The Largest Tax Resolution Companies by Internet Presence
Company Location Website Alexa Ranking 12/2010 2/2012 9/2012
1. Tax Resolution Services, Encino, CA taxresolution.com 267,000 391,740 484,396
2. Joe Mastriano, CPA, Houston, TX taxproblem.org x 652,414 568,252
3. Guardian Tax Resolutions, San Diego, CA CLOSED IN 2016 x 321,112 718,818 --
( I never hear anything about this company -- I am shocked that they rank so high)
4. Tax Tiger, Sacramento, CA Tax Tiger www.tax-tiger.com/ x 964,694 781,598+
5. Alvin Brown, Washington, DC irstaxattorney.com x 900,984 1,139,138
6. US Tax Shield, Encino, CA ustaxshield.com x 1,545,353 1,223,110++
(Big big google and google adword presence - they even have an ad under my name - Jay Freeborne)
7. Instant Tax Solutions, Idaho, instanttaxsolutions.com x 1,241,861 1,443,406
8. Community Tax Relief, Chicago, IL ctaxrelief.com x 528,931 1,643,531 -
(Company relies on mailing largely -- maybe they tailed off a bit in volume).
9. Tax Resolution Institute, CA taxresolutioninstitute.com x 1,078,913 1,678,183-
10. Optima Tax Relief , CA optimataxrelief.com NEW COMPANY x x 1,774,138++
(This company has come out of nowhere - will they sustain the gains?).
11. Freedom Tax Relief, CA -- CLOSED IN 2018 x 1,193,918 1,753,572-
12. JG Tax Group, FL jgtaxgroup.com x 850,000 1,354,589 1,765,137-
13. Tax Defense Network, FL taxdefensenetwork.com x 2,763,960 1,915,491++
(These guys market as multiple companies including the controversial and deceptive: consumertaxreports.org)
14. Limon Whitaker, CA x 1,885,867 1,942,080
(These folks must be keeping on their mailings to tax liens). COMPANY CLOSED IN 2014
15. Mike Habib, EA www.myirstaxrelief.com x 1,254,000 1,931,848-
16. NFA Tax Help, Houston, TX resolvemytaxes.com x 3,737,592 2,127,330++
Wow that is a fast zip up the charts for this company. Being Houston based, I just hope they are staffed by good folks - NOT from the now defunct and horrible Taxmasters.
16. Tax Resolution Talk, Seattle, WA taxresolutiontalk.com 1,800,000 2,433,848 1,912,968 -The blog you are reading now.
17. Titan Tax Relief, CA x 3,767,000 3,290,548+
COMPANY CLOSED IN 2013 (?)
18. Etaxes.com , CA etaxes.com x 1,155,429 3,539,507--
19. Omni Financial , CO http://www.omni-financial.com/ x 1,722,562 3,902,131-
I don't think Omni has relied on their website for business, but this is a big drop.
20. Ameristar Tax Centers, PA x 11,382,378 4,511,302+
These guys I think have people working from home fielding calls. Well - they're still here. COMPANY CLOSED IN 2013 .
21. United Tax Group, FL x 7,742,061 4,972,228+
A company with an identical name in Cali closed last year, but these guys are growing. COMPANY CLOSED IN 2013 (?)
Honorable mention includes:
2020 Tax or http://www.2020taxresolution.com-- who doesn't rely on their much improved website - they are active at contacting liens - going from 12,337,747 to 5,527,234
Interesting declines include:
Patriot Tax Resolution in CO patriotresolution.com who plummeted to 21,344,500 from 4,073,787
Tax Network USA /CLOSED? --now at 8,785,284 from 4,026,102 CLOSED NOW
ASAP Tax Relief - from 1,314,604 to 9,269,654 -- HOLY COW. CLOSED
Ideal Tax Solutions idealtaxsolution.com -from 1,449,721 6,629,344--WOWZERS. CLOSED?
Precipitous drops like above can't be a good sign. Most companies aren't moving away from the web. In most cases they are moving to the web. AS you would guess: JK Harris , Taxmasters , and Roni Deutch - previously ranked 308,000, 1,195,163, and 400,000 are all NOW CLOSED.
Here are my Alexa rankings from December 2010 -- Alexa Rankings 12/10 and February 2012 -- Alexa Rankings 2/12
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