JK HARRIS & COMPANY - scott Brumfield consultant made claims at the so called free intial review like when I sigen the contract they will stop tax leans on my credit ripoff CHARLESTON South Carolina

Steven,

We would like to offer our continued assistance in getting you resolution to your tax problems. It is our goal to give you excellent customer service. As it states on the contract you signed with us, "an Offer in Compromise is not guaranteed and JK Harris cannot control the timeframe in which the IRS processes these requests." It is crucial that our clients work with their Case Specialist to submit the required documents in a timely manner so that we can work toward your OIC.

We are unable to find you in our client records since you did not list your full name or a customer ID number. Please contact us directly at clientmessages@jkharris.com so that we may further investigate your case.

Fantastic News from Charleston, SC!!

JK Harris Class Action Lawsuit Settled! Fantastic News! Plaintiffs collect! Charleston, SC

Reported in the Anderson Independent Mail, Business Section, Pg 1D on Wed, 18 July 2007:

A judge has approved a $6,000,000 settlement of a class action lawsuit against a South Carolina based company.... i.e. JK Harris & Co.

*****Summary*******

"About 58,000 people will get an average of $69 EACH"(! )

This settlement "is judged adequate in the sense that it is the largest amount the defendant can pay without risking bankruptcy"....

Let's see:

58,000 times $69 = $4,002,000.

And $6,000,000 - $4,002,000 suggests....

... the legal system collects $1,998,000.

One OP paid $110/month times 9 months = $990

Therefore, someday, that OP may get ($69)/($990) = 0.07 or 7% of his money back?

The $6,000,000 is paid into a fund over 4 years, so OP 'MIGHT' collect 1.75% per year. Unless, of course, the legal system is supposed to collect its $1,998,000. FIRST, meaning OP will have to wait 16 months before he sees ANY of his whopping $69 settlement!

Now, please don't think I am being sarcastic here.

And Steven in this complaint only 'suggested' that he may have paid at least $1000. Another poster had quoted a total of $3500, while the example above is based on one OP's total payment of $990.

So let's do some math.... Let's assume ALL 58,000 people in the aformentioned class action lawsuit paid an average of $1000 each, or

[58,000 people] times [$1000 per person] which is $58,000,000.

But "This settlement [$6,000,000] "is judged adequate in the sense that it is the largest amount the defendant can pay without risking bankruptcy" "

$6,000,000 is 10.3% of that $58,000,000 which sounds like just another "cost of doing business" to me. And the legal profession took its $1,998,000 cut [or 3.4% of the projected $58,000,000 gross] leaving 6.9% net for the victims.

So why should the "JK Harris Party" ever stop? An 89.7%-of-receipts gross income, i.e. $52,026,000, isn't bad. Since numerous posts suggest that nothing seems to be manufactured except excuses, and the various complaints usually allege that nothing is actually ever done, the net profit margin should be at least 25% of $52,026,000 or $13,006,500.

So I would expect to read about even more class action lawsuits that return the victims 6.9% of their money. Sounds to me like a good deal. for the legal system.

Will the AG's do anything? I don't know, but I would wonder where their incentive to act might lie. I do remember a fairy tale with the moral that one should not kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.

I'd keep all communication in written form. send all mail via Registered Mail with Return Receipt. Put the Return Receipt # on all communications. Tell them you'll contact the State Attorney General and BBB if they don't offer a refund. If that doesn't work go to their local claims court.

I don't understand how these firms can make promises to settle with the IRS. the IRS rarely does such things and only in exceptional cases: i.e. your house and business were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.