Better Business Services, Inc., also referred to as BBS Inc, was incorporated in San Antonio, Texas, on November 11th, 1983, and was authorised under Texas Charter number 67876000 to carry out defined business activities in Texas including those carried out in a certified public accountancy practice (tax returns, bookkeeping, payroll etc). Its federal tax identification number, or Employer ID Number (EIN) is 742579109. BBS Inc. has no accreditation with the Better Business Bureau. BBS Inc. has business links to the hardcore porn industry ‘down under’ in New Zealand establishing a clear link between NZ-based pornographer and banned company director Stephen (Steve) Peter Crow and US-based businessman and company director John Malcolm Carr, known as John M Carr CPA.
The companies schematic diagram below, updated on 25 June 2010, is based on one taken from the Society’s December 2009 Newsletter (latest high definition version is available here n PDF format).
Source: https://www.spcs.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/newsletters/SPCSNewsletterDec2009.pdf
On 6th September 1984 under charter number P03291 it was authorised to do similar business in Florida. BBS Inc. and is recorded in state records as operated by John Malcolm Carr CPA, a San Antonio Texas-based businessman who is listed as its director, president and registered agent, of 22588 Scenic Loop Rd, San Antonio, TX 78255.
See: US-based critic of economy [John M Carr CPA] has lots more to say
Photo of John M Carr: http://www.carr.co.nz/images/jmc.jpg
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=154653
The website for BBS Inc., a corporation located at PO Box 780637, San Antonio TX 78278-0637; has a New Zealand registered domain name – bbs.co.nz – and its registrant is recorded on the NZ Domain Name Commission website as “Better Business Services Inc., PO Box 28684 Remuera, Auckland.” It was first registered on 18 April 1997 (see www.dnc.org.nz) with the NZ Domain Name Commission.
The same website for BBS Inc. can also be accessed via a US registered domain name – bbstax.com. Its registrant is recorded as “Better Business Services, Inc. P.O. Box 780637 San Antonio TX 78278-0637”. This domain name was first registered on 11 May 1999 (two years after bbs.co.nz was registered).
The domain names bbs.co.nz and bbstax.com are hosted at the I.P. address 184.172.4.10
The website www.bbstax.com has links to www.taxlogic.com and www.psspayroll.com (Payroll Services Inc., owned and directed by John M Carr). TaxLogic is a wholly owned subsidiary of Better Business Services Inc. and the former is linked to the defunct charity website www.bbscharities.org (see below). The domain name taxlogic.com is hosted at the IP address 72.5.31.70
Mr John M Carr CPA has been claiming for some years that two certified public accountants have been assisting him on his ‘tax preparation “team” by displaying their photos on his taxlogic website.
See website links:
http://web.archive.org/web/19970116010931/http://www.taxlogic.com/t2bin/page/+/team.html
16 January 1997 John M Carr CPA Steven Bankler CPA
http://web.archive.org/web/20101202045438/http://taxlogic.com/t14bin/page/+/team.html
John M Carr CPA Steven Bankler CPA Charlotte A Gurley CPA 2 Dec 2010
http://web.archive.org/web/20110107192942/http://taxlogic.com/t15bin/page/+/team.html
John M Carr CPA Steven Bankler CPA Charlotte A Gurley CPA Jan 7, 2011
http://web.archive.org/web/20110521041046/http://taxlogic.com/t15bin/page/+/team.html
21 May 2011 John M Carr CPA (two CPAs noted above removed)
John M Carr CPA, as well as being sole director of a number of US -registered corporations, is sole director of a number of New Zealand registered companies, including the hardcore porn companies CVC Group Ltd and Eden Digital Ltd (both formerly directed by pornographer Steve Crow – banned as a director for four years effective 18 April 2010). Eden Digital sources the bulk of its hardcore porn DVDs from the US where Carr resides and where BBS Inc, has its global headquarters.
A significant number of the DVDs imported by Eden Digital from the US have been banned by the NZ Chief Censor’s office because they have been deemed to contain “objectionable” content that “degrades, dehumanises and demeans women”.
BBS Inc. appears on the surface to be strictly limited to operating out of Texas and Florida and yet it seems to have international links to a host of hardcore porn and “adult only” businesses with strong links ‘down-under’ to New Zealand, where Carr says on the website that he grew up in. The Florida registered entity is classified as a “Foreign for Profit” corporation while the Texas registered entity is a “Domestic for Profit” corporation.
