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>> reporter: he paid deutch's firm a fee of $2,900 and they arranged a payment plan with the irs. $905 a month but upset with those terms, he then called the irs himself. >> to my surprise, it took less than half an hour to set up a payment plan that was actually $200 a month less than what the roni deutch firm set up. >> reporter: but deutch told us what mr. thomas accomplished is rare. he does not reflect what it is like for the average taxpayer who owes the irs and attempts to negotiate on their own behalf. but deutch's firm is being sued by california's attorney general for making exaggera...

a rough winter it is for the nation and now spring is coming with these awful storm systems. >> really tough. >> unbelievable. >> yeah. also ahead in this half hour, japan's new time line to cheap up after of course that nuclear disaster there. it will be many months. extremely frusting news for people who were forced to evacuate their homes in the aftermath of all of that. lightening things up this bit. action-packed thriller featuring a teenaged girl that features abraham lincoln's assassination. a little bit of history in the theater these days. movie picks coming up in insomn...

Singer got a huge tax bill after an irs audit, she thought she knew exactly who to call. >> i'm patrick cox, founder of tax masters. >> reporter: the tv commercials featuring tax masters, founder and ceo, patrick cox, saturate the cable news channels with lots of promises for people having trouble with the irs. >> our former irs agents and tax professionals have helped many good people just like you. >> reporter: but left out by cox is one key fact -- that the company is under active investigation for deceptive practices in at least two states. >> they're making outrageous promises, false prom...

Singer got a huge tax bill after an irs audit, she thought she knew exactly who to call. >> i'm patrick cox, founder of tax masters. >> reporter: the tv commercials featuring tax masters, founder and ceo, patrick cox, saturate the cable news channels with lots of promises for people having trouble with the irs. >> our former irs agents and tax professionals have helped many good people just like you. >> reporter: but left out by cox is one key fact -- that the company is under active investigation for deceptive practices in at least two states. >> they're making outrageous promises, false prom...

we will take you to the first ever reality tv convention. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden, and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," april 13th, 2011. >> good evening. an early happy tax day, everybody. that's sarcasm, of course, because despite the recent efforts of the irs to be more customer friendly, it's hard to fine anyone who really enjoyed their last audit the complications of paying your national dues have spawned a cottage industry of sorts. some make promises, but all too often add another layer of misery. ...