STATISTICS:
It is always difficult and stressful to find reliable provider of any service over the Internet. PROTAX REFUND was created to help many frustrated clients, who were not able to file a tax return, filed incorrectly, received low or no refund. Many of them applied either themselves or using some paid preparer and were not satisfied with the final amount of refund they received or NO communication from side of the paid provider. PROTAX REFUND tries to be fully transparent giving its clients chance to ONLINE track their refund checks. All refund checks are submitted straight onto client´s address or bank account. Here are some statistical data that may give you a better view on the level of our services.
PROTAXREFUND CLIENTS WHO RECEIVED FULL REFUND (100 % TAXES BACK)
For last finished tax year 2008 (tax refund claims filed in 2009) PROTAX REFUND has managed to refund back either all or guaranteed amount of taxes withheld to 97 % of its clients. Some clients didn´t provide complete list of required documents, some documents were lost in mail or are still being processed by responble US tax authorities.
AVERAGE AND MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF TAX REFUND
You should consider these values as approximated! Average refund amount hasn´t shown big changes from 2001. In other words, on average, PROTAX REFUND clients reach every year same level of gross earnings and same amount of tax withholdings. Tax refund amount doesn´t only depend on gross earnings but on amount of taxes withheld but also on different level of taxation in each US state, type of a visa, length of stay in USA or country of origin of each client. Maximum amount PROTAX REFUND refunded in 2008 shows client with really high gross earnings. Only few clients each year reach such amount of tax refund!
Average refund amount for year 2008 and Work and Travel USA
program – 913 USD
Maximum refund amount for year 2008 and Work and Travel USA
program – 2357 USD
MOST FREQUENT PROBLEMS:
PROTAX REFUND data show that approximately 5–7% of all refund checks are returned back as undeliverable mostly with incomplete or wrong address. PROTAX REFUND can assist in case your refund check was lost and ask for a reprint of the check but this will delay the refund process. To avoid these problems clients should provide PROTAX REFUND with valid mailing address and all documents while submiting their ONLINE claim. To minimize the problem named above PROTAX REFUND offers its clients an option to ask for a Direct Deposit in any U.S. or foreign bank. Direct deposits should avoid such problem:
Listed here are most frequent problems:
- incorrect mailing address of a client – please make sure you send us proper format of your address
- missing W-2 forms – you have to attach W-2s from all employers you worked for. In case of missing W-2 form attach at least last paycheck for the given employer
- missing or wrong Social Security Number – if possible attach a scan of SSN card with your signature when filling out ONLINE REGISTRATION, missing SSN card can delay processing of your refund
- incomplete data or incomplete gross earnings information – you MUST show all your earnings even if no taxes were withheld. Also please try to scan all documents in a printable quality.
The graph below shows values for tax refunds for year 2006 (applications received in 2007)
data collected in other year are very similar
Graph of tax returns:
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