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Roni Deutch Took my money and did nothing...

I contracted Roni Deutch, Professional Tax Corporation, to represent me, prepare and file one "Offer in Compromise" with the Internal Revenue Service for past due taxes I owed.

I did everything they ask me to and got back on track with the IRS.

I paid them $250 a month starting 09/28/2010 through 02/02/2011 for a total of $1500. This was money I really could not afford, but had too in order to get squared away with the IRS.

As we all know Roni Deutch did not acquire an "Offer in Compromise" so the IRS continues to make things worse by applying any refunds to my back taxes.

Thanks for Nothing,

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Roni Deutch UNPROFESSIONAL

I hired this company who claims to be the best tax lawyers available, far from true! I have had nothing but unpleasant conversations with their staff and letters full of fluff. They are supposed to get me an "offer & compromise" settlement but they can't seem to get their head out of their ### long enough to do so. The only time I ever hear from them is when they want their payment, but when I ask to speak to my lawyer about my case I get her assistant. Do I even have a lawyer?! I received a nasty phone call from Robert Forsyth today about not receiving my payment yet. I told him I was working and was with a client and I would call him back first thing in the morning to take care of it. He continued to argue with me and got more and more rude and unprofessional. He said as far as he was concerned he was sure he wouldn't hear back from me! UNACCEPTABLE! I have never spoken to a client that way and if I did they would want their services for free! If I could afford to get another lawyer and lose all of the money I have dumped in to this stupid company I would.

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go dart
Lenexa, US
Apr 29, 2011 4:15 am EDT
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Ummmm. Maybe pay your taxes in the first place then you don't need them.

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Roni Deutch Professional??? NOT

I hired Roni Deutch after I received a letter from the IRS trying to collect from 11 years ago. I spoke with a gentleman who seemed to be honest and helpful. I thought he would be my lawyer...to my disappointment I was assigned to a lawyer by the name of Heather Philpot. I hired them in May to get me into a "non-collectable" status with the IRS. The first time I spoke with my lawyer was when she called to tell me the amount the IRS was claiming I oy twe.
I paid the retainer fee of 500.00 made 1 payment of 296.00 and had to REQUEST a phone call with my lawyer. When I called the office I spoke to this lawyers assistant. Was I paying the assistant or the lawyer? I asked the assistant where my money the IRS was taking from me was going. Her answer was "probably the backtaxes that you owe?"
I requested a phone call with my lawer Heather Philpot in the middle of June due to the IRS garnished 466.00 out of my paycheck with no warning and left me with less than 400.00 to live on for 2 weeks, taking my whole refund for 09 and 50 a paycheck since May. The answer the lawyer gave me when I asked her to contact the IRS since they had power of attorney and make sure I was getting proper credit for the monies the IRS has received. The lawyer Heather Philpot's answer was "well its not my job to negogiate the amount the IRS is stating you owe." Really? Then what EXACTLY is your job? I wasnt asking her to "negogiate" the amount just make sure they are giving me proper credit. Her answer to that was "the IRS is difficult to work with." OMG! SERIOUSLY? So what did I pay 900.00 for? I asked her if I should contact the IRS myself, she advised me not to.

The next phone call I received was from the billing department from a Myra. She was asking to get permission to get my payment for July off my debit card. The next day I received a nasty message from someone by the name of Robert. That night I called Myra and left her a 5 minute message explaining that I was NOT going to make a payment due to the lawyer refusing to call the IRS on my behalf and for service I have not received
per the contract. The following day I received ANOTHER nasty message on my cell phone from a Gladys Gonzales in the accounting/billing department. I then received a call at WORK from this Gladys person and when I answered the phone she stated "this is Gladys Gonzales from the Roni Deutch law firm. I need to know if your going to continue to be a client and make a payment?" Very nasty. I said excuse me why are you calling me at work I dont give my work number out except to my family and friends in case of an emergency. Her answer was "because you put it down as a contact" I tried to explain that I left a message on Myra's voicemail explaining the situation..she rudely interupted me and said "there was no message left your just making excuses. I dont need to sit here and listen to your excuses!" and HUNG UP! I was so distraught and shaken up. I contacted this Gladys Gonzales while I was on my lunch. I again tried to talk to her and asked her if this was the way she treated customers and clients. She stated "well you arent a client!" Really? I asked to speak to her supervisor she HUNG UP AGAIN! I called back and refused to speak to her. A man by the name of Robert got on the phone. I asked him if he was Ms. Gonzales' supervisor he stated yes. I said good so you are aware that she hung up on me not once but twice? He said thats because you were yelling...um no you havent BEGUN to hear me yell. I then proceeded to explain the situation. He kept interupting me and stated I was making excuses and didnt give them persmission to take the payment out of my account. Damn straight I wasnt giving you permission to have my debit card and account information! When I told him the lawyer refused to contact the IRS for me he stated that per the "transcripts" she OFFERED to contact the IRS...LOL really? Id like to see a copy of those transcripts. I then told him I want my 500.00 retainer fee back and they would NOT be getting another penny from me. He told me who I needed to contact and disconnected the call.
To this day I still have NOT heard from Heather Philpot and its been over a month! Oh but wait it gets better I received a letter from another lawyer indicating they "regret" to inform me they are cancelling my services. Really? Cause according to Gladys Gonzales I wasnt a customer! Oh but wait theres more...I also received a BILL for the month of August!
This company is nowhere close to being "professional" like they state on tv and all there letters. Whatever you do DONT contact them for service unless you have money to throw away for services you dont receive!

