We engaged the services of Mr. Schumski at a time we lived in NJ and owned rental property in FL. Mr. Schumski filed our tax returns in 2020 and 2021 each time with deductions for passive landlords. Eventually the IRS caught up with us and sent us notifications advising such a deduction was not permitted as we made too much money. Upon receipt of the first notice we contacted Mr. Schumski who gave us some very short description of how to respond to the IRS. Why? Are you not the accountant who should probably know best? We were left to our own devices. Mr. Schumski never assisted us and, then,. did not advise that we would need to file an amended return for 2021 since he did the same thing that year as well. Sure enough the IRS caught that one as well. When we moved out of state, the new accountant took one look at our returns and immediately knew what Mr. Schumski did incorrectly. He advised it should never have been done with people like us, making more than the allowable amount in order to claim the passive landlord deductions. Recently, at the adv ice of our new accountant, we wrote to Mr. Schumski outlining all of the issues and our complaints and requested a refund of the penalties and interest the IRS charged since it was his mistakes. At the end of June 2024, we wrote Mr. Schumski a detailed letter and asked for reimbursement. That letter was received by him on 7/1/24 and a follow up email was sent to him on 7/24/2024. To date, he has NOT responded to us. read more
