I found the following to be an excellent article regarding the demise of Effectur, a tax relief company based in North Carolina. It shows the pitfalls of marketing oneself nationally as a tax resolution company -- how expensive that really is. It also ties in to the drying up of credit for these services which we all have experienced in the last two years. Here's the link:
http://triad.bizjournals.com/triad/stories/2009/10/12/story2.html
http://triad.bizjournals.com/triad/stories/2009/10/12/story2.html
The following links are also interesting, showing this company's last efforts to stay in business:
http://www.prlog.org/10054418-effectur-reasserts-integrity-in-tax-debt-resolution.html
http://accountingproblems.blogspot.com/