Blue Tax
www.bluetax.com
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Blue Tax has 1.6 star rating based on 6 customer reviews. Consumers are mostly dissatisfied.
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Anonymous
IRS Relief
Rating Details
In 2009-**** I contacted Blue Tax about the back taxes I owed the IRS. They took my case and I gave them 3500.00 .The only thing they did for me is got me set up on a monthly payment plan. I found out later on that I could have gone through IRS and got the payment plan set up and a save 3500.00. Another thing they said they would do is get the pentlies taken away. I filled out proper forms,faxed them in to Blue Tax. I kept calling them about these forms, I received one call back, the person spoke with said they received it and would process it immeditialy. I tried for a month calling,emailing,and no response. I paid the taxes off with pentlies,and interest. If I had knew then what I know now I would have never messed with them.I would not reccomend them to anyone. They are a rip off. If there was anyway to get my 3500.00 back I would try,but I know that's impossible. "BIG RIP OFF" Signed Johnny R. Miller USA, Retired
Reason of review:
Problems with payment
Anonymous
FRAUD!
Rating Details
We paid them (in full) to represent us for three years of back taxes we owed. After completing payments as directed, we found out by the state we still owe for two of the years which were to be included. You never are able to speak to an attorney or supervisor, only speaking to a young twenty-something answering phones.
Reason of review:
Problems with payment
Anonymous
Blue tax rip off
Rating Details
They toof 5500.00 from me never helped me at all lied and lied a were mean to me i was afraid of them would love to sue them but i have no money. The irs has a 50000.00 lein on my house i only owed 30000.00 until blue tax messed things up worse. I put it in Gods hands.thanks c. Mitchell 425223****. I am 67 years old and still have to work very hard just to get by.
Reason of review:
Bad quality
Anonymous
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Blue Tax Irs Review
Rating Details
I had an amazing experience with Blue Tax. I owed $2000.00 to the state and Blue Tax and their wonderful employees helped me through it all, though I must say their customer service is a little hard to negotiate with and they have issues when it comes to returning calls and messages.
Reason of review:
Poor customer service
Anonymous
Erie, Pennsylvania
Short Review on August&nbs-04:00;23,&nbs-04:00;2016
Rating Details
This "company " should be shut down and reimburse everyone they screwed over! I gave them $4400 to do nothing for me! I still owe the same amount as before.very unprofessional and rude people there!
Reason of review:
Poor customer service
Anonymous
Saint Louis, Missouri
Blue Tax Fraud
Hired them to help me get rid of a debt to the IRS as Promised, After paying them 2000.00 dollars the debt was not removed instead after several so called months of work and not hearing from them, I filled a complaint with the BBB, They refused to give me my money back or even work on my taxes until i retracted my statement, then after a few more months of me on them they got it set for me to make payments on what i owe, Still paying penalties. I could have done that!!!!!!!!!! Blue Tax is a rip off and once they get your Money they disappear and you have to chase them down. I still have every single email correspondence with them
Reason of review:
Bad quality
3 comments
Anonymous
Borger, Texas
Blue Tax Irs Review
2500.00 dollars down the drain the didn't do one dam thing my wife did it all and come to find out they never contacted the IRS and it got to where they wouldn't return our calls what a ripoff i think the Arizona attorney General would maybe help but fair warning do not use Blue Tax
Reason of review:
Not as described/ advertised
Anonymous
Poway, California
Blue Tax Irs Review
I want my money back !
Reason of review:
Return, Exchange or Cancellation Policy
Anonymous
Campbellsville, Kentucky
BLUE TAX RIP OFF EXPERTS, NOT TAX EXPERTS
In 2011 we were audited and ended up owing thousands to 2 states and the IRS because they dissallowed our business and travel expenses. Then they went back and did the same for several years. We contacted BlueTax for help and they took our money, and kept taking it without accomplishing a thing, for over two years. We are paying face value for all of the tax debt tax authorities decided we owed, and we had a lien placed on our property even though Bluetax advertises that they will stop that from happening. When I called the tax agency, they said they hadn't heard from Bluetax in months and that is why they levied our property. We have since paid off our state debt, face value, no thanks to Bluetax and the lien has been satisfied but will remain on our credit reports for 7 years. We are currently paying a monthly payment to the IRS for 72 months and we are on the *** of retirement. When we became very frustrated, they would have, what I can only call, "handlers", call us to reassure us that they were doing their job and that they had our back. Then all promises from the "handler" never appeared and no contact, other than excuses. They basically said we had too much disposable income to negotiate any kind of compromise on our debt. When I notified them that our income dropped by 2/3s, all of sudden we weren't their client and they couldn't help us because the POA had expired. This was a few months after a handler had called and explained that they needed another 2K to finish the case because it was taking so long (not due to us-he didn't know why). After we paid another 2K to finish the case they did absolutley nothing! I mean literally nothing. When I asked for our money back there was a total lapse of contact. This company is a joke, rip-off and as disreputable as they come, preying on people who are already, in all likelyhood being ripped-off by the Tax authorities! I am thoroughly disgusted with Bluetax, and myself for ever believing a word they said. We paid them over 8K that could have gone towards paying off our alleged tax debt. Run from these guys! I have seen a mix of reviews positive and negative and can only say my experience was nothing short off a scam and rip-off with Bluetax. Just run, I wouldn't chance it, they are disreputable and unreliable at best.
