Art has been my acountant for over ten years! He has always done a tremendous job! I would highly recommend him. He is a great person as well. He stays super busy during tax time..So good luck! Peter A read more

Art is an amazing tax man. I highly recommend him do your taxes. I see a lot of complaints but we have been doing our taxes with art for over two decades. My corporation has never been audited. read more

Art Perez is first class Accountant. I've been using AP Accounting for over 10 years, and he has been amazing, helpful and knowledgeable when it came to filing my taxes. read more

Arturo has been doing my taxes for 20 years. He has been on it with my and now wife with integrity and honesty. Arturo has developed relationships with IRS and other government arenas and has a great reputation as he has handle a few audits over 20 years. My wife is very disciplined and doesn't take excuses very well. She is still with him and that in itself is a miracle as she is a tough cookie. Thanks Tax Vato for friendship and talent. White Knight read more

Do yourself a favor, and STAY AWAY. unless you liked being audited by the IRS. Shady!

Real intelligent man with lots of experience, always willing to help others, secretary such a sweetheart she is so cool only seen her couple times but make you feel so welcome always. read more

I agree that this place is horrible. What a frikkin JOKE!! I've been going to this guy Art for several years and had no problem. I went to him again this year and he F*****D up my taxes. This idiot put someone else's account number on my tax returns only to have MY MONEY directly deposited into their account. HELLOOOOOOO, YOU GET PAID TO ENTER NUMBERS CORRECTLY......JUST SAYIN.....Art was conveniently on vacation, but he took my calls. You know how he handled it? He got mad at me for getting mad at him. My money was sitting in someone else's account at my credit union and the only way I could get it back is if Art wrote an "indemnity letter." When I asked him to do that for me he said,.....are you ready for this? "What's an indemnity letter?" Yeah. That's who I was dealing with..with MY MONEY!!! After visiting my credit union in person and contacting the IRS and the State Tax Franchise Board, my money was returned to my account. I asked Art to reimburse the fee I paid him to do my taxes, but he did not return my phone calls. Art didn't do S**T for me and he knows it. Not only did he lose a valuable customer but he lost a friend. I noticed his office was remodeled when I was there in February 2011...what a damn shame that his business game was NOT remodeled. GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR GHETTO BUSINESS. read more

Should have known better to get my taxes done by someone with tequila bottles all over his office. I work for a Union, so there's times when I work for more than one contractor in a year. Art didn't file paperwork for one contractor. And of course, I get fined by the IRS. He won't take the blame for his mistake, just tells me I have to pay it. He's all about bending rules to get you more money, but if it comes down to it, he won't stand by his work. read more

The problems began almost immediately. We attempted to hire him to file our quarterly payroll taxes. I have records that these were sent to him and he confirmed with me via phone that the forms were completed. We had to call his office and cell phone over 10x daily to urge him to meet IRS-required deadlines. Each time we called he said he'd have it ready in 30 minutes- an hour- end of day. Now I'm realizing he never did anything as I later received a notice from the IRS stating these forms were never filed. This was characteristic of my interaction with Art and his office. Then it came time for our annual corporate tax return. I booked an appointment in January way ahead of time to ensure that he would get this done BEFORE the due date. He came up with some sort of excuse about why he always files extensions which, after conferring with an IRS agent, I found out is invalid at best. He dodged our calls for months before we finally had to take our paperwork to a different office. When we attempted to retrieve our Company File and paperwork from him, he said he "lost it"! This included previous years' tax returns and sensitive, confidential information that we spent hours making copies of for him. His receptionist continually apologized for his irresponsible and unprofessional behavior, even stating her opinion that it's not okay to run a business the way he was. I couldn't agree with her more. This type of irresponsible behavior when handling important financial processes and dealing with the IRS is reprehensible. My experience with this gentleman's office had inspired me to take bookkeeping and tax preparation courses as well as seek out other professional financial services. It's rare that I would go so far as to deter someone from experiencing an office for themselves. However, after my consistently negative experiences with Art, I would encourage any potential clients to proceed at your own risk- literally. read more

First of all, this is my first review and I typically don't take the time to write these, but I've recently seen a posting on IG giving him a shout out. I figure it's time to stop the bleeding and give everyone my story.I write this review with sincerity and first hand experience. What's interesting about most of these positive posting is the length of time these folks have been using him. First of all; very short window to notice any type of aftermath, if you weren't aware the IRS can go back seven years!!! It might take a couple years before your audited... I've known Art for several years and had my returns prepared by him from 2004 to 2008. I stop using due to an IRS audit, which they initially started for the 2007 returns. As the IRS started to unfold several findings I started to involve Art right away. As a previous reviewer had mentioned, no sign of Art, didn't return any emails or phone calls. I had to literally make surprise visits to his office to finally track him down. He reassured me that's everything was "legitimate" and just provide the requested documentation. The IRS sends me a second letter asking for three more years of returns!!! In addition would like to meet with me in person. To cut a story short, all four years of tax returns were audited. Art didn't help at all, nowhere to be found. He went too far bending several deductions and added items on the returns that weren't legitimate. So when the IRS ask to provide documentation, I couldn't. I trusted Art and referred him several clients, I do take some responsibility in the sense I should've gone thru the entire return, line by line ensuring everything was in the up and up. But honestly who does that? I've learn my lesson and don't trust anyone who isn't highly certified with at least a CPA license and highly educated with tax laws.FYI check his credentials, not a CPA. Lowest tax certification out there.... So what was the damage? $43,000 of unpaid tax liability, a federal tax lien, impact to my credit score and a debt I'm still paying till today- almost 5 years later since my audit. One more thing, I'm not the only person who's had this experience... Good luck and beware! read more

