Federal Trade Commission v. American Tax Service, LLC, et al.

The Receiver will be setting up appointments with employees in December in Las Vegas and Los Angeles so that employees can retrieve personal belongings. Dates and times will be posted once determined. Employees are encouraged to subscribe to the case and provide their contact information.

The court has entered the Preliminary Injunction Order with an asset freeze, and other relief. The Receivership is now permanent, and the business operations of American Tax Service LLC, American Tax Solutions, American Tax Solutions LLC, ATS Tax Group LLC, Elite Sales Solutions also d/b/a American Tax Service, GetaTaxLawyer.com LLC, TNT Holdings Group LLC, TNT Services Group LLC, and TNT Tax Associates Inc. (the “Defendants”) are permanently shut down.

The Receivership is still temporary pending a ruling from the court on the preliminary injunction. If the judge issues the preliminary injunction this means that the Receivership is permanent and the company will be shut down. We expect a ruling from the court in the near future. The Receiver will post new information as it becomes available.

The Receiver has learned that customers of American Tax Service and its affiliates (collectively, “ATS”) may recently have received solicitations from persons allegedly working to facilitate “refunds” or other reimbursements for funds paid to ATS, in exchange for a fee.  Please note that neither the Receiver nor the plaintiff Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) asks affected consumers to pay in exchange for a refund, reimbursement, or distribution on an allowed claim.  ATS’s assets are frozen in accordance with the court order presently governing the receivership, and the Receiver has not authorized any third party to work on his behalf to solicit payments from customers in exchange for a promised refund.  Accordingly, the Receiver encourages any customer receiving a solicitation or notice from any person other than the Receiver or the FTC to view such communications with skepticism and suspicion, as they may represent an effort to victimize affected customers.

The court’s ruling on the preliminary injunction has been continued pending additional briefing by the parties. The Temporary Restraining Order remains in place.

The Hearing on the Order to Show Cause Why a Preliminary Injunction Should Not Issue has been continued to Monday, October 27, at 9:00 a.m.