Here's our quarterly roundup of the strength of tax resolution companies on the internet using alexa.com data. The top two: Tax Resolution Services and Joe Mastriano remain intact at the top. However a few new ones have climbed up the ladder like U.S. Tax Shield and yours truly: the Tax Problem Resolution Blog. A few others have dropped off the list (at the very bottom).
Company Location Website Alexa Ranking 12/2010 2/2012 9/2012 12/2012
1. Tax Resolution Services, Encino, CA taxresolution.com 267k 391k 484k 549k
2. Joe Mastriano, CPA, Houston, TX taxproblem.org x 652k 568k 748k
3. US Tax Shield, Encino, CA ustaxshield.com x 1.5mil 1.2mil 1.0mil
4. Freedom Tax Relief, CA OUT OF BUSINESS IN 2018 x 1.2mil 1.7mil 1.2 mil
5. Tax Tiger, Sacramento, CA Tax Tiger www.tax-tiger.com/ x 965k 781k 1.2mil
6. Guardian Tax Resolutions, San Diego, CA guardiantaxresolutions.com x 321k 718k 1.3mil
7. Limon Whitaker, CA limonwhitaker.com COMPANY NOW CLOSED
8. Omni Financial , CO http://www.omni-financial.com/ x 1.7mil 3.9mil 1.4mil
9. TAX PROBLEM RESOLUTION BLOG, Seattle, WA taxresolutiontalk.com 1.8mil 2.4mil 1.9mil 1.5mil The blog you are reading now.
10. Alvin Brown, Washington, DC irstaxattorney.com x 900,984 1.1mil 1.5mil
11. JG Tax Group, FL jgtaxgroup.com x 859k 1.3mil 1.7mil 1.5mil
12. Community Tax Relief, Chicago, IL www.communitytax.com x 529k 1.6mil 1.6mil
(Company relies on mailing largely -- maybe they tailed off a bit in volume).
13. 2020 Tax or http://www.2020taxresolution.com-- who doesn't rely on their much improved website - they are active at contacting liens - going from 12.7mil 5.5mil 1.6mil
14. Tax Defense Network , Jacksonville, Florida Tax Defense Network has five primary websites (and maybe more):
a. taxdefensenetwork.com x 2.7 mil 1.9mil 2.0mil Their homesite.
b. consumertaxreports.org no data Their controversial list and comparison site. Guess who's ranked #1?
c. taxreliefcenter.org 3 mil
d. http://www.taxreliefalternatives.com/ 22 mil.
e. http://www.irs-tax-settlement-hq.com 1.6 mil Their highest traffic settlement site.
Honorable Mention:
15. Mike Habib, EA www.myirstaxrelief.com x 1.2mil 1.9mil 2.1mil
16. Optima Tax Relief , CA optimataxrelief.com NEW COMPANY x x 1.8mil 2.3.mil
(This company has come out of nowhere - will they sustain the gains?).
17. Tax Resolution Institute, CA taxresolutioninstitute.com x 1.0mil 1.7mil 2.5mil
18. Etaxes.com , CA etaxes.com x 1.1mil 2.5mil 2.8mil
The following companies have dropped precipitously in their rankings which means that they are either focused away from the internet or are truly declining:
NFA Tax Help, Houston, TX resolvemytaxes.com x 3.8mil 2.1mil 3.4mil
Titan Tax Relief, CA titantaxrelief.com COMPANY NOW CLOSED
Ameristar Tax Centers, PA ameristartaxcenters.com COMPANY NOW CLOSED
United Tax Group, FL unitedtaxgroup.com x COMPANY NOW CLOSED
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