Jaffers & Associates Jaffers and Associates Shawn Jaffers Forcing me to Pay taxes on their Income Dallas Texas

 Who the check is made payable to makes zero difference whatsoever. The money is a settlement that belongs to you, it was sent to the lawyers on your behalf. Therefore you are the correct recipient of the 1099. The lawyers get their own 1099 that indicates the payment was made to them on your behalf. Believe it or not, you have to pay income tax even on money you give to lawyers. Straight from the IRS instructions for form 1099-MISC: "These rules apply whether or not: The legal services are provided to the payer; The attorney is the exclusive payee (for example, the attorney's and claimant's names are on one check); or Other information returns are required for some or all of a payment under another section of the Code, such as section 6041. For example, a person who, in the course of a trade or business, pays $600 of taxable damages to a claimant by paying that amount to a claimant's attorney is required to: Furnish Form 1099-MISC to the claimant, reporting damages pursuant to section 6041, generally in box 3; and Furnish Form 1099-MISC to the claimant’s attorney, reporting gross proceeds paid pursuant to section 6045(f) in box 10."

 So where is my case file that I have requested? Everything inclusive including copies of the check Jaffers received? Where is the Accounting of the time spent on my case with dates, times, exactly what was done, how long it took, with the proof attached? Since I contacted you and stated I had been harassed for 3 years and emotionally I was worn out, why wasn’t this filed as a Personal Injury Suit? Why was I not contacted and given the opportunity to go over any filings you intended to make on my behalf? Why wasn’t it filed as a suit for punitive damages? Please never hire Jaffers & Associates, Attorney to represent you - they will take 90% of "your settlement” you have zero choice whether to pay that or not - it’s deducted from the money sent to them! Money you never ever see! 90%! You receive 10% but have to pay the IRS 20-25%! You owe more than double what you received! There is Zero benefit to you to have them represent you! The representation only benefits them. This situation isn’t over! I will continue to provide updates as this progresses! Read, Read, Read ALL NEGATIVE REVIEWS BEFORE YOU DO BUSINESS WITH ANYONE esp these guys!!! Look at Complaints filed through BBB and other appropriate sources! Read reviews here, Google, Yelp and other places!

There was never ever a $9,000 check written to me! The check was written to Jaffers & Associates. Jaffers sent me a check for $1,000. The State Bar of Texas can handle this one as well as the IRS. I’ve already spoken to the IRS and they confirmed I am correct! Jaffers is committing Tax Evasion and not reporting their $8,000 income! Their response proves my point!

 The settlement was paid to you. You also owed the lawyers for their services, so they took their fees out of the payment to you. If someone paid you $9000 and you paid the lawyers $8000, that would be an income of $9000 to you. This doesn't change just because the lawyers handled the payment. If the IRS agrees you can deduct their fees from your settlement, you can do that on your tax return. So then you would have income of $9000 and a deduction of $8000, thus an income of $1000. But there needs to be some basis for claiming the deduction.