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Complaint Review: Paul Brown - Howell New Jersey

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  • Paul Brown Howell, New Jersey United States of America

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Paul brown steals your money and this is a scam. He promises they can help or your money back if they can't. He turns your information over to Dennis Wayne in California who doesn't know how to give a straight answer which should have been a huge red flag. His story always changed. I lost thousands of dollars and hours that I had invested in this. Then they say I lied and didn't give them the right information. Now why in the world would I do that? The truth of the matter is that they messed up big time then tried to turn it around on me saying I gave them the wrong information which is ridiculous! This was my information, my money and my time! It is just insane! They knew exactly what they were doing and how to get your money. This was the biggest waste of time and money! He is mean and nasty and everyone needs to be aware of him!

This report was posted on Ripoff Report on 02/07/2013 05:37 PM and is a permanent record located here: https://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/paul-brown/howell-new-jersey-07731/paul-brown-consumer-tax-relief-this-is-a-scam-they-are-liars-howell-new-jersey-1010622. The posting time indicated is Arizona local time. Arizona does not observe daylight savings so the post time may be Mountain or Pacific depending on the time of year. Ripoff Report has an exclusive license to this report. It may not be copied without the written permission of Ripoff Report. READ: Foreign websites steal our content

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#6 UPDATE EX-employee responds

General comment about Paul Brown's credibility..

AUTHOR: dmwnpd - ()

POSTED: Friday, January 31, 2014

If you ask Paul Brown what case did Dennis Wayne handle that resulted in an acceptance of Offer In Compromise and what are the particulars.He can't answer correctly and this proves his lack of creditblilty.

 

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#5 General Comment

Rebuttal by Dennis Wayne

AUTHOR: dmwnpd - ()

POSTED: Thursday, January 30, 2014

I was a sub-contractor and handled cases provided me by Consumer Tax Relief. I have several references of those whom I provided solutions to their tax matters. One case was a taxpayer who owed $270,000 and I submitted an OFFER IN COMPROMISE AND THE IRS SETTLED FOR $9,916.00. I have a copy of the IRS acceptance of the OFFER, dated 9/16/13. This is proven test of my credibility.

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#4 Author of original report

Paul Brown....full of lies!

AUTHOR: Scammers suck! - (United States of America)

POSTED: Sunday, February 24, 2013

My very first email from Paul Brown about his company is below! He says if they can not help they will not take your case. However they do take your case , have you sign a contract that is worded so there is no getting around or getting anything back. If you are a fool like we were you fall prey to him! They take you're money and have you sign the contract before they tell you they can not help you! So this email below is a huge LIE! After this email will be another email from Paul Brown persuading us to move forward with phase 2 when we decided we did not want to move forward. He tells us we are nuts not too!

And as far as everything Paul said in his rebuttal about us is information he got from Denny. So it is Denny's word against ours. Logically we would not have invested this time and money into something we were going to lie about! We gave and told and tried to explain everything to Denny. There was a change in work schedule that fluctuated as we tried to explain to Denny, there was a change in Health with large amounts of medical expenses we tried to explain. When Denny realized he messed up big time he tried telling me he assumed it was cancer!

 What we were dealing with wasn't as serious thank God, but he never asked us. He just assumed! We hid NOTHING! Saying we tried to lie about getting married is ridiculous!,,, I asked Denny how it would affect us. Good question for the tax expert right? Well he said he had never had the IRS audit and ask for a marriage license. So no we were not hiding anything. This is all complete non sense and lies on their part! Paul Brown is a scam and a liar!

He had none of these conversations with us and does not know the truth. The reason why the credit card companies do not refund the money is bec he has a very good contract that he has you sign. If only we took our time and looked into Paul Brown. I hope this will help someone else. Anyways here is his first email to us persuading us to come on board and trust him and then the email persuading us to continue into phase 2 where we pay more money and sign the contract. He sure is good!

No one wants IRS problems, however they exist and your need to make a personal decision to take action in your life. Your IRS tax problem receives the attention of qualified Tax Attorneys, CPAs and former IRS Agents. If we can't help you, we will not take your case.

