges in my career as a CPA. My client was charged $46,200 over a 1-1/2 year period for "bookkeeping, tax preparation, compliance, etc." In the end, my client received four tax returns that were prepared from TGC fabricated numbers (the TGC neither provided any bookkeeping nor gave my client support for the numbers reported in their tax returns). I have prepared the actual numbers that are SO FAR from the numbers reported in TGC's tax returns. I asked the TGC for the support of the numbers reported in the tax returns; they could not provide as they do not have any documents supporting the numbers. The TGC has put my client in a compromising situation with the IRS and the California FTB. I have had all charges made by the TGC, from billings paid through the credit card companies suspended. I am having criminal charges investigated by the CA DA's office, bringing a civil complaint against TGC.

The TGC was also to work with the Internal Revenue Service and the California Franchise Tax Board for an Offer-In-Compromise. The TCG never prepared the O-I-C with the IRS or the FTB. As a result, my client's bank accounts have been levied a number of times. We are in the process of preparing the income tax returns properly and will AMEND the four years of tax returns prepared by TGC.

Ladd Vance and Jennifer Shapiro of TGC are the worst people with whom I have ever had the displeasure of dealing.

Fortunately, the three credit card companies through which the $46,200 were paid have reversed the charges pending a full investigation - I know we will get a final credit as TGC has not provided one piece of paper to support any of the numbers in the tax returns. I have prepared a Small Claims Complaint for $10,000 for the cost of amending the returns, and for intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress. My clients have lived in HELL over this debacle for over a year and a half.

Can you imagine paying $46,200 over 1-1/2 years and not receiving anything during that period?; no accounting, no schedules, no summaries...just more bills...and they kept asking for more money EVERY MONTH. In the end, my client paid $46,200 for four tax returns prepared from TGC made up numbers that DID NOT COME CLOSE to the numbers in his bank statements, Quickbooks, or receipts/records TGC received from my client.

I am not concerned with being sued for liable or slander as the truth is an absolute defense.

I am taking Tax Group Center to task.

  • Dec 16, 2017

I used Tax Group Center in 2011. After a year they did resolve my issue. Fast forward to 2017. I hired them to resolve a new issue. I was contacted by Jennifer Shapiro. She was not particularly nice. But it was fine. I used them before, I had no reason to think the service had changed. I made two payments over two months totaling 1500.00 In the meantime I called and emailed repeatedly. Not one return call. The irs issue a wage garnishment order. To make a long story short. Jennifer Shapiro had the nerve to call me for a third payment. Not at all acknowledging my previous emails or phone calls. She hung up on me when I told her I hired another company. I called back and asked for a refund. She said I will receive zero refund and hung up again. I called again and she said Im not entitled to a refund and to stop calling. How can I not be entitled to a refund when there were no services provided. I recorded all our conversations if anyone would like to hear how ridiculous this woman is. I actually don't blame TGC.

This review is for Jennifer Shapiro. Her assistant Kandace seems like a nice person. But Jennifer is doing a disservice to your company. I plan on forwarding these recordings to any entity that will listen.If this stops one person from signing up with TGC then I'll feel accomplished. What company takes advantage of people who ask for help and steal their hard earned money?

  • Oct 30, 2017

Tax Group Center (5010 N Parkway Calabasas ste 110, Calabasas, Ca.) They do not deliver what they say they will do. They are a rip off. After they get your money, they show their real ripoff. You cannot get them on the phone after leaving multiple messages.

  • Jul 27, 2017

This company is a complete scam. This firm has zero intrest in resolving anyones tax issue. Their only focus is to get you worried that the IRS will come and seize your assets tomorrow and that they are the only ones who can save you. Once you agree to their payment schedule you WILL NOT HERE FROM THEM. Everytime you call the phone will place you on hold. When you ask to speak to someone your place on hold again they disconnected. THE ONLY WAY YOU WILL HERE FROM THEM IS IF YOU MISS A PAYMENT. Once you fill out the 10 million forms you STILL wont here from them regariding whats going on with your tax case. In addition, once you finally make the last payment to them they call you and make up some excuse as to why you need to pay them more. I PAID THEM $7500 AND IN 15 DAYS WHEN I PAID THE BALANCE IN FULL I RECEIVE A PHONE CALL SAYING NOW THEY NEED $5500 MORE!!!! THEY HAVE NO INTENTION OF REOLVING ANYTHING!!!

  • Jul 22, 2017

I have been dealing with Tax Group Center for over a year now. They have YET to contact the IRS even after they collected over $2,000 from me. They started out by having me fill out a "Personal Questionaire" form with all my credit, debt, and other confidential information. They said they would give my information to my "tax attoney" and they would contact me. They never did. I called back after a couple months to see what was taking so long and they told me they had mailed out additional info for me to sign. They never email or call to let me know this was coming, nor did it ever come in the mail. They said they sent it and that I "must have

just lost it". They said they would send again... Fast forward a week later... Mail came and I promptly filled out the paperwork and mailed it back. I waited 2 weeks, no call or email from them. I finally called and found out my tax consultant had "quit". They would assign me a new one and try to see if they could find my paperwork I had just sent them. Months go by... I never hear from them. Finally I am able to get into contact with Zach Lari (my new tax consultant). He said he was getting my paperwork ready to send to the IRS and he would send it to me first to look over. I told him that it has been close to a year since I payed them and I had

switched jobs and my current financial situation had changed alittle. I filled out another "Personal Questionaire" and emailed Zach. He said he would look it over and forward it to my tax attorney. 2 months go by and no email or call from anyone at the Tax Group Center. I called and find out that Zach does not work for the company anymore. My NEW tax consultant would be James Adkins. I told James that I had threatening phone calls from the IRS and a deadline from them to call back. He said he completely understood and would get a phone call into the IRS for an extention. He sent me the IRS 433 form to fill out but it still contained