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Helen Troy
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Aug 11, 2010 10:40 am EDT

That Law firm has been around for over 2 decades. Although, you may have had a bad experience - the firm is clearly doing something right.

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Roni Deutch Awful company

My husband and I hired the tax firm to assist with a tax debt in 11/07 since that time it has been nothing but pure *** to get our money back. After paying them $1700 in fees for a pile of paperwork that didn't amount to anything we still owe the IRS $$$$.

When trying to contact them for an answer they stonewall us by saying " a phone call is being made to the IRS". I would advise anyone looking to use this law firm to solve your tax problems avoid them at all cost. They are a crooks!

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TOAMS & ALEJANDRA RODRIGUEZ
Whitewater, US
Aug 03, 2016 5:25 am EDT

Two years we acquired the services of Roni Duetch to help us with our owed balence to the IRS. We paidover $3200.00, fees to get them to help us with our case. At the beginnig of the process we given meny forms /aplications to fill out information and when they were completed and sent to Roni Duetch we then recived word form then, starting that all they were doing is waiting on, a respose from the IRS. Time passed and when it came to report our annual taxes we were deducted automatically for what was owed eventually we paid off our owed balance to the IRS and that was during three years waitig process that we never recieved services from Roni Duetch, when we contacted the Roni Duetch, office to notify them that we no longer need them, because we paid our dues to the IRS. We need our money back they told me to waiting for 6 weeks they wouldn't response to my phone calles and i found out they are out on business.

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S.L.
Richmond, US
Aug 20, 2011 3:55 pm EDT

I hired Roi Deutch's company to get my taxes reduced and set up a payment schedule. Her so-called staff set up the payment schedule for an amount that we were unable to make and did not have the bill reduced as promised. We paid $2600 for her services. I was able to negotiate a better payment schedule than her people did. She should have her license taken away for lying to people and taking their money. I want to get my money back!

S.L., Richmond, VA

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twa1937
Westmoreland, US
May 27, 2011 8:24 pm EDT
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Roni Deutch is a RIP-OFF! She should have her law license taken away for the promises her & her firm tell people just to get the $$$$$$$$. Her firm lies to people as to a settlement with the IRS. My father is in more debt since hiring her in 2010. Struggling to pay IRS while living on Disability. I hope people read these comments & do some in dept searching before hiring a Tax Firm.

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Walnut1
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May 13, 2011 2:13 pm EDT

They are crooks it needs to be a class action lawsuit against her company, yes the firm is rude and offensive and you are right they did nothing but take my money and a different lie everytime you called them. The IRS did or does not even recognize their work, all you get from her is a bunch of paperwork making you think they are doing something I paid them $1200.00 dollars and got nothing. Roni Deutch needs to get whatever is coming to her just like all the other crooks, she is no different, how can a company that you are paying money to for their service be rude to you and they make sure they get their money. Sometimes people like myself can be naive when under financial stress. And think they are doing the right thing, I still had to struggle andpay the IRS after paying her, it is unbelievable how she is trying to act like it is alright to treat people that way, she made enough money so now let her pay the price of doing people wrong that trusted in her and her company.

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Mydogg53
Antelope, US
Aug 04, 2010 10:55 am EDT

I am ready for a class action lawsuit. This firm is rude, offensive and does nothing but take money and say that they have worked on your case. They did nothing in my case, except send out a bunch of papers which mean nothing! I contacted IRS due to a letter that was sent to me by IRS. I told them that I had legal representation through Roni Deutch. They looked at my files and said there had been no communication between this firm and the IRS...I am fuming. I then asked for a refund of 1700.00 hundred dallors in writing. I just received a call telling me that it takes 35 business days to get a response in the mail. I live down the street from the office in Noth Highlands, and I'm going to call Curtis on KCRA and file a complaint and let them talk to the cameras. One day I also spoke to one of the so called legal clerks in the financial dept. He made a very sarcastic comment about me no getting to the office before it closed the day before. When I called the next day, he disrectfully told me that they did not have the time to play games with me. The stupid fool didn't understand about Chemotherapy!