The only thing I can figure with the bad reviews is that they're competitors writing false reviews. Arturo is the best! I've owned businesses for 20 years, and used many different people for my taxes and whatnot. He is FAR AND AWAY the best I've ever used. I tell people I refer to him, just don't judge the book by it's cover. You'll meet him wearing a pair of shorts and a t-shirt. If you care more about appearances than results, I guess he's not your guy. If you want great results, he is. Simple is that! read more

This guy is amazing. So friendly and fast. It has been my second year with this company and the professionalism and service is a plus. Worth getting your tax done here. read more

Wouldn't send my worst enemy to do taxes with this individual. After getting taxes completed by him was audited. Then after he said he would represent me at audit, asked for $50 for parking to go to Oakland. When I balked at giving him more money, he said I could handle the audit myself. He told me the IRS rep are just people and everything would be fine. read more

We were charged extra fees because Art made mistakes and has a bad memory. During our initial visit we were missing some info for our taxes and asked to email the info. We were asked to make payment after our visit (which we did) and told that we could pick up our return after we emailed him the missing info and he completed the forms. We emailed the info and received a call to pick up the completed forms. When we visited his office to pick up the forms Art hadn't actually completed the forms and we sat with him to make sure they were done properly. He then wanted to charge us for his services a second time. We reminded him that we already paid and were there just to pick up the forms. Being a cash business (and not one that writes receipts), he didn't remember that we already paid him nor did he remember what he charged us. So he randomly decided to charge us an extra $60 because, in his words, "it's fair". If he would have done his job and added the rest of the info like he said he would then he wouldn't have charged us. If he wrote receipts and had a record of payment then he wouldn't have charged us. But because we had to sit with him to make sure he did the return properly and because he forgot we already paid he charged us more money because "it's fair". FAIR would be him providing the service that we ALREADY PAID FOR!! We've referred a lot of business to this guy and have used him on several occasions and he decided that the extra $60 was more important than sticking to our agreement and maintaining a good relationship with us and the people we referred. Don't use this guy!! He's bad at his job, has a terrible memory, charges random fees, his fees increase every year, and he doesn't value his clientele. read more

F*** this place and F*** this guy, Art Perez. I cannot emphasize this enough but DO NOT GO HERE. DO NOT DO NOT. He did my 2007-2008 taxes and he caused problems for me for both years. I did my taxes in San Jose and had to move down to Socal. I wanted to ask him a few questions over the phone but he forced me to drive up 7 hours to talk with him for 15 minutes, which he could have done over the phone. He took one of his routes to save me money but that failed and what that led to is me getting audited ruined my credit for years which I am still trying to get reversed. I needed 1 already filled out form faxed to me ASAP to resolve the credit issue and he was SO LAZY that it took him 3 weeks to e-mail over to me. And during the 3 weeks I had to call him, no joke, almost every single day. His office called me saying that I he would call me back but didn't for 3 weeks. Resolving the issues HE caused on my taxes took almost an entire year and still trying to fix my credit. If this isn't convincing enough for you to avoid this place at all costs, I will quote a text I got from him directly. "I had to setup/configure my software which actually took 30 min. But I'm not making an excuse. I just never had the energy to stick around to do that. Anyway I just sent it. Sorry for the delay, that's why I tell everyone don't leave me to do something." Apparently he tells everyone to not trust him to do ANYTHING for you so you should take HIS OWN WORD FOR IT and DO NOT LEAVE HIM TO DO YOUR TAXES. Coming directly from the guy that is supposed to help you do your taxes, he literally ruined a chunk of my life. Save yourself from the hassle and interaction with this douche of an accountant and DO NOT GO HERE. read more

I am still waiting for my refund from last year.when I call the office to let them know that I was waiting on my federal refund and that it had not came a couple of months ago the secretary told me it was not their problem to call IRS I called last week and she said she will print out the paperwork and have it ready for me that week I had to call her back today and asked what happened she didn't know who I was she is very lost and unprofessional. read more

Eek! These reviews are quite despicable but i've had the complete opposite experience with this company. Art has done my taxes for the last few years, he came highly recommended from one of my best friends after my other tax guy retired so I figured I'd try him. Every time I've met with him he's been pleasant, funny, and overall nice. We get my taxes done in about an hour & his price is fair. He does everything but put the stamp on my taxes to send to the IRS, and my refund check appears in my account just a few weeks later. Apparently a gazillion others agree with his services, because I just called to book my appointment with him to file my 2013 taxes & his next available appt is not until late February -- a month from today! read more

Jeez these reviews are pretty horrible... My experience with art was great! He is a sweet funny professional guy that was trying his best to help me and my husband with our taxes. He answered all our questions and concerns and helped us to better prepare our refunds for the next year. We left with all our papers so I don't understand why people would leave stuff behind and expect for him to work on it... You don't buy groceries and leave them at the store and expect them to be saved in a corner for when you need them! Handle your shit and stop blaming this guy for your mistakes. I will definitely be coming back next year! read more

Art has been doing our taxes for a few years now. My fiance and I have had nothing but the best of service at AP accounting. He always does an excellent job. When we arrive at his office we are able to kick back and watch a little tv while he finishes with another client. He always greets us with a smile and asks us how we are doing. The tax process is done swiftly and with his years of experience we have complete confidence in his ability to get them done right. We recommend this business and will continue to come here for his service. read more

Art is The best!!!! I was truly happy with the overall experience. Wish I knew about him long time ago . I am a loyal customer from here on. read more

Just returned from Art's and I recant my earlier review about the wait time. I was seen right on time and extremely pleased with the outcome. He has a great admin and I received a confirmatory call day of my appointment. Great service from a wonderful company. They have their act together! read more

Good place to do your taxes, I'm going back this year. It's hard to find a good place to do the taxes now a day but this place is great.