ALL my financial information from over a year ago!! I told him I had sent in the personal questionaire vis email months ago but I would send again and fill out the 433 form. I quickly filled out the paperwork, scanned, and emailed James back within 24hrs. Since then, no contact from James. It has been over a week now. I've emailed 4 separate times with absolutley no response. Tried calling but the receptionist told me that James "wasn't required to responed to me, I need to speak to my tax attorney, Minji Kim". "Leave a message for Minji and she"ll call you back within 24-48hrs". ARE YOU KIDDING?? So I left a message for her to call me. I have a serious deadline with the IRS and my financial info is incorrect... Minji never called. I missed my deadline with the IRS.

All-in-all, they took over $2,000 from me and have literally done NOTHING. The last 4 people I've spoken or left messages for are: Minji Kim, James Adkins, Zach Lari, Anna Akopyan. There's more people than that too.

THIS COMPANY IS A SCAM. DO NOT GIVE THEM YOUR MONEY

  • Jun 23, 2017

I received a call from tax group center wherein i was transferred to 3 people before this guy who asked me personal questions how much i owe irs and what's my address, how many credit cards do i have, my address. I became suspicious and decided to check the company with outscam. I found a report and a response but i don't think the issue was resolved. Due to this i immediately hanged-up with the representative on the other line. This is a personal advice. Please don't fall into this type of offer. They will lure you, then what? Put you in a deeper debt!

  • Jan 14, 2017

This company took me for over $4,500 and did nothing to help me with my IRS issue. BEWARE of Jake Schulman-Armstrong, Jennifer Shapiro, Minji Kim. They do not honor their contract for services, return phone calls or emails. Once they have your bank account info, you only gets calls for more money and a bunch of forms that are outdated for the IRS services they say they will perform for you as your legal representation.

  • Jun 2, 2016

I was recruited by James Atkins with promises that they would provide negotiation and setlement to my irs and state taxes. Which at the time I had no problem with asi had a payment plan in place. After retaining my services and charging my account $500 and agreeing to a payment plan of $300 per month I then was told by Mr. Atkins I should get welcome package in the mail withing days I should fill out and this would help them understand my case better which I had already explained to what samed 3 times while James took note. So needing these papers was just an excuse to buy time to avoid doing nothing for me. After a week I called James left messages emailed numerous time. With no reponse. So I text his cell phone to which he responded very upset and disrespectful because he claims this was uncurtious. I explained to him it's been now two weeks I don't have no docs and I have to either move on if this is not going to help me.

I was in the process of strating a payment plan with the state and already on payment plan with irs in great standing for more than a year by then. James Atkins hisself personally told me to not enter into a state agreement because his firm and attorneys would handle it. I believed it and as a professional I figured he knew what he was talking about. My mistake!.. after a very disrespectful chain of emails from James Atkins I advised him if I cannot get what I was promised then his Taxgroup firm should refund my money. He argued I didn't dyserve it as its his belief I had been prospects for a while by his firm by another employee and that $500 was not going to be refunded. With this understanding realizing I was likely not going to get my money back. I then said to James "I am willing to proceed with another representative of your firm as long as I am not dealth with the rude disrespecting attitude you have.

He emmediately assigned my file to David Cruz whom got on the phone and acting very profesional and nice for the first two conversation. I reached out to David and gave him every absolute peace of document requested of me. He agreed in writting he received. After a few days I said called David reminding him I now had a lien from the the state on my credit that I didn't have when started with them he had received my paper work for all he needed and money was payed and account was set up to be drafted every month for $300 which was my side of the agreement. Yet after days I couldn't get David Cruz to respond to me either email or voicemails. I finally got customer service to give me some info which was that my file was with the attorney whom would be handling it and forwarded my call to her. Mingi Kem was supposinglly the name of which I cannot confirm as there is not much these people told me that turned out to be truth.

Mingi answered my call I explained my frustration and the fact that I was not getting any results and liens on my credit was now going to affect my job. As my insurance as a realtor was at risk. Mingi Kem took a position of superiority she was an attorney and she was not the one whom had told me to sign or not sign this agreement for them to negotiate my taxes with irs or state. Which made no sense as you can see neither James Adkins David Cruz or Mingi Kem so call attorney took responssabelity for what I was paying for. They all defended each other I got rude disrespecting emails from James and David Cruz and Mingi outrageous on the phone David called me emmediately threatening I needed to be very careful how and what tone I dealth with their staff especially Mingi their Lordship attorney. I reminded him I treat people the way I like to be treated and if Mingi felt I was out of line she should have checked her tone as well.

After all her attorney title didnt change the fact my money was paid and no service was provided to me. Call with DAVID Cruz ended when he hangs up on me saying deal with this on your own and don't expect no refunds. I say all this to say they are in to steeling from the situations that we are already in. I never have ran from paying my bills. Proof is irs has been paid for more than a year on time. I sent and email emmediately letting David Cruz know him and taxgroup was a bunch of crooks. I believe their intent was never to do any work they hated the fact that I gave aLl they asked and they couldn't keep charging me with no work done. You are hereby advised do business with Tax group at your own risk. Beware.

  • Apr 6, 2016

I paid $3,000.00 in advance because they promise I can get $24,381.60 for taxes owed to the state of NM. after 4 years I finally contact them. (Is easier to talk to the president of China).

They never resolve my taxes and they are not refunding my money. On Dec 2013 I got a letter saying they will send me $900.00 I never got that money and they are not answering my calls.

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