Competent. Efficient. Great tax advice…read more Strongly recommend their services without reservation. Strong Ethics, simple, clear advice

Peter and his staff have been preparing my business and personal taxes for over 20 years. There has…read morenever been a mistake in filing any returns. My wife and I have received back thousands of dollars in returns do to Peters knowledge in the field of tax preparation. My wife and I still use Tax & Ledger Professionals for our returns even retired in the great state of Tennessee.

Greg helped me file my taxes. He was professional, friendly, proficient and well versed in…read moreaccounting, taxes, and auditing. He helped me navigate some obstacles this year. I am very grateful. RESPECT!!

My wife's FP recommended Greg to us and so I used his service this year due to the complexity of…read moreour tax return this year! Both of us turned 65, wife retired in May, I'm retired but doing self employed work. Normally I can do my own returns but I did not understand fully how to itemized deductions for my business. He helped us with maximizing this and filed our return with reduced our tax liability to down to 12.3% effective tax rate. Will definitely use Greg next year as well.

Based on Brandon's posted reviews, we contacted him to complete our 2025 Federal and State Income…read moreTaxes. We met at his modest Carlsbad office and reviewed our current and previous tax documents setting the stage for him to work on this year's returns. Brandon was able to complete them in a very timely manner working diligently to insure all deductions and credits we were eligible for were addressed. We are so very thankful in finding Brandon and look forward to many years going forward having him prepare our tax returns.

Brandon is great! He is very detailed orientated and honestly does all he can to be sure your taxes…read moreare correct. We do our business and personal taxes with him. I highly recommend.

Starkey Brothers did an awesome job with my Taxes this year! So convenient! All was done…read moreelectronically using their online system at a very competitive price! I would totally recommend using them! Thank you Starkey Bros!!

Working with Grant Starkey of The Starkey Brothers has been one of the best decisions I've made for…read moremy small business. What sets him apart is his commitment to staying current in his education, his attention to detail, and his quick, thoughtful communication. He consistently goes above and beyond, and no question is ever too small. He takes the time to understand your long-term goals and never uses a one-size-fits-all approach. Instead, he personalizes strategies based on your business structure and the bigger picture. Not to mention his incredible team, Natalia Dávila and Stephanie Swift, who make everything with bookkeeping and payroll feel seamless and streamlined. They are fantastic to work with. I recommend Grant and his team to anyone who even mentions the word "taxes" and I will continue to recommend him always. Five stars, without hesitation.

Just as another review mentioned on here Patrick ghosted us after three years of us being his…read moreclient. I used him for business taxes and personal up until ghosting us. Would not trust him for important filings.

Only reason I am giving this company a 1 Star review is because they don't allow you to give zero…read morestars. I typically file my taxes on TurboTax. When I went to file my taxes this year, I noticed there was a mistake made on the 2024 tax filing so in order to fix that I attempted to hire this company as my CPA. We set a phone call appointment at 9 AM. No one from this company called me until 10 AM which was at a time where I was not available anymore. In the voicemail, the CPA Mike even stated that there may have been a miscommunication and he's sorry that he didn't call earlier in the day. This is no problem for me as I called back when I was available to reset a phone call appointment. I mentioned to them when they call me to please call twice as sometimes it's easy to miss the first call. When we set the next appointment, Mike never called. Instead he said he thought I was going to swing by the office for an appointment on a Saturday. Odd since he never reached out on Saturday to see if I was coming, but for some reason, he expected me to come. I called back on Monday and said hey I'd like to sign the paperwork to on board. I spoke with Mike. He said that that's great and to call Faith their office manager. Where she was then happy to email me over the client agreement where I can print sign and scan back to them via email. The agreement was signed the same night. The next morning I receive a call from Faith where she leads off by saying we received your signed agreement and I spoke to the CPA and he stated that I No showed two appointments. Bear in mind, even if I was supposed to call in directly to Mike. There is no direct line to call into anybody at the office as they have a typical extension tree you have to deal with. So if you're ever calling them and they ever set an appointment with them, just so you know in order to get a hold of them you have to go through their extension tree. Makes sense as a client that you would have to do that for a phone appointment and they wouldn't call you.. icing on the cake was this was about a 2 to 3 week back-and-forth process and they decided as a favor to me on April 15 today tax day they would not be accepting me as a new client, but they would be happy to charge me $100 to file an extension. Just in case any other firm does this for you, I hope everyone knows you're able to file an extension for free online. I would say a normal company would have told me when I missed an appointment that they would not accept me as a client and it would've been nice to know that two weeks ago. Good luck to whoever attempts to work with this company. Patrick Rucker won't be your CPA. Just a guy named Mike with an assistant named Faith, who is not interested in arguing the facts. Let's see if they have a cookie cutter response to this review as I'm sure they will.

The first couple years these guys were very average. The level of service dropped each year until…read moretwo years ago when we couldn't get a call or meeting and every email was answered by someone different. Then they fired us with no referral or explanation. We had referred some family members and they found basic math errors with their filing. Very unprofessional! I would not recommend.

I had a terrible experience with Dave at Coastal Tax Advisors. He would belittle me with every…read morequestion I asked him and at the end, after my Corporation sent tens of thousands in tax payments at his direction, he wouldn't file my 2020 return and told me to find another CPA. Totally unprofessional and terrible customer service. Would not recommend.

I saw they had good reviews, so I called to ask if they could assist me with my taxes. I had a…read morequestion for them in order to determine whether or not they could assist me. Given that they charge a minimum fee of $550, I needed to make sure they were able to help with my particular situation. The receptionist asked me to hold on while she transferred me to a tax professional that could answer my question. She then got back on the phone to tell me they can't assist me with my question or my taxes until after April 15th because they were too busy with other clients. I told her I just needed to know if they could assist me with my specific tax situation and all i had was one question to determine this, but she said they could not assist me with any question until after April 15th. Extremely unprofessional.

Scott has been my CPA for three years and I love him. He never makes me feel awkward for asking…read morestupid questions, is super knowledgeable on all tax issues and gives very sound advice. I had previously done my taxes using a popular retail tax software program for many years and in the past everytime I tried a new accountant to prepare my taxes I would compare the results to doing taxes myself. I always came out ahead...so why pay the big fees?!? However, my taxes became more complicated after my dad's passing and an attortney friend recommended Scott to us and we have been very happy with Scott and his staff's services ever since. Working with Scott is such a pleasure. I never feel nervous around tax season. He has such a warm, inviting personality, you just instantly feel at ease and you know are in good hand each year.

I had a very disappointing experience working with John Messina and would not recommend Van Riper &…read moreMessina CPAs based on my experience. I was referred to John due to the complexity of my 2021 tax return, but my return was ultimately prepared by another member of the team. An error on the return later resulted in an IRS audit and over $1,500 in penalties and interest, which I paid in full. Following this, I had significant difficulty getting timely responses or assistance despite multiple follow-ups. Overall, this experience caused me to lose confidence in the firm's attention to detail and client communication. Based on my experience, I would recommend carefully considering other CPA options in the San Diego area.

it's the strangest thing working with these accountants -they act as if you're a pain in their butt…read morewhen you ask questions about your tax return as if you're supposed to know- they are so arrogant- I will never use them again and they are so overpriced - 1100$- for a regular tax return? NO WAY -definitely better and kinder people out there-I guess im not part of the club