The former owner of a popular tax law practice that was shut down under pressure from the California Attorney General has been hit with a $183,000 tax lien by the Internal Revenue Service.
Roni Deutch
“Tax Lady” Roni Deutch had heavily advertised her services for helping taxpayers resolve their tax problems with the IRS. The firm earned about $25 million annually, and Deutch claimed it was the largest tax resolution firm of its kind in the country. However, the California Attorney General charged her last August with swindling thousands of her clients out of millions of dollars and filed a $34 million lawsuit against her (see California AG Sues ‘Tax Lady’ Roni Deutch for $34M).
A California judge froze her assets in April after the attorney general accused her of shredding millions of documents pertaining to the case. Deutch shut down the firm last month, claiming she was broke, and surrendered her legal license (see ‘Tax Lady’ Roni Deutch Closes Firm amid Allegations).
Last month, the IRS filed a tax lien against her for $183,000. She has also been accused by the attorney general of violating a court order by using a call center to route calls from her old offices to her brother’s tax resolution business and other tax resolution businesses owned by former employees, according to the Sacramento Bee.
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Its all true- Roni Deutch law firm has been transformed into the 'Juceam Group' with Deutchs 'brothers' now running the show. It is fabulous to see you verbalize from the heart and your clarity on this significant subject can be easily seen. Fantastic post and will look forward to your incoming update.
Posted by: kristamlin | October 14, 2011 5:21 AM
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hey I heard that Deutch announced last week that she has closed her firm and surrendered her law license to the California State Bar. Is it true? What was the exact reason for this? Its sad to heard this. She was doing such a great job.. Hope she;ll be back very soon. fulfillment companies
Posted by: janinapujol | August 23, 2011 1:18 AM
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Maybe, the franchisees can switch to H&R Block. If the franchisor is out of business, there would be no one to enforce the covenant against competition.
Posted by: Unknown | June 7, 2011 7:50 PM
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I just love it when a story has a happy ending. Too bad though that so many fell for her line of crap.
The IRS may be slow in obtaining enough info to close them down and send them off to the pokey, but it looks like they eventually get their man, err woman, or whatever....
Posted by: topbeancounter | June 7, 2011 5:47 PM
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Does anyone know how this will impact the Roni Deutch Tax Center franchise business? The RDTC website lists 50+ tax preparation offices in a number of states.
Posted by: peoplestax | June 6, 2011 11:27 AM
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