This is the 4th CPA I've gone with and has been an amazing experience…read more I am very clueless to taxes for both personal and business so I needed someone who was educational in each step of the process. Previous experience have shared little to no context/information as to what and why they need or want something and assumed I know what to do afterwards. I've been working with Lee in this office. She's been amazing in keeping my wife and myself informed/educated with everything that goes into taxes, calling out any errors to fix/adjust, and simplifying things enough for us to understand. Very educational and helpful in every step of the experience here.

I've had Hahn as my accountant for several years. I'm single with house, stocks, and an LLC. Not…read moretrivial, but not excessively complicated. They started by charging me $800 to do my taxes, and it kept going up, eventually to $1500 this year. Then they suddenly dropped me with some vague excuse of COVID and lacking resources. Maybe they didn't like that I was frequently last minute with itemizations, but so what? I'm paying for their time, and they work for me. Now I have to find someone else for this year's taxes, and get them up to speed. A year's notice would have been much less unprofessional.

I've been a client of Bess' for the last five years. She handles our personal taxes as well as the…read moretaxes for mine and my husband's business. Bess runs an incredibly efficient practice. She's so easy to talk to, explains things thoroughly so we understand them and she has always, always returned my calls or emails within 24 hours, most often within the hour. I cannot recommend her enough!

Most businesses, when getting a negative review, attempt to remedy the situation. Note that Bess…read moreKane just criticizes and insults the reviewer. That's the kind of "professional" she is. Like others here, I received an unexpected invoice when I hadn't even hired her yet. When I called to ask about whether she would be a good fit for me, she asked for my past tax return so she could determine if we were a good fit. She then sent me an invoice for $400 for "reviewing my tax return".

Megan Thompson was appointed during my divorce to analyze complex stock information and calculate…read moreour separate vs. community property percentages. She created a highly detailed and accurate accounting of my RSUs and vesting schedules. Her work was precise and both parties continue using her schedule post-divorce. Her attention to detail with complex financial assets is flawless. She delivered everything in a highly timely manner without sacrificing quality. She navigates sensitive situations with integrity. Megan is a wonderful CPA whose expertise is unmatched. I am deeply thankful for her hard work and recommend her highly!

This year went very sour between communications with the person you and I talked about, as well as…read morenever being able to get through on the phone or leave a message even. The person I had been speaking with was very sketchy at best. And after talking with you yesterday afternoon, and telling you I was going to call you when I was at your place, still I couldn't get through. Luckily I had someone that could run the paperwork up, as you know I'm in a wheelchair. Very subpar compared to previous years.

I worked with Joanne for the first time in 2017, after years of doing my own taxes online. Joanne…read morewas extremely competent, professional, and a pleasure to work with. She made it easy to provide my documents and repeatedly answered my ill-informed questions. She was exceptionally knowledgeable and did went above and beyond to provide us with great advice. At the end of the process, my tax return was significantly more favorable than the years in which I did my own taxes. I can't recommend Joanne highly enough, and will definitely use her for the foreseeable future. I'd give her more than 5 stars if I could.

Very efficient. She helped me get things straightened out. I'd highly recommend Joanne.read more

Deb is the best!!! I've been dealing with exasperating tax mistake that has had me plagued with…read moreanxiety all year. My last CPA was entirely unhelpful and possibly made the situation worse, so I buried my head in the sand and panicked. A friend highly recommended Deb, and I can see why! Within a half hour phone conversation, I had clear steps of what action to take, and further information and referrals if that stalled. My shoulders have relaxed, and this situation is no longer a blinding ball of chaos in my head. Thanks, Deb!!!

Deborah Marion is extremely knowledgeable, helpful, supportive and she responds VERY quickly…read morewhenever I have contacted her with exactly the information I needed. Highly recommended!

