Phone call solicitations to tax folks

[taxea]

whether we think of ourselves in those terms or not.

As such, the "do not call" register protection does not apply to us.

Even for private residence numbers, there is no protection, as there has not been any
money appropriated for enforcement.

Any of you get any good results when reporting these nuisance-makers to the authorities?
Do you even know where to go to get enforcement?

1. they are not supposed to call business offices
2. I disagree that the do not call list does not protect us
3. You report them to FTC and/or Secret Service
4. If you have ever, in your life, donated anything charities are exempt from the do not call list and just as a warning there is one out there that claims they have no way of taking you off the list if you request it because, they claim, that each office is totally separate......and this is a well-known national or international charity! I definately will never donate to them again and I am still waiting for them to delete me as I only donated one item to one location on one occurance 15 years ago and still can't get them to stop calling me.

I have had great results registering all of my phone numbers with the do not call list....and if you get a call you should tell them to take you off of their "in-house" list.

[DaveO]

I have filed complaints with the FTC with limited luck. Not much can be done about the office calls since we are a business. However at home I have a couple of methods that have worked quite well.

If it is a female caller I let her complete he opening speal and in my best pervert voice I ask, "So what are you wearing?"

If the first option didn't stop them or I have warned them previously I go to plan "B". I have my old referee whistle by the phone and once they pause I give them a blast on it. Very few call back for a second time.

[erchess]

I do not know where to report calls in violation of the do not call rules. I also do not know where to report spam emails which are a much bigger problem for me.

[Golden Rocket]

We are a commercial enterprises

whether we think of ourselves in those terms or not.

As such, the "do not call" register protection does not apply to us.

Even for private residence numbers, there is no protection, as there has not been any
money appropriated for enforcement.

Any of you get any good results when reporting these nuisance-makers to the authorities?
Do you even know where to go to get enforcement?

[erchess]

The law that requires the IRS to give out our info is the Freedom of Information Act. If our professional organizations made doing so enough of a priority the Act could be amended to say that Tax Professionals may restrict who can get their info from the IRS. Of course if not every tom **** and harry can get our info then it might not be possible for clients checking us out to verify that we have whatever credentials we say we do. So I am not sure there is a perfect solution.

[Jiggers]

Caller ID.

If I don't recognize the name or number, I just don't answer.

[FEDUKE404]

Today I received yet another "we want to sell you something" telephone call from a tax-related business.

I had never dealt with this firm in any way, so it was a cold (unsolicited) call. When I reminded the caller I am on the nationwide "do not call" list, her (standard) comment was "We were not aware of that...."

Since we have to provide an accurate business address, telephone number, and email address to the IRS.....and now the IRS "sells" that (PTIN?) information to vendors (how many emails have you received? ) I am not sure there is a lot we can do as tax professionals to avoid this nuisance.

Any suggestions?

FE