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Case ID: 4704 | Credit / Debt | 04/27/2007
A class action lawsuit was recently filed against the nation’s largest tax resolution company, JK Harris & Company LLC, for breach of fiduciary duty and breach of contract including the covenant of good faith and fair dealing. The lawsuit seeks to stop JK Harris & Company from continuing unacceptable business practices.
The action is brought on behalf of all persons or entities that entered into contracts with JK Harris & Company LLC to supply tax services where fees were charged for JK Harris & Company’s Offer In Compromise services. “JK Harris & Company told our clients they could help them out of an already difficult financial situation,” said the attorney representing the plaintiffs. “Instead they had them pay for services they didn’t need, nor qualify for, ignored their case for almost a year and offered advice which made them incur penalties and interest from the IRS. Consumers deserve better than this." On February 3, 2004, the Internal Revenue Service issued a consumer alert warning taxpayers about businesses claiming that taxdebts can be settled for "pennies on the dollar" through the Offer In Compromise program. According to the Better BusinessBureau (BBB) serving South Carolina, JK Harris & Company LLC has an “unsatisfactory record with the Bureau due to a pattern of complaints.” The BBB processed more than three hundred complaints against JKHC in the past year.
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