Get justice here if you have been scammed by Ron Strawn

We are hoping that this site will help all the victims who have been scammed by Ron Strawn through his tax preparation companies - Columbia Financial & Tax, So Coast Business & Tax, Summit Tax, Summit Research of CA, High Peak Technology, and many more through the years, to find some solution to the mess and financial straits they find themselves in.

If you have been scammed by Strawn or his companies and would like to get resources and help with your audit, other clients who have been scammed and past employees are willing to help and speak out. Please leave us a comment or message us.

Ronald Vernon Strawn aka Ron Strawn claims to be a former tax lawyer of the state of Arizona who has worked with the IRS and done many great things in his life. His claims are questionable as each time he tells his life story, more claims get made, more things get added on, and information he gave in a prior version changes. Whether he has ever passed the Bar in the state of AZ is also questionable. Past employees hold he has never passed, and state records show he has been asked to cease and desist from claiming he is an attorney and working under such fraudulent claims. Strawn was convicted of tax fraud in a 2007/2008 proceeding in the state of Arizona and is currently on probation for this conviction. His case file is public information and can be obtained through the clerk of court of Arizona. He is not allowed to have any involvement in tax work directly or indirectly but is running two companies preparing taxes and works with taxes on a day to day basis.

Rather then telling the truth about his situation, Strawn claims that it is because of his being audited for not having filed his own return that he is being prohibited by the IRS to prepare tax returns until it is complete, however he can give training and management advice for the companies. Strawn's probation officer has confirmed this is not allowed.

Strawn's company works on the basis that anyone can "buy in" to a membership with his LLC companies, the current one being Feather Bay Ventures, LLC - a NV company - and take it's losses, carry them forward and apply them onto his/her tax return to acquire a large refund. This concept only works well with people who make a substantial income and have to pay in a lot of taxes. Strawn "plugs in" numbers as a "distribution" to get a desirable refund, about 75% of what was paid in and then charges his clients 8% of whatever they are getting back. According to taxation rules, simply plugging in numbers and charging by percentage is illegal.

The result is that within a year or two, these clients who paid a nice lump amount and got a nice sizable refund suddenly get audited with very large assessments that include penalties and interests. Strawn sends out newsletters with "FAQs" to quell the climbing fears of his clients when they are told by auditors that what was done is illegal. He then proceeds to claim that he willl give them 100% audit assistance. Rather than doing so, Strawn will file his company into defunct mode and open a new LLC or corporation company and claim that the new company is not liable for any gurrantees made by the old company as it was a "different company" and an additional fee of $1500 or more will be charged for audit representation. Clients will be told that this is a "favor" being done for them rather than being left high and dry. Clients, scared and at a loss for what to do, have no choice but to pay the fee. They are then given the run-around. All the while each time they call in, they are greeted by a new staff person. The old staff has disappeared, replaced by new staff, and the story is that the old staff made mistakes and things were done wrong, blame laid, and that the new staff is here to "clean up". New fees are asked for, and a different story told.

If this sounds like your story, please contact us or leave a comment with what you have tried and what worked for you. Clients may come here to give advice and help each other. We know that many of you are being audited and have been assessed tens of thousands of dollars. Let's help each other through this and bring this man to con-artist to justice!

Strawn's current companies are:

Columbia Financial & Tax
9901 NE 7th Ave, Suite C120
Vancouver, WA 98685
360-314-6274
360-314-6470

South Coast Financial and Tax Services, Inc.
So Coast Business & Tax Services, Inc.
4500 Campus Drive, Suite 608
Newport Beach, CA 92660

Summit Tax Research Inc - there is no physical office for this company, it is a ghost company
5940 South Rainbow Blvd, Ste 100
Las Vegas, NV

Strawn also claims there is a Seattle office, that is also untrue. There is a space rented, but no one there.