Reason of review:
Poor customer service
Anonymous
San Francisco, California
Rip Off Watch your money
Rating Details
My mom had a tax issue they told they could resolve it. the cost was $7000 up front we payed it. We then filled out all of the paperwork requested and waited. for two months we would call them and no one knew what was going on with my mom's case. Finally she got a letter from the IRS saying they were going to garnish her wages. We called and they still did not know what was going on. We ended up having to get power of attorney back and fix it ourselves. We read the contract and it states basically they don't have to do a single thing right and she has no way to get her money back. They ripped off a 67 year old lady on a fix income.
Loss:
$7000
Reason of review:
Bad quality
Preferred solution: Full refund
2 comments
Guest-1030979
sounds about right. they don't know what their doing and much less know how to stop ripping innocent people off.
I will say this though...I will never refer this so called company. what goes around will surely come around. they need to be shut down. they kept switching people to handle our case and then when I left my first bad review,oh they called me back with quickeness.
(too late). thank God I found a smarter lady who knows what she's doing and didn't charge upfront or an arm and leg.
Anonymous
Miami, Florida
Blue tax service is poor
in 2011 I used Blue tax to help me with two unfiled returns, and they were AWESOME!!! Went smoother than butter! I used them in 2014 thinking the same...WRONG! Their prices doubled, $650.00 for one return! Then they were extremely rude, this one lady for instance started refusing to answer my emails and phone calls. Then they went past the April 15th deadline for which they sent an extension, btw I had proof and correct the final return which screwed up and owed money. Then I get an irs bill for rejected extension/late return! Blue Tax has blown any chance of needing my money again!
Reason of review:
Poor customer service
Anonymous
Screwed by Blue Tax
I withdrew my annuity in 2011. My union construction job had been nonexistent for 2 year prior to my withdrawal. After filling taxes for 2011 I owed 10's of thousands of dollars. I looked for a way to try to keep the money I worked 25 years to accumulate. I saw an ad for Blue Tax and after seeing their A- rating in the BBB I thought they would be a reputable company to help. They were not. In May 2012 I talked to Blue Tax and after all my questions they assured me that once hired the IRS would not be able to add late charges or fees. Long story short after two years of sending them all my banking statements for all my accounts, tax forms, balances ect. (I have a folder 3 inches thick with paper work which is mostly faxes sent to them of my account status)They now tell me (March of 2014) that I was denied back in September of 2013 and would have to pay the total balance due. Plus two years of interest. Looking back at my records they called me in October 2012 and told me that because of the accumulating interest I owed them more money for the higher total of debt to the IRS or I could pay down the debt to the IRS. $2100 to Blue Tax or over $6000 to the IRS. I asked him why is interest being added to the debt, I was told from the beginning that, that would not be the case. He told me that they would never say that. Even with the bad feeling I was getting I sent another $2100 to them. Trying to call them was a constant battle. Now they constantly change the person assigned to my case. Three times in the last 3 weeks. They do not return phone calls when they say they will. When I last spoke with someone they said they would set up a payment schedule for me. The person before that said we can get a deduction of $10000 for you. Never could get him on the phone again. He's not at his desk or he will be in later. SO AFTER 2 YEARS THEY NOT ONLY TOOK MY MONEY (TWICE) THEY HELPED INCREAESE MY DEBT. I FAR AS I KNOW THEY NEVER EVEN SPOKE TO THE IRS ON MY BEHALF. AS FAR AS I KNOW THEY ARE THE IRS. This does bod well for the BBB in my eyes either. Maybe if your check is big enough your company can get an A- rating too!
1 comment
Guest-877915
Contact the california attorney generals office i did but we all have to or they cant do anything.