The BBS Inc. website states that the corporation “was a pioneer in the electronic filing of income tax returns and federal employment reports. The company has been recognized for a number of years as the first filer in the region to transmit accepted returns to the IRS service center.”
If a Texas or Florida resident managed to somehow locate the infrequently visited, obscure (let’s be frank) and historic website bbs.co.nz – registered ‘down-under’ in NZ in 1997; they just might also find the following statement relating to the business activities of BBS Inc.
“Concentrating on bookkeeping, tax preparation and payroll processing in Texas and Florida, the company developed a strong reputation as a proven provider of tax and bookkeeping advice for small businesses. Better Business Services Inc offers extensive tax preparation and financial planning assistance to a wide cross section of businesses…. The forty-nine employees in the company have been key to the success of the company.”
(See: http://www.bbs.co.nz/profile.htm#owner).
Why have the architects of this out-of-date website (most recent Copyright Notice dated 2006), failed to update any detail about its operations or the activities of its owner and principal, in over four years, and yet it presents itself as seriously seeking US clients?
Claiming two offices in Texas (San Antonio, Amarillo) and five in Florida (Orlando, Pensacola, Lakeland, Sarasota, Deltona) it is a curious marketing fact that nothing more than a skeleton staff is presented on the website when there were supposedly 45 employees in the corporation when the website was first published. For most no photos of employees or office premises are available (compare this to your average 21st century business website).
The NZ registered website bbs.co.nz links to “Online Tax Preparation Service” (www.Taxlogic.com) and “Payroll Solution Services Ltd” (www.psspayroll.com). Only a small number of New Zealanders would be interested in such services involving filing tax returns for the US IRS etc.
Better Business Services, Inc. is the legal owner (registrant) of a number of domain names besides bbs.co.nz, including those of at least four hardcore porn websites (we choose not to disclose details for obvious reasons but have disclosed these details to NZ enforcement agencies). It owns the domain name Aspen47.com hosted at the IP address 184.172.4.10 and the website www.Aspen47.com markets a 650 sq ft rental condo in the state of Colorado (see below).
James A. Francesco, of San Antonio Texas, who owns 10% of the shares of IP Investors Ltd, a company directed by John M Carr and John Commins (IP Investors owns the domain name wine.co.nz hosted at IP address 184.172.4.10). Francesco is listed as administrative and technical contact for all the porn websites. He is also an employee of BBS Inc, based in its San Antonio Texas Office.
Bbs Charities, Inc [ EIN 742579109]
Mixing porn with a defunct charity(?)
As well as owning the domain names of a number of hardcore porn sites, BBS Inc. owns the domain name bbscharities.org owned by the apparently defunct charity Bbs Charities, Inc.
The charity’s most recent 990 Tax Return filed with the National Center for Charitable Statistics is for the fiscal year ended 31/12/2005. It shows total revenue from “Direct public support” of $660; net assets of $567, total expenditure of $93 (licences $50 and supplies $43); total liabilities of $333. Charitable grants or donations are recorded as $0.
See: http://dynamodata.fdncenter.org/990_pdf_archive/742/742579109/742579109_200512_990.pdf
The charity’s 990 Tax Return for fiscal year ending 31/12/12 records that the charity had zero assets and received zero revenue and made no grants. It has been effectively defunct since the end of 2005.
In a statement on the website entitled “About the President”, dated “January 2006, President Angelika G Carr states:
” From December 1st 2005 all donations to BBS Charities Inc. will be earmarked for Crosswinds Arts and Science School”.
This is school her son Alexander G. Carr was attending at the time. This retrospective declaration comes AFTER the close of the 2005 financial year on 31/12/05. The accounts for the 2005 year show no grants or donations from the charity!
http://dynamodata.fdncenter.org/990_pdf_archive/742/742579109/742579109_200512_990.pdf
John M Carr, the president of BBS Charities, Inc. in 2004, states that the charity’s primary purpose providing it with a basis for tax exempt status, is “Assistance to inner city youth” (2004 & 2005 Form 990).
John Malcolm Carr is listed as the president and treasurer of this charity in 2004 and 2005. He and Angelika and James Francesco are listed in Texas state records as officials of the charity.
