Client Reviews of Chauncey Watkins

Scammer. Will lie about deductions to get you more money then take more money than he says he’s going to take. Poor communication and people skills

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This man is scamming innocent tax payers of their hard earned money! I have been filing my taxes with this man for 3 years now and thought I could trust this man with all my private information. I sent him everything he needed to start preparing my 2017 return and when he let me know how much I would be getting back and all of the fees (which he estimated around 400ish for me to file) I told him to let me think about it and when I could get to a computer I would sign everything I needed to and get it back to him. Well I call him back a few days later to let him know I found someone cheaper and he tells me he already filed for me and that he thought I said ok as in ok go ahead and file them. I said but what about the forms I needed to sign and he said well it was just the agreement for the office and I still have the one from last year. So, even though I was upset there was nothing I could really do because it was submitted and filed. Again, this was someone I trusted with all me highly important information. He has everything that identifies me. Weeks go by and I know there’s a delay in taxes so I’m not sweating it and patiently waiting but then I see all the people claiming kids getting theirs back and I’m confused because he submitted it early as heck. So I still give it another 3 weeks we’ll after that I’m still pending so, I call the IRS. I find out I’m being audited because my tax preparer “Chauncey Watkins” added a bunch of unessasary credits that didn’t apply to me so my $4000+ dollar refund went down to $2700 and again I’m like ok well it’s better than nothing so I ask when should I receive it and the IRS person tells me if it ain’t in your bank by tomorrow call us back ASAP. So, tomorrow comes around and what do you know, there’s no money deposited. I call the IRS back and they tell me my money was sent to me. $800 of it was sent to a acoount in some bank in Ohio. Mind you, I DONT LIVE IN OH AND NEITHER DOES HE! I get upset immediately and ask well where’s the rest and was told well he took it he has so many fees and associations on here that $800.00 went to him and then the rest went to another bank and they can’t tell me the locations or names over the phone. So, now my taxes are going to really be delayed and now I have to do the most to report this man to get them back! Idk why he would do this knowing we have communicated back and forth via text message so I have all the proof and I DID NOT even physically sign any tax papers. I now have to drag myself up to the IRS to confirm my identity and now flag my social security for identity theft and fraudulent activity. For the rest of my life now I will have to take extra security measures all because a greedy man scammed his customers and the sad part is he did this to more people and the IRS has literally started auditing all his customers. He took $3000 from my sister as well. Now I have no idea when I can expect to revive my return due to this man and I notified him of this and he denied it at first until I told him what the IRS said and then he says “ oh well, it’s too late, there’s nothing they can do now, I have your money”! ?? Did this man really just admitt this over text messages! Thank you Lordy for making this man confess! Karma will get him! PLEASE, DO NOT EVEN CONSIDER THIS MAN OR HIS COMPANY, THEY ARE SCAMMING THEIR CUSTOMERS AND SENDING RETURNS TO OTHER ACCOUNTS OF THEIR OWN. This is our hard earned money we worked for and they’re acting as someone here to help you and telling you one thing but doing another and then stilling all your money and causing issues with the IRS. The IRS is aware of this issue and taking further investigation measures, but if you had your taxes done with him or his company, please check with the IRS to see if you were a victim of any of his scams, even if you got a return check to see if you got the amount you were supposed. If you have been audited, this is why! Your tax refund will change and then he probably has it set up t

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