SALT LAKE CITY — The action of a skeptical Utah woman has led the state of Utah to slap a fine totaling tens of thousands of dollars against a tax debt relief company.
She’s behind on her taxes and received several official-looking flyers in the mail telling her she can settle that debt for pennies on the dollar. However, rather than calling the toll-free numbers printed on those flyers, she contacted the Utah Division of Consumer Protection.
“They did the exact right thing,” said Katie Hass, director of the Consumer Protection division of that caller.
Hass is troubled that, at first glance, the flyers the woman received look very similar to IRS tax forms.
“It did have the hallmarks of that,” said…