Consumer Alert! Arvitas, LLC is a private company sending e-mails to businesses in Florida offering to file annual reports. ARVITAS IS NOT AN AGENT OR REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF STATE, DIVISION OF CORPORATIONS. Arvitas is acting on its own to solicit business for its own company. It is offering to file annual reports for business entities in Florida at an inflated fee. They do not offer any additional service that what is available to the public on sunbiz.org The attorney General's Office, on behalf of the Department of State, is currently pursuing legal action against Arvitas.
* The above information was taken directly form the Florida Department of State Division of Corporations* www.sunbiz.org
Consumer Alert! Please be aware that COMPLIANCE SERVICE (not to be confused with the Florida corporation, Compliance Services, Inc.) is mailing notices to business entities requesting that "Annual Minutes" and a fee of $125.00 be sent to them for filing. These notices are NOT from the Department of State, Division of Corporations. "Annual Minutes" are NOT required to be filed with any agency. They are to be kept by the business entity itself. DO NOT confuse these notices with the messages sent by the Division of Corporations reminding each business entity to file its 2011 Annual Report.
* The above information was taken directly form the Florida Department of State Division of Corporations* www.sunbiz.org
Consumer Alert! On Identity Theft
For more information please use the following link http://www.irs.gov/faqs/faq/0,,id=199590,00.html
The IRS has security measures in place to verify the accuracy of tax returns and the validity of social security numbers submitted.
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If you receive a notice from the IRS that leads you to believe someone may have used your social security number fraudulently, please notify the IRS immediately by responding to the name and number printed on the notice or letter.
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You can contact the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Identity Theft Hotline toll-free at 877-438-4338 if you suspect someone else is using your social security number, or to secure information on how to prevent identity theft.
If you are an actual or potential victim of identity theft and would like the IRS to mark your account to identify any questionable activity, please complete Form 14039, Identify Theft Affidavit available on irs.gov