Our philosophy is that no client should pay large upfront fees for a service until they know what their options are and what kind of help they can expect from us. Just like a doctor or mechanic, we diagnose the issue and determine what needs to be fixed and then present our clients with a reasonable cost for our services. Once the client decides to proceed, we will custom tailor a flexible payment plan that fits their circumstances.

In fact, Consumer Tax Relief provides a money back guarantee to take the risk off of the customer. Our guarantee is to put you in the best possible IRS Resolution program based off your investigation.

Protect what you have!

Consumer Tax Relief

Paul Brown Direct: 732-279-7651 Toll Free: 800-411-1536 Ext. 801 paulbrown@ctr4u.com

This is the 2nd email from him in response to us telling him we did not want to continue.

Than pay an installment monthly for years? What are you talking about? In order to submit a revised resolution, you cant be on the one your doing now. Same as for people whom needed a mortgage modification or credit card debt settlement. They can not be approved unless in default. Why would any bank, lender, gov. agency negotiate if your giving them monthly payments LOADED with interest and penalties? Denny has been doing this for 30 years, do you feel you know more? If he feels OIC is feasible, he is 90% on target. Worse case scenario, we go with a Currently Non Collectable (no payments, debt falls off under statute of Limitations). No refund what so ever as we did our job and completed Phase I.

You are also getting what you asked for and canceling. Not our fault you (Todd) don't trust in yourselves. Here is the math: IRS charges 1%/Month which equates to 14.6% annually. On $35,000, that's $5,110 in the 1st year. His payments equate to $3,360/year. Even if they gave you .5%/Month, his payments would reduce the principle owed by $805 !!!. This is exactly the same as making minimum payments on $35K in credit card debt and wondering each month as the statements come in, why doesn't my balance ever really go down???? >>>>

I will ask to have Denny call you once more. If you don't come to your senses by Monday, I will withdraw from the IRS.

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#3 REBUTTAL Owner of company

Paul Brown - Proud to use my name

AUTHOR: Paul - (United States of America)

POSTED: Thursday, February 21, 2013

I believe fraud(s) are those whom cheat the government (and all of us) out of what they can afford to pay and use my service as a conduit. Why is it that those whom feel free to use my name and that of my employees can't stand it when thiers is used? Why is it that if I am a scam, the merchant (credit card company) after a 4 week investigation, reviewing all doc's and explanation(s), seen fit to reverse the funds that were put on hold back into my account? In my rebuttles on this site, I copied and pasted the exact explanation I gave to the merchant account. Why would they exonerate me if their was even a small amount truth to these claims against me? (the service provider/myself, is usually the under-dog when it comes to refunds). The reports shown here (and anywhere else) are from only 2 clients (some are from the same person using "anonymous") out of 381, not so bad. My case manager does not need to be liscened as I am as an IRS Enrolled Agent. I could go on and on rebuffing these claims but you get the idea. Ripoff Report or Scam Report is a forum where anyone can say anything. Then I am supposed to pay a great deal of money to address these complaints and I will not. I wish there was some kind of due dillagence by these services before claims are posted, just like the credit card merchant does BEFORE making their final decision.

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#2 Consumer Comment

Pathetic liar, and a theive shame on you...

AUTHOR: Melissa - (United States of America)

POSTED: Thursday, February 21, 2013

you are one pathetic, piece of work Paul Brown. how dare you expose the identity of your client? you are either an idiot or a phony fake a*s professional who are ignorant about protecting the privacy of your client. How dare you come on here is tell lies about your services and the things you have done and how you have earned your fair share of the work and deserve to be compensated? Why dont you start refunding back the money to those that you couldnt help you piece of trash? The only reason why your merchant is taking your side is because you have lied to them. Why dont you tell us all what work have you performed so far? why dont you tell us all who this case manager of yours that puts us on a three-way call with the IRS to get a third party voice authorization to represent us? why dont you tell us all why it is necessary to scare us into enrolling with you and once you cant help us you refuse to refund our money? why dont you tell us all why you lie to us and say that you have attorneys and irs agent on staff and we find out you dont? if you do show us proof of their credentials? why do you transfer my file over to some guy dennis in california? why doesnt this dennis guy licensed to represent taxpayer before the Internal Revenue Service but have to place me on a three-way conference call and waste my entire day on hold with him to give the IRS my consent to represent me verbally? just do us all a favor and start returning everyone's money before you are forced by feds or placed in jail. stop the shady, scam operation and go educate yourself by first learning how to not rip off your customers and two go to church and pray to god that you will change your ways and stop doing harm to those that are already vulnerable. you prey on the weak, and steal from the poor. shame on you Paul Brown. I think its time you pack up and shut down you fake tax organization because soon enough a nice big penalty check is waiting at your door step.