On the business touting website John M Carr’s company TaxLogic-Bbbs owns – he offers a whopping 100% tax deduction to all those who donate to Bbs Charities, Inc. through his website. The “charity” has a defunct website: see www.bbscharities.org and yet “charity” donations are solicited via TaxLogic.
See https://www.taxlogic.com/charities/donate.html
Nothing on the now defunct BBS Charities website or on those parading the operations of BBS, Inc,. has been updated for about five years. Mr Carr’s flagship website http://www.johnmcarr.com has not been updated for over six years
See: http://www.bbscharities.org/agc_about.pdf
Bbs Charities Inc. website as at: 25 June 2011
https://web.archive.org/web/20110625062642/http://bbscharities.org/
See: http://web.archive.org/web/20110625062642/http://bbscharities.org/
The most recent 990 Tax Return available on the charity’s own website on 25/06/11 was for the year 2005. [It has since been removed]. Filed late on 19 September 2006, it records (as noted above) – the total direct public support for the charity to be $660. Net assets are $567 and total liabilities $333 (comprising $293 owed to Angelika G. Carr and $40 to John M Carr).
It can still be accessed here:
http://dynamodata.fdncenter.org/990_pdf_archive/742/742579109/742579109_200512_990.pdf
Note how it has been now deleted from internet archives:
See: https://web.archive.org/web/20110625062642/http://bbscharities.org/
Classified “T30” by the IRS, the legal basis of this charity is supposed to be based on its “philanthrophy, voluntarism and grant making”. As noted above the 2009 fiscal year return, its most recent, indicates that the charity has little if any legal basis for its continued existence.
Gun Dealing. www.50calguns.com
See: http://web.archive.org/web/20110129060526/http://50calguns.com/
Website as at: 29 January 2011
Better Business Services, Inc. owns the domain name for a gun dealing operation: 50calguns.com. Acording to his website JohnMCarr.com, on March 30th 2003, John M Carr became an ATF Class III Federal Fire Arms License holder. The website www.50calguns.com markets yet another corporation he owns and directs – Carr Business Services, Inc. located at PO Box 780637, San Antonio, Tx 78278-0637. It is through this vehicle that he markets and sells guns for it describes him as an “Authorized Federal Firearms Licensed Dealer: Class III Firearms Dealer.”
It is noteworthy that Carr Business Services, Inc. is “Not in Good Standing” with Texas state authorities over Franchise Tax. Clearly there appears to be a serious tax issue here (?)
The broad scope of the business connections of Better Business Services Inc. is truly breathtaking: – Charity and the offer of “tax relief” via charity donations (bbscharities.org), sexual needs ‘relief’ (lust) via hardcore porn and “live” webcam websites, aggression relief via gun-dealing, and mundane tax and bookeeping services and many more.
It would appear that among the many hardcore porn industry connections linking New Zealand and the US, is the complex web of companies involving company director John Malcolm Carr who has close links with New Zealand through his property development companies, family connections and upbringing.
John Carr’s long-standing connection with the now banned company director – “NZ Porn King” Stephen (Steve) Peter Crow – appears to be as important as ever to the survival of his business empire ‘down-under’ , as it us to that of Mr Crow’s. A sex website featuring live web-cams with a NZ registered domain name is linked directly to a website of the same name featuring the same content – which has a US-registered domain name owned by Mr John Malcolm Carr’s company “Better Business Services, Inc”.
Notes:
Better Business Services, Inc.
File No. 0067876000
SOS Reg. Date: Nov. 7, 1983
Tax Payer No, 17422888796
Better Business Services, Inc. is owner of the domain name Aspen47.com which is hosted at the I.P. address 184.172.4.10 The following domain names, all linked to John M Carr’s businesses are hosted at the same I.P. address: Bbstax.com pacificalpacas.com johnmcarr.com carrtalks.com trampersfriend.com and bbs.co.nz
The website www.Aspen47.com is used to market a 650 sq ft rental condo located at 8047 Panadero Ave, Cond07, Cuchara CO81099 and its agent, presumably John M Car, can be contacted at: john@aspen47.com
This address is used as the primary business location for My-Ministorage.com, Inc
Carr Business Services, Inc.
File No. 0105380900
SOS Reg. Date Jan. 27, 1988.
Tax Payer No. 17424474637
Source: https://ourcpa.cpa.state.tx.us
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