Report: #699636

Complaint Review: SimpleFilings - Internet

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Submitted: Thu, February 24, 2011
Updated: Fri, November 04, 2011
Reported By: Alfred — Silver Spring Maryland United States of America

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SimpleFilings Internet United States of America

Phone: 866-659-5240
Web: www.SimpleFilings.com/taxid
Category: Internal Revenue Service

SimpleFilings To Obtain an Federal Tax ID Number for the Opening of an Estate Account at my Bank Internet

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*Consumer Comment: They almost got me too..

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I needed a simple IRS supplied referencial number, called a Federal Tax ID, to open an Estate Account for my deceased mother at my bank since I was notified that I inherited financial award accorded to her and I needed to open said account so that the Register of the Wills could institute a probate proceeding.

I was emotionally stressed and wanted to get all the paper work over and first called the IRS number the Register of the Wills gave me and then the IRS agent said that I would be faster and easier to do online.

I went to my computer, used a Google engine using the words " Apply for a Federal Tax ID", and when immediately thee TaxID@simplefilings.com site was activated, I entered all the information and then I did submitted the filed out form and was asked for my credit card number which I did enter, assuming that the high cost incurred was indeed normal and then after one hour I did receive the Federal Tax ID Nr.

An hour later, when a fraud officer of the bank of my Master Card called me saying that there was suspicious activity with my account and asked me if I did indeed charged $236.00 dollars, I replied affirmatively, and he then ended the conversation.

All along I was assuming that SimpleFiling was either a subdivision of the IRS or a contractor until I called the IRS today and was shocked to learn that the IRS provides this referencial number readily, easily, and for no charge !

Yes, I admit that I should not have used a search engine and should have gone to the IRS site directly, but I still find it outrageous that a company can charge me $ 236.00 for doing what anyone can do free in minutes via the IRS site. I could perhaps understand if a nominal fee was charged but even then it would seem deceitful, but $ 236.00 for entering few bits of info on a site and receiving a reference number seems robbery to me. I feel violated and all of us affected should demand our money back.

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Unfair critic

AUTHOR: Representative - (USA)

SUBMITTED: Friday, November 04, 2011

POSTED: Friday, November 04, 2011

We are an independent document preparation and filing service that strives to succeed by providing intuitive proprietary forms, clear help content, quick processing times, and quality customer service. Our service is explained multiple times and in multiple places before any information or payment is accepted.

We assist customers every day with documents and filings at the federal, state, and local levels, including LLC Formations, Incorporations, DBA Registrations, Federal Tax IDs (EINs), S-Corporation Elections, Entity Classification Elections, and more. People can conduct any business filing on their own, or they can enlist the help of a third party company that has performed that same filing many times before. And there are of course many costs associated with running any business.

Regardless, we apologize for any negative experience. We will take it to heart and always strive to continue improving.

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#1 Consumer Comment

They almost got me too..

AUTHOR: Christina - (U.S.A.)

SUBMITTED: Thursday, February 24, 2011

POSTED: Thursday, February 24, 2011

I'm so sorry these folk ripped you off. In exactly the same situation as your own, I was almost tricked the same way. The only thing that saved me was the fact that as a business owner I already knew that there was no fee for the FEIN. I realize this doesn't help you recover your money, I just don't want you to feel as though you are stupid, it's really a pretty convincing scam.

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