Darrell Springer/Springer & Associates WHY YOU SHOULD NOT USE SPRINGER & ASSOCIATESFOR YOUR PERSONAL IR BUSINESS TAX NEEDS!!!! Brooklyn New York

 This is a formal complaint against Springer & Associates, LLC. The following is a brief synopsis of why you should NOT USE Springer & Associates, LLC for the filing of your personal and/or business taxes. These Tax Preparers are unethical, unsophisticated, and immoral. Darrell Springer & Associates, LLC 322 Linden Blvd, Apt D9, Brooklyn, NY 11226 Phone: 646-996-8920 This Tax Preparer, Darrell Springer of Springer Associates (Brooklyn, NY), negligently failed to include a W2 from The Department of Labor (which was provided) in the filing of my 2011 taxes. In 2014, the IRS imposed a $980 Federal tax fee for this failure. The Tax Preparer, Darrell Springer paid $350 for his culpability in this matter and I paid the balance by January 2015. Yesterday, July 27, 2015 I received a new bill ; a Notice of Additional Tax Due from The State of New York indicating my responsibility to now pay $908.00 due to Federal adjustments and the failure of the submission of an Amended form for that tax year (2011). I immediately informed, said Tax Preparer, who offered to only pay the interest/penalties in the amount of $200.00. He said, he was only liable for same under NYS Tax Law. This offer is wholly unethical and morally reprehensible for a professional- specifically, in lieu, of the fact that his failure to rightly submit the requisite documentation in 2011 is the ONLY reason that I am now presented with The NY State tax bill for 2011! Least to say, I am incensed that I have to visit this matter again. I thought the matter was resolved when the Federal tax bill was paid in 2014. As information, Tax Professionals have a duty to exercise a level of care, skill and diligence commonly associated with that of other members of their profession under similar circumstances. Contract principles require practitioners to competently perform the task undertaken the tax preparer makes a significant error or omits salient information that results in the preparation and submission of a flawed tax return. This flawed Return has caused me to incur direct and consequential damages that stem from said tax preparer’s failure to fulfill his duties and responsibilities. Said tax practitioner failed in his ethical duties. Inclusive of this failure, is said tax practitioner’s being held liable for taxes overpaid if the taxes can no longer be recovered from the government by filing an amended return. Which, cannot be done, in my case! Said Tax practitioner, failed to take corrective actions to eliminate or at least mitigate liability exposure. As a sophisticated specialist, he should have strongly advised/encouraged me, the taxpayer to correct the mistake or omission via an amended return. As stated earlier, not only does the practitioner have an ethical obligation to render such advice, but documenting the need to file an amended return may ultimately reduce any damage award. The failure to submit and/or advise of an Amended form was another costly oversight in this matter. Additionally, this tax ‘professional’ admitted to me (during the time we were discussing my matter) that there were several instances where he failed to forward a Return with the requisite supporting documentation to the IRS. He told me that another of his clients was incensed upon receipt of an exorbitantly high tax bill. The imposition of said bill was due to Darrell Springer’s failure to forward THREE PIECES OF SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION TO THE IRS! Now, what was Mr. Springer’s ethical obligation in this matter? Should he pay the entire bill? Offer to pay half? No. Darrell Springer, offered to not charge this client for future Tax Returns which, I was told the client reluctantly agreed to. Apparently, Mr. Springer does not have the moral and ethical aptitude to, given the situation, justifiably absorb such costs. It is apparent that he is well aware of his minimal liability of the penalties/interests on a tax bill and capitalizes on same. Notwithstanding, the magnitude of Darrell Springer’s professional culpability in ascribing such an error! No. He doesn’t have any sense of obligation to same. So, it really doesn’t matter if he makes a few costly mistakes, here and there, on a paying Taxpayer’s Return-because at the end of the day, he bears no responsibility for same-legally or ethically. Moreover, and surprisingly enough, when I endeavored to review my 2011 Tax Return with Darrell Springer, he advised me that there was no EXISTING RECORD of my 2011 Tax Return! Again, another instance of the lack of a respectable modicum of professional care. Specifically, the IRS mandates that tax preparer keep information for a minimum of three years from the date the tax return is filed. However, most states require the retention of documents longer. There are other violations not enumerated in this letter. I anticipate that this suspect Tax business will be carefully and promptly investigated for applicable compliance to regulatory and licensing agencies and for their negligent disposition towards paying Taxpayers.