Jan oh Jan, you silly lady. We think you are a dispicable person with no boundrys. Pitty your life is so 'meaningless' that you push the small business's for money which we do not need to pay and make it sound like its urgent urgent urgent.

Get a life!

(07) 5503 4388, ATR big pressure to pay bill for evaluation report sent out which I apparently did not return on time. This is a scam

I hope no one is actually paying money to this scam "ATR Conmpany"! They are according to Consumer Affairs in breach seection 82 Australian consumer act which is Federal law.

I too have experienced the Australian Taxation Reporter’s Scam.
I have made enquiries with the ACCC and the Qld Office of Fair trading to which they have both explained that they have breached several criteria of the act regarding unsolicited agreements.
You cannot make a verbal agreement so therefore their phoney 16 days cooling off period can’t be enforced.
I would encourage as many people as possible to contact the ACCC and Office of Fair Trading as my one complaint would go a lot further with many more stories.
I have also submitted a story on A Current Affairs website and ask that you also do the same for the same reason.
Let’s band together and stamp these Cons out, so nobody else has to go through this and nobody has to lose any money.

re: (07) 5503 4389

Hello everyone.

I've had a couple of uncomfortable calls from our mutual friend "Jan" now.

ATR cold-called us in the week leading up to Christmas 2011 (offering their stuff which we didn't want but I begrudgingly agreed to have them send me) , and this 16 day "cooling off" period conveniently fell on all the usual out-of-office Christmas breaks, so as you can imagine the envelope was left unopened until "real" work resumed a week or two into January.

To my surprise I'm now apparently now obligated to pay out for a 12 month subscription to their cheaply made, ugly information magazines about extremely detailed Tax info that is - while no doubt useful to some - is for the most part completely over the top and irrelevant to my simple home business.

I've been spun the slightly threatening line about the hundreds of constant changes to the tax/GST system and that if I get caught out, the ATO is on the lookout for "small businesses just like mine" and fining them hundreds of thousands of dollars as we speak.

"Jan" has played me quite well and she has me very anxious that we now owe them all this money for a 12-month subscription to what is effectively information, and I'm outraged that they couple operate this way.

I cannot in a million years imagine running my business and lampooning "customers" this way.

Of course it's all apparently "tax deductible" so hey, it's free money right & everybody wins, right? (translations: "Jan" gets paid).

This is not to mention the additional offer of "discounted" advisory services that, as a subscriber, I'm apparently entitled to. Apparently I can save hundreds of dollars if I pay for these extra services NOW. 'cos y'know, I'd hate to miss out on this "limited offer".

Does anyone have any stories of successfully getting Jan/ATR off their back? I just want this "Jan" (07) 5503 4389 to leave me alone.

I'm honestly busy enough as it is and I didn't ask for any of this.