Tax Group Center, Calabasas, CA Tax Group Center Charged $46,200 for four IRS 1040 - CA 540 improperly prepared tax returns that will require amending. Calabasas California

I am a retired CPA and litigation support expert. I was asked by our plumbing contractor to look into charges from, and work provided by, the Tax Group Center ("TGC"). I have NEVER seen such poor work and out-of-this-universe charges in my career as a CPA. My client was charged $46,200 over a  1-1/2 year period for "bookkeeping, tax preparation, compliance, etc." In the end, my client received four tax returns that were prepared from TGC fabricated numbers (the TGC neither provided any bookkeeping nor gave my client support for the numbers reported in their tax returns). I have prepared the actual numbers that are SO FAR from the numbers reported in TGC's tax returns. I asked the TGC for the support of the numbers reported in the tax returns; they could not provide as they do not have any documents supporting the numbers. The TGC has put my client in a compromising situation with the IRS and the California FTB. I have had all charges made by the TGC, from billings paid through the credit card companies suspended. I am having criminal charges investigated by the CA DA's office, bringing a civil complaint against TGC.

The TGC was also to work with the Internal Revenue Service and the California Franchise Tax Board for an Offer-In-Compromise. The TCG never prepared the O-I-C with the IRS or the FTB. As a result, my client's bank accounts have been levied a number of times. We are in the process of preparing the income tax returns properly and will AMEND the four years of tax returns prepared by TGC.

Ladd Vance and Jennifer Shapiro of TGC are the worst people with whom I have ever had the displeasure of dealing.

Fortunately, the three credit card companies through which the $46,200 were paid have reversed the charges pending a full investigation - I know we will get a final credit as TGC has not provided one piece of paper to support any of the numbers in the tax returns. I have prepared a Small Claims Complaint for $10,000 for the cost of amending the returns, and for intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress. My clients have lived in HELL over this debacle for over a year and a half.

Can you imagine paying $46,200 over 1-1/2 years and not receiving anything during that period?; no accounting, no schedules, no summaries...just more bills...and they kept asking for more money EVERY MONTH. In the end, my client paid $46,200 for four tax returns prepared from TGC made up numbers that DID NOT COME CLOSE to the numbers in his bank statements, Quickbooks, or receipts/records TGC received from my client.

I am not concerned with being sued for liable or slander as the truth is an absolute defense.

I am taking Tax Group Center to task.