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Wowupset
Martinez, US
Jul 30, 2010 2:31 pm EDT
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I just had the displeasure of speaking to Russell Deutch. Rude offinsive and agresive is the understaement of this owner of the business. Unprofessional in every way.
If the owner and top manager speaks to his customers this way how does one expect any better by their services.
Stay away from this company Russell Deutch was and still is an unprofesional jerk.
Stay clear of them

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Joe Mastriano CPA
Houston, US
Apr 27, 2010 8:32 pm EDT
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I advise people to do their homework before hiring someone. Research the Internet and find out how many complaints they have and what those complaints are. And, as a rule, you will always get better attention and dedication from small firms with a small number of highly experienced professionals than from large firms who employ many so called experts and wave the "cumulated experience" flag before your eyes. Would you like your IRS problems to be "thrown together" with hundreds of other clients within the commercial machine of a large firm, have your files misplaced, your case mishandled? Or would you rather have a real professional with a lifetime of experience, get directly involved in your case and save you from the IRS.

Do not believe the hype, hire a true professional that will manage your case with the attention it deserves. Having problems with the IRS is not something to be taken lightly. If you want to know more on how you can represent yourself before the IRS, learn more about your problem and the options available to you, or if you need to hire a highly experienced tax professional with over 25 years of hands-on experience in dealing with tax problems and the IRS, visit my website at: www.TaxProblem.org

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James CCurse
Costa Mesa, US
Oct 09, 2009 1:58 am EDT

How can one be so thick to take advantaged of people in distressed? I have heard so many individual who had been rip-off by the company and still take in more clients that are in need of real help and instead of helping, they bury them more into troubles.

I am pissed off and i have something for RONI LYNN DEUTCH, I will place a curse that for what you are doing to these people, you will suffer from a rare form of cancer, you will live long enough to see what this disease can do to you. The money you made all these years, the car you drive the house you live in will be nothing compared to what you will be suffering. MAY THAT CURSE BE WITH YOU AND TO THOSE WHO BENEFITED FROM YOUR ILL GOTTEN WEALTH !

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TaxResolutionSpecialist
Brighton, US
May 09, 2009 9:36 am EDT

IRS Suspends Tax Practitioner for Failing To Provide Service Related to Offers in Compromise

WASHINGTON — An enrolled agent was suspended from practice before the Internal Revenue Service by the Office of Professional Responsibility on April 6 for not performing services related to offers in compromise (OIC) paid for by taxpayers.

Enrolled Agent Richard Hargus worked in California for two separate, now defunct companies that specialized in tax resolution services, which included submitting OICs to the IRS.

Multiple taxpayers paid the companies for Hargus to resolve their income tax liabilities through the OIC program. In many instances, the taxpayers either did not receive the services for which they paid or received very little assistance with resolving their tax issues.

An offer in compromise is an agreement between a taxpayer and the IRS that settles the taxpayer’s tax liabilities for less than the full amount owed. Absent special circumstances, if a taxpayer has the ability to fully pay the tax liability in a lump sum or through installment agreement payments, an offer in compromise generally will not be accepted.

Tax practitioners are subject to the regulations issued under Treasury Department Circular 230. Specifically Circular 230 provides that a practitioner must exercise due diligence in preparing or assisting in the preparation of, approving, and filing of tax returns, documents, affidavits, and other papers relating to Internal Revenue Service matters.

Following an investigation by the IRS, Hargus admitted a lack of due diligence in these taxpayers’ situations. The IRS suspended Hargus from practice for a period of time lasting at least 18 months.

The IRS is taking a closer look at tax resolution companies, and is also litigating known OIC abuses to ensure that tax professionals fulfill their legal and ethical obligations to their clients in dealing with IRS tax matters.

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TaxResolutionSpecialist
Brighton, US
Apr 10, 2009 7:02 pm EDT

Make a complaint with the Office of Professional Responsibility. I have attached the information you need to contact them, which is also available on www.irs.gov.

The Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) At-a-Glance

Mission

The Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) establishes and enforces consistent standards of competence, integrity and conduct for tax professionals (enrolled agents, attorneys, CPAs, and other individuals and groups covered by IRS Circular 230.

Strategic Priorities

OPR supports the IRS strategy to enhance enforcement of the tax law and to ensure that attorneys, accountants and other tax practitioners adhere to professional standards and follow the law.

Headquarters

Internal Revenue Service
Office of Professional Responsibility
SE:OPR, Room 7238/IR
1111 Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20224

Phone Number: [protected]
Fax Number: [protected]

Program Background

The Office of Professional Responsibility provides education and outreach to the tax professional community and administers the enrolled agent exam. To support the IRS' strategic priorities, OPR ensures the integrity and credibility of the American tax system by working through tax professionals and with IRS operating divisions and functions. Circular 230 changes have created a need to increase awareness among tax professionals regarding the consequences of non-compliance. This awareness, plus increased enforcement and additional legislation, should help deter non-compliance.

Business Objectives

To increase the percentage of tax professionals who do adhere to professional standards and follow the law by:

Establishing procedures to identify and address the most egregious non-compliance cases
Strengthening partnerships with tax professionals
Establishing and communicating standards of conduct for tax practitioners
Establishing and maintaining a system of tax practitioner oversight
Rejuvenating the referral process
Publicizing actions taken to promote the integrity of the system and deter further non-compliance
Establishing and administering a system of sanctions for tax practitioners who fail to observe standards of conduct

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