Website Terms of Use

General Terms and Conditions

In consideration of use of the Site, you agree to (a) provide true, accurate, current, and complete information about yourself as prompted by any registration page; and (b) maintain and promptly update such information to keep it true, accurate, current, and complete. If any information provided by you is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete, Meta Tax has the right to terminate any account you create and refuse any and all current or future use of the Site. You agree not to resell, rent, copy, or transfer content of or access to the Site, or to attempt to do so.

Access, Equipment & Security

You acknowledge and agree that you must: (a) provide for your own access to the World Wide Web and the Site, and pay any internet service provider fees associated with such access; and (b) provide all equipment necessary for you to make such connection to the Web and to the Site, including a computer and modem or other access device. You also agree to keep your computer and all operating systems and other software updated, including all software and security updates.

Disclaimer of Warranties

By using the Site, including any applets, widgets, web applications, or other software (except Meta Tax Online, Meta Tax Desktop, and other Meta Tax product/service offerings which are governed by other terms or agreements), and content contained therein, you agree that use of the Site is entirely at your own risk. The Site is provided “as is,” without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including without limitation, any warranty for information, data, services, uninterrupted access, or products provided through or in connection with the Site. Specifically, Meta Tax disclaims any and all warranties, including, but not limited to: (1) any warranties concerning the availability, accuracy, usefulness, or content of the Site, its information, products, or services and (2) any warranties of title, non‑infringement, merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose. This disclaimer of liability applies to any damages or injury caused by any failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus, communication line failure, theft or destruction, or unauthorized access to, alteration of, or use of record, whether for breach of contract, tortious behavior, negligence, or under any other cause of action.

Limitation of Liability

Neither Meta Tax nor any of its employees, agents, successors, assigns, affiliates, website co‑branding providers, or content or service providers shall be liable to you or any other third party for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages arising out of use of the Site or its content, inability to gain access to or use the Site, or out of any breach of any warranty. Because some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, the above limitation may not apply to you. In such states, the respective liability of Meta Tax and the foregoing parties is limited to the greatest extent permitted by such state law.

Intellectual Property

Meta Tax is the owner and/or authorized user/licensee of all trademarks, registered trademarks, and/or service marks appearing on this Website and is the copyright owner or licensee of content and/or information on this Website including but not limited to any screens appearing at the Site.

You may not download and/or save a copy of any of the screens or content except as otherwise provided in these Terms. However, you may print a copy of the information on this Site for your personal use or records. Unauthorized use may violate copyright or other laws and may subject you to penalties. Meta Tax does not grant any license or other authorization to use its trademarks, registered trademarks, service marks, copyrights, content, patents, or other intellectual property by placing them on this Website.

Changes to the Site; Third‑Party Links

Meta Tax reserves the right to change any information on this Website including, without limitation, revising and/or deleting products, services, content, offers, pricing, features, or other information without prior notice. Clicking on certain links within this Website might take you to other Meta Tax or affiliated websites, or to third‑party websites for which Meta Tax assumes no responsibility. The content presented at this Site may vary depending upon your browser limitations.

User Conduct

While using the Site, you may not:

1. Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Site; or
2. Post or transmit any unlawful, fraudulent, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, profane, threatening, abusive, hateful, offensive, or otherwise objectionable information of any kind, including without limitation any transmissions constituting or encouraging conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any local, state, national, or foreign law, including without limitation U.S. export control laws and regulations; or
3. Post or transmit any advertisements, solicitations, chain letters, pyramid schemes, investment opportunities or schemes, or other unsolicited commercial communication (except as otherwise expressly permitted by Meta Tax) or engage in spamming or flooding; or
4. Post or transmit any information or software which contains a virus, trojan horse, worm, or other harmful component; or
5. Post, publish, transmit, reproduce, distribute, or in any way exploit any information, software, or other material obtained through the Site for commercial purposes (other than as expressly permitted by the provider of such materials); or
6. Upload, post, publish, transmit, reproduce, or distribute in any way information, software, or other material obtained through the Site which is protected by copyright or other proprietary right, or derivative works with respect thereto, without obtaining permission of the copyright owner or right holder; or
7. Upload, post, publish, reproduce, transmit, or distribute in any way any component of the Site itself or derivative works with respect thereto, as the Site is copyrighted as a collective work under U.S. copyright laws.

Your Content & License to Meta Tax

You are solely responsible for anything you write, submit, receive, share, store, or otherwise input into the Site (collectively, your “Content”). Content includes, without limitation, data, information, materials, text, graphics, images, audio, or video that are uploaded, transmitted, posted, generated, stored, or otherwise made available through the Site. You have no obligation to provide any Content to the Site, and you are free to choose the Content you provide. You acknowledge certain functionality in the Site may be dependent on the provision of Content and may not be available without such Content.

Your Content remains yours; you retain any intellectual property rights that you may have in your Content. By sharing your Content on the Site, you grant Meta Tax the following license:

Scope & Rights. A nationwide license allowing Meta Tax to host, copy, reproduce, distribute, communicate, publish, sublicense, and use your Content (e.g., to save your Content on our systems and make it accessible to you and to others, as configured); to publish or publicly display your Content if you have made it visible to others; and to modify and create derivative works based on your Content (e.g., reformatting or translating it).