Anonymous
Phatthaya, Chon Buri
Blue Tax asking for more money
Comments Sort by: Date | Rating 6 mins ago by Cheesy Bob 0 Votes I no sooner paid my 2nd installment of $3, 500 when I received an "urgent issue" email from Joe Gallo - compliance manager. He states California Franchise Tax Board had notified him that I now owe over $40, 000 instead of $14, 348. He had the balls to email me another contract asking for an additional $3, 000. I refused but did ask him to forward formal documentation from CFTB. He was unable to do so. I am now dealing with a Todd Lewis VP and refunds manager at Blue Tax. He wants me to call him to negotiate a refund. I refuse. He alleged that if I notify BBB and Attorney General's Office in Los Angeles I will no receive a refund at all. Complaints were filed today to both offices . 9th of Aug, 2012 by AnMelch7 0 Votes
MarciaG
Dallas, Texas
Blue Tax Is a Fraud
I called Blue Tax to help me with my IRS problems because they were in good standing with the Better Business Bureau and I honestly didn't think I would have any trouble. Man was I wrong! After telling me they'd settle with the IRS for half of what I owed them they asked gave me a fee and I paid it, and then I waited, and waited, and....nothing ever happened! The IRS moved forward with their collections and it was as if I hadn't hired anyone at all! When I demanded my money back, I was told to go f myself more or less. Once Blue Tax had my money they were done with me and did nothing to help me out of my dire financial situation-they did the opposite by actually making everything worse.
3 comments
Guest-557831
I no sooner paid my 2nd installment of 1.8k and then the compliance manager says I owe another 3k as Calif Tax Board states I owed 40k instead of 14k. I asked for documentation on this and they could not provide it. I canceled my contract with them
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Talmadge Lxy
Blue Tax Scam & fraud don't even pay their own taxes
Don't fall prey to the new company brought to you by the wonderful Todd Lewis and Justin Urbas [Of the quickly declining Blue Tax scam] You'll notice the similar childish animated poorly designed website FireFinancial.com that immediately reminds you of bluetax.com They're not even trying to hide the relation, if you look at public WHOIS records of firefinancial, it's registered to Blue Tax VP Todd Lewis, and blue tax mailing address: Registry Registrant ID: Registrant Name: Todd Lewis Registrant Organization: Registrant Street: 8236 Remmet Ave. Registrant City: Canoga Park Registrant State/Province: California Registrant Postal Code: 91304 Registrant Country: United States Registrant Phone: 310339**** In case you didn't know, Todd Lewis is the malicious, degrading, demeaning vp of Blue Tax that will tell you that you are going to ***, or must prey on little animals. He'll promise you the world on the phone, or if he does agree to a refund check, it will bounce, because Blue Tax doesn't have any new money. That's why their starting "Fire Financial" out of the same office. You'll see the domain is only 2 months old, so any claims of 'prior customers' or 'prior performance' are complete FRAUD. If you want a little more backgrond on the owner of blue tax, that would be Justin & angelica Urbas, aka David Justin Urbas. Look him up on http://losangeles.netronline.com/la-index.php , you'll see he has a nice track record of starting a company, defrauding the CA EDD [ca employment tax], and the IRS. It leaves his employees high and dry when they file their tax returns or file for unemployment, because according to the state, justin never sends any records to them. Youll see he has tax liens against him by the state, by the IRS, under both Blue Tax, and XTS global, his prior companies. He's now had to resort to using his poor wife's name [angelica urbas] to try to escape the public's eye. His wife is now listed as the president of blue tax consulting corp [http://www.corporationwiki.com/California/Los-Angeles/angelica-urbas/10777****.aspx ] Think twice before putitng your financial and family's future in the hands of the Lewis and Urbas family who scam for a living, with no remorse.
Loss:
$1
Tax R
Pompano Beach, Florida
Blue tax bluetax.com
They basically took a few Thousand to basically become a debt collector. Because of their unethical way they negotiated by claims to release my wage garnishment, I was fired from my job. After complaining to them about what they have done to me, they started sounding like bill collectors demanding for me to hold up the end of my bargain and pay the full amount to the State of California. This ended when they send me a letter stating they dropped me after they could not get a hold of me. WHAT?! They are impossible to get a hold of as they have non-legal professional operators who run you around and NEVER give you any updates on you case at all.
Loss:
$3000
10 comments
Guest-1102355
Law suit(s) heading their way.
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Blue tax is a bunch of crooks. I paid them 2500 bucks to settle a tax debt.
Several months later they hadnt even talked to the irs and wanted more money. Dont get ripped off like i did.
We got ripped off over $100,000.00
Will we ever get our money back? I hope todd lewis goes to jail for a long time..
biggest loser rip off scam ever.
This company is abusive so I hope they/he gets it back ten fold. P.O.S