ps. take down our full name you as* * * ** *

pss. whoever reads this let this be a WARNING to you. pay this pathetic fool paul brown Brown at your own risk. you have been WARNED!

psss. if you have fallen victim to this pathetic thieve paul brown, please immediately file a complaint with your state attorney general first and than file one with the new jersey division of consumer affairs or OCP.

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#1 REBUTTAL Owner of company

Paul Brown - IRS Licensed Enrolled Agent-Rebuttal to Merchant Acct.

AUTHOR: Paul - (United States of America)

POSTED: Wednesday, February 13, 2013

The client, Todd Shero of Scottsdale, NY, came to me on 10/12/2012, I have provided the signed Phase I Investigation agreement/retainer. The card holder, Joann Beldue, is not our client and made payment on behalf of her fianc Todd, As you know, we perform a tax resolution service as any CPA or Attorney would. Todd was making $280.00 monthly payments to the IRS, I explained in the initial interview, prior to enrolling, that any benefit from a resolution service comes from finding fault with what the IRS says you owe or getting approved for a hardship/leniency IRS resolution. I was very clear that you need to be living "pay check to paycheck" meaning, Todd has no disposable income (net income is the same or lower than IRS allowable expenses).

    In Phase I (doc A.), we contact the IRS and start getting information from the taxpayer. We do an informal financial analysis to get a picture of the client's financial status. This would be the same as applying for a mortgage and initially, just summarizing income, assets and expenses to get a pre-qualification. My case manager asks for these items verbally to see what resolution they might qualify for. I have provided IRS form 433-A (doc D) that reveals the data we collected, We stated that based upon this information and what we had retrieved from the IRS that an Offer in Compromise Resolution looked good. We proceeded into Phase lI ( Resolution ), had Todd sign the new agreement and collected a fee to proceed.

    Now in Phase II (doc B.), we need to VERIFY the info/data that will be presented to the IRS on behalf of the client. Again, same analogy as proceeding with a mortgage application. Documents, statements, letters and various other "proofs" have to be collected, not only to verify but the IRS requires this info to be submitted with the Resolution. This is where the problem started.

     The income almost doubled from the $2,800 that was stated. My case manager now was looking a $4,000/month. (doc E.). The client never could verify his expenses, especially all the medical ones. Let me explain a few things about my service, tax resolution or even retaining an attorney for any representation. We don't help clients evade their taxes for a fee. Ms. Beldue is NOT our client, Todd is. They were "disguising" their true financial position re: income assets and equity. Joann revealed to my case manager that they were getting married at the beginning of the year, going on a expensive honeymoon. Todd's household income was now going to go up $60,000 / yr by her income. She than tried to cover this up by stating they were "going to file separately". No Way! This is evading taxes and we will never be a part of it. If an Offer in Compromise was submitted (w/o all this juicy info and at a net income that is fictitious) and accepted, once the IRS got wind of this, the OIC would later default, they would go into collections, they than could "Levy" Joann's income/bank accts and they would find themselves in a far worse position than the current $280 / month he is paying now. I could be sanctioned by the IRS, fined and my license suspended. We were used by the client as an instrument to facilitate not paying what they could legitimacy afford to pay re: their taxes.

     I am within my legal right, to pursue the $650 STILL OWED TO ME.  NOTHING is guaranteed!

The organizations that guarantee results are the true scammers. Clients don't get their money back because they don't like the results(like children), especially when they falsify their income, assets and expenses.
I have included their Phase 1 agreement (doc A,), Phase II agreement (doc B.) and the activity log from the logistics online CRM we use (doc C.), initial collection statement (doc 11) and the final (doc E). We have performed our duty to this client, they has no grounds to have her fee back. End >>> We were subsequently credited our fees back, by the merchant, after a 4 week investigation. (Just like in the other 2 complaints(made by the same person).

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