# Tax attorneys who promise IRS debt relief of "pennies on the dollar" ... how?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-attorneys-who-promise-irs-debt-relief-of-pennies-on-the-dollar-how/297407
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [April 2, 2005, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-attorneys-who-promise-irs-debt-relief-of-pennies-on-the-dollar-how/297407 "2005-04-02T16:07:26Z")
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### Author:  [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2005, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-attorneys-who-promise-irs-debt-relief-of-pennies-on-the-dollar-how/297407/21 "2005-04-09T01:02:15Z")
What typos?
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### Author:  [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2005, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-attorneys-who-promise-irs-debt-relief-of-pennies-on-the-dollar-how/297407/22 "2005-04-09T15:49:28Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#):
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> You see a few lawyer advertisements here in Canada that advertise “tax amnesty” for evaders who come clean. Revenue Canada denies there is any such thing as “tax amnesty”. Penalties on unpaid taxes can be very strict, 50-200%, and I think the “amnesty” in Canada is on the penalties, not the principal.
It’s called the [Voluntary Disclosures Program](http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/agency/fairness/vdp-e.html)
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### Author:  [@Ooner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ooner)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2005, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-attorneys-who-promise-irs-debt-relief-of-pennies-on-the-dollar-how/297407/23 "2005-04-09T18:24:45Z")
Wow, I had NO idea Ronnie Deutch was nationwide, I always laughed at the commercials as cheap local ones. Maybe they made them look that way on purpose.
Ronnie: “I’ve settled tax debts for 20 dollars!”
Client: “Ronnie settled my tax debt for 20 dollars!”
Me: “Is there an echo in here?”
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### Author:  [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2005, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-attorneys-who-promise-irs-debt-relief-of-pennies-on-the-dollar-how/297407/24 "2005-04-10T00:33:20Z")
**Ooner** Nope they are national; as is JK Harris. My dad made a commercial recently that aired throughout a few parts of CA and I made darn sure it wasn’t as lame as all those big ones are. Ick!
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