I have worked with Lisa and Cheryl over the years and they've been very professional, and helped me…read morefeel assured that my taxes were complete, correct, and carried the CPA stamp of approval.

I have used Lisa Monk CPA & Associates for many years for my end-of-year small business taxes…read more Early on, Lisa put me in touch with Express Data Systems in Pottstown, PA for my company payroll and withholding. Working together, Lisa and EDS work hand-in-hand to take care of all of my accounting needs in a fraction of the time it would take me to do it if I had to take care of all these tasks myself. Clearly the BEST around ! ! !

I was a driver and employee there I experienced a lot of caring and appreciation that I was hired…read moreto be a team member with the company the atmosphere is clean and other employees are helpful and friendly. I would recommend this company to people

Terrible. overcharged for services and we had to basically tell them how to do our taxes or we…read morewould have overpaid federal significantly. would not recommend at all.

Best service and excellent communication. I wouldn't go anywhere else! Questions are quickly…read moreanswered!

Gave documents early and he filed extension costing me extra tax. Poor communication. Actually…read moreyelling when I questioned extension.. he was busy and had other clients. Charged more then quoted. Horrible experience.

Jackie was wonderful at helping get me organized after years of neglect on my part. Super…read moreprofessional and expert knowledge on all things taxes big or small. Beats the pants off of any other place I've ever gotten my taxes done in the past. If it weren't for the paying taxes part I'd say it was a pleasant experience overall and I can't recommend her enough.

Was quoted a price over the phone for an estate tax form, very reasonable so I went. Upon arrival I…read morewas told he misunderstood, he thought I said state tax instead of Estate tax and price would be 3x more. Simple 1 page form, no heirs other than me the surviving spouse, very small amount of money involved and no property or other assets. I should have tried to do myself but I wanted to make sure it was done right and was willing to pay for it. Keith completed the form in about 15-20 minutes and I was told that I would owe a few hundred dollars to the state for taxes. I thought I had remembered reading about a "PA widow tax" being zero for a spouse and mentioned it but was told "no you are taxed at a sibling rate", didn't seem right after all I'm the spouse not a sibling but I figured what do I know, he was the tax expert. He assured me he had done many of these and said " You're lucky I've done some estate taxes and they owe 10's of thousands" Had to run to an ATM cause he would only accept cash and I was unprepared since I was quoted a much smaller fee over the phone. Luckily before I mailed in my inheritance tax form and my check for my taxes the following day I did some searching on the web. Found the PA inheritance tax page and low and behold, I was right the surviving spouse tax rate was zero. I looked at the instructions that I gave him with the tax form and it also stated there in the instruction book he used to fill out the tax form, =Surviving Spouse is taxed at zero percent! I called him and told he filled out the taxes wrong and he agreed to meet me at his office. Showed him the web print out from the PA state page and the section in the book that explains the tax should have been zero to a surviving spouse and he now agreed I didn't owe anything. He apologized and redid the form for me but never offered any kind of refund since I just essentially had to correct his tax form. This seemed a glaring mistake to me for a supposed tax expert so I asked him about his credentials- his answer? he has none. His experience? He used to do taxes for HR block. People using H& R Blocks tax software that does all the work while you just pinch in info doesn't make you a "Tax specialist". Had to wonder if those people who "owed 10's of thousands" really did. I did some research and found that unless you are a CPA you don't need any kind of training or certification to do taxes in PA. and unless they are certified they are not on the hook for tax errors you are! Lesson learned.

From the owner: Here at A Star is Born Notary & Tax Service in Pottstown, Pa We Strive after Excellence.Your return…read morewill be error free, and you will receive every deduction you are entitled to.Our fees are competitive with all national tax prep services.Most people see tax returns as a routine annual task - a necessary evil that any experienced tax professional can do and yield the same results. We disagree. When we review prior-year tax returns for new clients, we often discover that the tax return could have been prepared in a way to create a much lower tax result. In some cases, we can get those taxes refunded.