We have been working with Sarada for past 5 years and will continue to work her is unlike H&R Block…read more"Pay me Extra to protect you from future inquiry from IRS" she stand by her work, when we had inquiry she took care of it and it sorted out with endless patience. Being small business owner last thing we want is to answer constant IRS automated letter with questions, wait on the phone forever to talk to someone in IRS and still won't get right answers. The best we way we found to work with Sarada is get her all the documents and a have phone chat with her well before the filing date and then after filing she will reach out to you and give you insights for future tax returns and to maximize savings with personal attention.

Zero Stars! I chose…read moreSarada Majumder, CPA after seeing her highly recommended with excellent ratings on Yelp and Google. Many clients rave about her professionalism, thoroughness, and reliability over the years. Sadly, my experience was the complete opposite and one of the most frustrating and costly I've ever had with a tax professional. We hired her specifically because of those glowing reviews, but she completely ghosted us throughout the entire process. We sent all requested documents promptly and followed up repeatedly via email, often with no response for weeks. When she did finally reply, it was only with excuse after excuse: she was out of the country, then claimed she never received our documents (despite our delivery confirmations), followed by more vague delays and no progress. She explicitly promised to provide regular updates during the process so we would know where things stood. She never once followed through on that promise. As a result, she did not complete any of the agreed upon work, our tax return was never filed on time, and we were hit with extra IRS penalties and interest that we could have easily avoided with a reliable preparer. Worse, I've seen a troubling pattern in some of her other reviews: when clients raise similar issues about poor communication, delays, or unfinished work, her responses show a clear pattern of lying, downplaying legitimate complaints, making excuses, or outright denying problems instead of owning up to them. Do not trust Sarada Majumder with your taxes or accounting. What appears to be a highly recommended professional based on online reviews can turn into a nightmare of unresponsiveness, broken promises, and financial consequences. This was an expensive and stressful mistake. Save yourself the hassle, penalties, and frustration by choosing someone who actually communicates and delivers on their commitments. I fully expect her to respond to this review with more lies, made up justifications, and rationalizations for her unethical practices, just as she has done with other negative reviews. I will be filing IRS Form 14157 A (Tax Return Preparer Fraud or Misconduct Affidavit) along with Form 14157 to report her misconduct to the IRS Return Preparer Office. This includes her failure to file the return, unresponsiveness, broken promises for updates, provision of false excuses, and causing us direct financial harm through avoidable IRS penalties and interest.

Pamela is amazing and completely trustworthy. She has been doing my taxes for years. I am not a…read moregreat bookkeeper and receipt organizer. At least I save everything.... She wades through the boxes of papers as I scatter them around her office. Rubber bands and paper clips flying. Also, I tend to procrastinate (you get the picture). She makes sense of everything and understands what I find incredibly confusing. She is absolutely the most honest and reliable tax accountant. Very highly recommended.

Similar experience to what other reviewers have said. We found out from another tax professional…read morethat she didn't know some basic tax rules that resulted in errors in our return. When we pointed out the mistake she just refused to acknowledge it or fix it. So she lacks some knowledge she should have, more the bigger issue is that she is unwilling to learn from her mistakes.

My wife and I have just begun the process of converting our sole proprietorship to an LLC and Shay…read morePerera has been tremendously helpful. He came highly recommended by a local attorney and now I can see why. We've contacted many local tax professionals and unfortunately many of them have not even bothered to respond, which blows my mind as a small business owner. We scheduled an initial consultation with Shay and right from the start it was clear that he was both knowledgable and personable and the type of person we would want to work with. He has answered all of our questions about the potential tax benefits of this move, how much we should declare as income, how to get set up, and many others. Looking forward to working with Shay in the future!

Bennet is great. I'm guessing he's one of the partners of that firm, and he's the one I always…read morework with. He's prepared corporate 1120 and state tax returns for a few companies I've worked with, and he is friendly, knowledgable, and professional, always did excellent work, on-time and on-budget. The office is in a weird spot, up a narrow staircase, at the back of that Safeway strip mall, between Rite-Aid and that Ariake Sushi. Bennet has a broad knowledge base in business in general, international business, finance, and of course tax is his core expertise.