How Do Tax Relief Companies Find You?

CALLING PEOPLE WITH TAX LIENS. A few decades back, a couple of companies in Colorado started the bold practice of contacting people with tax liens...by phone!? This is now an established practice by the now numerous tax relief companies in that state (and elsewhere). There are questions about it's legality (if you aren't a licensed tax professional) HERE. If you are a business who has a tax lien for 941 taxes, you will almost assuredly have heard from these folks. The big bone to pick besides the legality is when they overstate urgency for people to act. No need to scare people into hiring you!

ADVERTISING ON RADIO AND TV. Optima Tax Relief in Orange County, California seems to be the clear leader in the spending of the marketing dollar on TV and radio. They are everywhere. Alan Thicke was their celebrity spokesman. With high volume tax relief outfits - the question is always: does the customer service quality remain with higher volumes of customers? So far Optima seems to be handling their big volume, but keep a close eye.