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Astute Advisors

4.3 (17 reviews)
Closed • 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

By appointment only

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Accountants

Audit and conflict resolution support

Current year tax preparation and filing

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Karen and her team do our taxes and planning. We have been with them for a long time now. We refer them all the time.

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I've been working with Karen Yu at Astute Advisors for a while now and I'm very happy with their service. Highly recommend!

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“I've been working with Karen Yu at Astute Advisors for a while now and I'm very happy with their service.”

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I first worked with Nick when my father's trust needed revamping. He was going into hospice so I…read moreneeded things done ASAP and Nick and his team were able to get things done in time. 4 years later, after learning a lot of intricacies that surfaced while updating my father's trust (like how my disabled sister would be better off having a Special Needs Trust created for her to receive her inheritance), I decided to update my own personal trust that I created with another attorney a decade ago. What I appreciated most about Nick Montalto, is that he's detailed in his explanation but not in a way that the average layman wouldn't understand it. I also appreciate that even though he's a practicing attorney, he was also a CPA at one time which means he has a broader understanding of the tax implication that most estate attorneys do not necessarily have. His making your Advanced Healthcare Directives available in a portable USB drive or "credit card" drive to carry with you at all times is a proactive and potentially life-saving measure that most attorneys don't even think of. Sandy, his paralegal is also great in assisting with the less than complex questions for those times Nick isn't available. I will continue to recommend Nick and his team to anyone who wants superlative customer service and the confidence that their estate planning is in competent and capable hands. Thank you again Nick & Sandy for all your assistance all these years.

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​I reached out to this firm with specific questions regarding the tax implications of filing…read morejointly vs. single as we were not yet legally married, hoping for hard numbers and tailored advice. I promptly sent over our last two years of tax returns, as requested by the assistant, believing they would be reviewed ahead of our appointment. ​Based on the many good reviews on Yelp, I definitely expected a great experience and trusted that the $275 consultation fee would be money well spent. ​We were required to pay a non-refundable $275 consultation fee for a one-hour slot before the meeting even started. ​About 25 minutes into the consultation, after receiving only general, easily-Googled answers ("it should be better if you get married almost surely"), I asked for specific calculations. The accountant revealed he hadn't reviewed any of the documents I had sent. ​I was stunned. The entire point of sending two years of tax returns and paying a high up-front fee was for him to be prepared to address my specific financial situation. When I pressed for the specific calculations I needed, he quoted an additional cost of nearly $300 per hour just to review the questions and returns--work that I had already paid for him to do in the first place. ​The "consultation" ended after 30 minutes, feeling like a complete waste of time. I left feeling utterly scammed out of the $275 consultation fee since no preparatory work was done and I received zero specific, actionable financial advice. ​While I appreciate they got me in the same day, I would have much rather waited for an appointment with an accountant who actually took the time to review the materials provided. I wouldn't recommend them and definitely won't be returning.

Astute Advisors - accountants - Updated October 2026

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