Alleviate TaxReviews of alleviatetax.com

This company is an absolute scam! They’re nothing but crooks. They promise you the world when you first speak to them, but you’re not talking to a tax consultant—you’re talking to a salesman. A salesman! They dangle promises like they’ll reduce your debt or qualify you for some “Fresh Start Program,” but guess what? Those programs are already available to anyone who does a quick Google search or contacts the IRS Taxpayer Advocate Service directly—for free. If you’re dead set on hiring a company, find a local, reputable firm or CPA. These people don’t even let you come into their office, probably because they know their scam would fall apart in person. They’ll try to charge you $495 upfront, and if you say no, they’ll bully you into agreeing. If you hold out long enough, they’ll lower the fee to $195. It’s all about how much commission they can squeeze out of you—they don’t care about helping you. If you’re foolish enough to proceed, you’ll meet a so-called “supervisor” or “compliance officer,” who is just another glorified salesman trained to prey on your fear. They’ll spew lies about the IRS having “levels” like ACS, human interaction, revenue officers, and prison—all nonsense! The IRS will notify you if you’re in real trouble, but this company thrives on making you panic. And here’s the kicker: if you owe the IRS $10,000, they’ll charge you $8,000 to $9,000 just to handle it. Need tax prep? That’s another $1,000. And if you can’t afford it? No problem—they’ll “help” you get a personal loan with an absurd APR of 25–30%. Let’s do some math: $10,000 IRS debt + $8,000 fees + $3,000 in loan interest = double your original debt! And for what? An installment agreement you could’ve set up on your own or with the help of a local CPA for a fraction of the cost. If you think it can’t get worse, wait until you meet their so-called “backend team”—a bunch of high school kids and a handful of CPAs or attorneys who aren’t doing anything special. They’ll gaslight you, saying you didn’t send documents or respond on time, and they’ll hang up on you when you try to call them out. Run. Run as fast as you can from this place. They are manipulative, deceitful, and will leave you worse off than when you started. Don’t fall for their nonsense, and don’t let them twist this into “even Disney gets bad reviews.” They’re not Disney. They’re a scam. Thank you for coming to my angry TED Talk.

Crooks. Sham artists. They take all your info, then say how they have this great record of getting your debt reduced by at least 50% or more for people like in your situation, blah blah blah. DON’T BELIEVE THEM!!! They take your money, then a year later! tell you you don’t qualify, so you end up now owing the penalties and fees for IRS plus the original debt!! They say,”well, everyone’s situation is a little different, and we never ‘ promised’ just said we’d try” I paid them )$1600+ for nothing!! No recourse, shame on i you for believing! I wish I’d read reviews before signing with them… other companies have much better reviews! They will tell you whatever they need to get your money, liars and cheats.

This company is tantamount to fraud. Their sales team got all of my info - assets, debts, bank statements - and told me it would a 'no-brainer' to cut my taxes. Then it took them ages to do my 2023 taxes, they were supposed to file my California taxes - they never did. They were supposed to cut my federal taxes down - they called me and said just pay them in full. I don't think they ever talked to the IRS. They got thier up-front money and just dumped me. They should rot in jail. DO NOT EVER USE THESE PEOPLE - THEY ARE A SCAM.

Looking back now, the first person I spoke to was a salesman who convinced me they could deliver the moon. After a year, my case is still dragging on. I have been handed around from one case manager to the next like a hot potato save your money and go elsewhere.

I signed up with this company after a lengthy conversation. The gentleman was quite knowledgeable. Unfortunately, that was the last conversation with a live person. I received plenty of text messages about uploading paperwork to client portal, however, I am unable to log in because it says my email "doesn't exist". No matter how often I call there is never anyone available. I respond to texts asking for help but don't get a response. They have taken a lot of my money, but provide no actionable service or communication.

Never do business with these snakes again. They are not honest. They will scam.you for every penny you have. And they will charge any credit card you give them even if you don't give them permission for whatever amounts they want. And they will promise to get you to just pay penalties and interest...and then before you know it, you are paying more than you were paying before. By the time they got done screwing around our taxes were paid from our year 2023 so no thanks to them. Plus they took our money. And never figured out our taxes were paid and were still trying to get us to sign paperwork for a payment plan. A day late and many thousands of our money blown. Great job Alleviate Tax! NOT!!!!!!!!! Stay away from unhonest guys.

Do not work with this company. Scam! Paid 5K and no agreement was made to the IRS, and I was still put into collections with the IRS.

they should GO TO JAIL!! THESE FOLKS ARE CROOK'S DONT!!!!!! SURF AND LOOK @ all reviews out there! pure Evil!!