Whatever you do, stay away from John Cataldo and associates. He makes a living off the fact most physicians and dentists don t know anything about running their businesses and then cons them for unnecessary services while refusing to divulge what he is doing and how much it will cost. Then when you call him in on it he yells and threatens. Case in point, I just got charged $600 for two phone calls! My attorney, who is quite pricey, doesn't even charge that much. My bill with John YTD is almost $5,000 dollars just for filing my taxes. When we told John we got a letter from the IRS that he was off by $14,000 (!!!!) in the IRS s favor on our returns he told us to just ignore it. My wife had to handle the issue because John couldn t be bothered. We asked John to give us an estimate before providing services and he refused. Then he hires his daughter and she gets put in charge of my account. What are her qualifications? What is her experience? We get told not to ask. The first thing she does is completely reconfigure my chart of accounts. With no notice and no explanation. It was fine for last year and fine for John for the first 11 months of this year. Now suddenly it has to be completely revamped for no reason. And I get billed for it. John was asked to provide notice and reasons for services, not to just do something and charge us for it. John's response was he does what he wants and anyone who doesn't like it can leave. When John was told this was unprofessional he just exploded and hung up the phone. This guy is predatory. Lots of others with similar experiences. Stay away!
****Just an update on John P Cataldo. After publicizing Mr. Cataldo's unethical and unprofessional behavior, he has resorted to sending me harassing emails, calling me names and even making veiled threats of physical violence against me and members of my family. And I quote: "I will be dealing with you.". I have reported him to the police. In this day and age you just can't be too careful when someone starts making threats!! read more