Purpose. Operating, providing, and improving the Site, including enabling existing features and developing new features and functionalities.

Duration. Perpetual and irrevocable, for as long as your Content is protected by intellectual property rights.

Meta Tax may collect, derive, or generate de‑identified and/or aggregated data regarding your usage of or the performance of the Site, including data derived from your Content. Meta Tax will own all such data and may use this data without restriction, including for operating, analyzing, improving, or marketing Meta Tax’s products and services, including the Site.

As between you and Meta Tax, Meta Tax and its licensors retain all right, title, and interest in and to the Site, except for any limited rights specifically granted to you.

Chatbots

We may use chatbots, digital assistants, or similar automated features (collectively, “Chatbots”) to optimize your experience. These technologies are evolving and may have limitations, including generating outputs that are inaccurate or not appropriate for your situation. Information generated by Chatbots may not be unique.

Prohibited Uses

You may not use the Site to:

• Violate any law, regulation, executive order, or ordinance;
• Post or share Content that is or may be illegal or inappropriate (including defamatory, obscene, harassing, offensive, fraudulent, objectionable, or infringing material);
• Transmit any virus, trojan horse, or other harmful software or data;
• Attempt to hack or break through the security of the Site or engage in a denial‑of‑service attack;
• Send unsolicited or unauthorized advertising (spam);
• Impersonate or misrepresent your affiliation with Meta Tax;
• Resell, license, or provide unauthorized access to the Site or make it available on any file‑sharing, virtual desktop, or application hosting service;
• Reverse engineer the Site;
• Engage in unauthorized access, monitoring, interference with, or use of the Site or third‑party accounts, information (including personal information), computers, systems, or networks, including scraping or copying content that does not belong to you;
• Use the Site for general archiving or back‑up purposes; or
• Encourage or enable any other individual to do any of the above or otherwise violate these Terms.

Community Forums; Feedback

The Site may include a community forum or other social features that enable you to exchange Content and information with other users of the Site and the public. Meta Tax does not support and is not responsible for Content in these forums. Please be respectful and do not reveal information that you do not want to make public. Users may post links to third‑party content for which Meta Tax is not responsible.

You may provide Meta Tax feedback, suggestions, or ideas for the Site. You grant Meta Tax a perpetual, worldwide, fully transferable, sublicensable, irrevocable, fully paid‑up, royalty‑free license to use your feedback in any way, including in future modifications of the Site, other products or services, advertising, or marketing materials.

Monitoring; Communications

Meta Tax has no obligation to monitor the Site. However, Meta Tax may monitor the Site and disclose any information as necessary or appropriate to satisfy any law, regulation, or other governmental request; to monitor the security of the Site and detect unauthorized uses; and to protect itself and its customers. Meta Tax will not intentionally monitor or disclose any private electronic mail message submitted via the Site unless required by law. Meta Tax reserves the right to refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, that, in its sole discretion, are unacceptable, undesirable, inappropriate, or in violation of these Terms.

Unless otherwise indicated for a particular communication, any communications or material of any kind that you email, post, or otherwise transmit through this Website, including data, questions, comments, or suggestions (“your Communications”) will be treated as non‑confidential and non‑proprietary. You agree Meta Tax is free to use any ideas, suggestions, concepts, know‑how, or techniques contained in your Communications for any purpose without compensation to you.

Failure to Comply; Termination; Indemnity

Meta Tax may terminate your password or account or deny you access to all or part of the Site without prior notice if you engage in any conduct or activities that Meta Tax, in its sole discretion, believes violate these Terms, violate Meta Tax’s rights, or are otherwise inappropriate. Meta Tax may in its sole discretion deny you access through Meta Tax to any materials stored on the internet or to access third‑party services, merchandise, or information on the internet through Meta Tax and shall have no responsibility to notify any third‑party providers.

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold Meta Tax and its affiliates harmless from any and all claims, liabilities, costs, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising in any way from your use of the Site or your violation of these Terms.

Links From and To this Website

Meta Tax and any website co‑branding providers have no responsibility for the accuracy or availability of information provided by linked sites. Links to external websites do not constitute an endorsement by Meta Tax of the sponsors of such sites or the content, products, advertising, or other materials presented on such sites. You acknowledge and agree that Meta Tax and its website co‑branding providers shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused by or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, goods, or services available on such external sites or resources.

Other Information (Security; Purchases)

Meta Tax takes reasonable and appropriate measures, including encryption, to help ensure that your personal information is disclosed only to those specified by you. However, the internet is an open system and we cannot guarantee that the personal information you enter will not be intercepted by others and decrypted.

If you make purchases through the Site, you may be asked by a merchant or service provider to supply certain information, including credit card or other payment information. You agree not to hold Meta Tax liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as a result of such dealings. You agree that all information you provide for purchases will be accurate, complete, and current and that you will pay all charges incurred, including applicable taxes.

IRS Circular 230 Notice

Nothing in our communications with you (including, but not limited to, any emails, website content, attachments, enclosures, or other accompanying materials) relating to any federal tax transaction or matter are considered to be “covered opinions” as described in Circular 230.

Miscellaneous

These Terms and the relationship between you and Meta Tax shall be governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. The failure of Meta Tax to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such righ