My wife and I moved from Indianapolis, IN to Boston. In the process we created a number of tax…read moreevents which were causing me confusion. I set up an appointment with Michael in Charlestown to review what I had done and to get his assistance on completing the return. Michael Famiglietti is a professional and is very knowledgeable. He knew how to handle our move, our rental, investments and future tax planning. If you are in need of tax help, contact him!

i have very mixed reviews on michaels services. my wife and i used him to prepare our taxes for a…read morefew years. all was well until we got audited. though michael indicated that he would assist us through the process, he not only lied about submitting paperwork to the IRS but he then stopped returning any phone calls or emails placed to the office essentially refusing to meet with us any further. i would have accepted an answer of not having the time to handle an audit (even though it was triggered by a tax return he prepared.) but the unprofessionalism of avoiding contact from an established client is baffling and unacceptable.

Joseph was very nice and helpful. He dealed with our tax return forms, both Fed and Ma, and gave us…read moreadvice of how the entire process was going to be and how it can be in the future also. We are new in the country and nothing better that finding our taxes helper and he's location can't be more convenient for us. He also confirmed the information we had from IRS about how to get an ITIN. Warm service and very professional. Thank you so much for making our first taxes experience so much easier. We highly recommend his services.

The best..!! I had filed the tax wrong, being an international student and my first time filing…read morereturns, i did a mistake by filing as a resident. So i needed some advise over it and searched in yelp. While the rest confused me and asked me to contact later for a small consulting service, joseph did it prompt and saved me a lot of time. He just helped me over the mail and did it for free knowing am just a student. Thanks a lot

I needed a new accountant and tax preparer and after extensive reviews of CPAs, I met with Scott…read morefor an initial consultation. Shortly thereafter Scott and his protege completed my return. I am extremely pleased with the service provided.

Scott has been the cPA for our small law firm for many years, and my personal CPA for almost as…read moremany. He is thorough, easy to work with, and helps us understand idiosyncracies of taxes. we highly recommend him and his firm.

I spoke with Joe on the phone a few months ago about doing our taxes. He sounded nice enough. As…read morewe sent hime all our paperwork, he started asking for things that were irrelevent to this year's taxes. In addition, he was telling us we had some of our paperwork that he asked for wrong when in fact, it was not wrong. Then he started berating us and was very condescending. He was actually putting this stuff in a very harsh tone in emails. In my opinion, it felt like instead of working with us on what needed to be done, he was bullying us. We were shocked. To top everything off, his bills were considerable higher than prior returns. Suffice it to say, we would never use him again.

Joe has been doing my taxes for some five years now. He helped me get out of tax issues I had with…read morethe state related to a failed business. He knew exactly how to present my situation to the state tax authorities and got me off the hook. He is a knowledgeable professional. In all matters relating to taxation, you are in good hands.

Made several mistakes on our tax return that took a long time to sort out. TurboTax has been…read morecheaper and more accurate.

TLDR: If you have a very basic tax return or if you are someone who is so wealthy that you often…read morefind people bending over to kiss your feet, Chuck King may provide adequate tax services. If you're anywhere in between, I would recommend looking elsewhere. I was reluctant to write this review because Chuck actually seems like a nice guy who probably got some bad advice from a business magazine in 1987 and took it as gospel--the advice being something along the lines of focusing on wealthy people or people who can do the most for you in return and not wasting much time on the "small folk". That may have worked 25 years ago, but isn't a great philosophy in the Internet age where everyone has a voice. I made an appointment to file my annual taxes with Chuck at least a month and a half before the April 15th deadline. The appointment went pretty well for the most part. He seemed friendly enough and confident in his abilities. My return had a small handful of complications that made it a bit more involved than a basic filing, but nothing earth shattering. There were about 3 or 4 things Chuck needed to research how to file before we finalized the return. That is totally fine. Tax law is complicated and I don't expect professionals to have all of the answers offhand. He told me we could leave things 98% complete and he would figure out how to tie up the loose ends later and confirm with me once everything was complete. He offered to let me pay when the taxes were filed, but I opted to pay on the spot. I'm not sure if this had any impact on what transpired next. It started off normal at first. Chuck would call me to check in every two days or so to inform me of his progress on closing out the open items on my filing. Then he began to go dark on me. I started having to call him for updates. He was not apologetic at all--he was actually frustrated that I was bothering him by checking in on a service that I paid for but didn't receive. He told me his methodology is as follows: for every filing he can't complete on the spot, he puts it into a pile towards the back of his office. When he has downtime, he works on the outstanding items in order from "most important client" to "least important client". These are his words, not mine. As you may have guessed, I was a very low priority/low income client to him and he made that very clear numerous times. To make a long story short(er), I went through a series of very painful emails, phone calls and in-person visits with Chuck to get my filing pushed through. The weaker I was on the phone, the more he tried to bully me, but once I started to (mildly) berate him a bit, he seems to regain some sense and started to act. Some people to respond better to scolding than gentle pushing, and Chuck seems to be one of those guys unfortunately. Chuck literally dragged this out until the 11th hour. Even though my appointment was relatively early in tax season, I had to go to his office the day of the deadline to ensure he filed it. And I had to take the initiative to show up--he certainly didn't seem that concerned about it (after all, I make peanuts--why would the IRS care about me?). Look I get it. People make mistakes. People are busy. People don't have all the answers. But what makes it worse in Chuck's case is that he was never apologetic about it for one second. There was never a "sorry you had to chase me down for the last 6+ weeks" or a "I swear, the service here is much better than this". I just felt like I was bothering him the whole time. I really wanted to like Chuck and there were many times I would look at him and see the "good guy" in him. I don't think his accounting skills are inadequate or that he was out to get me. But unfortunately for him, you can't put someone through what he put me through and be considered "good at your job". One star.

I didn't have a good experience…read more The people working under him sometimes come off as incompetent at times. They told me my taxes would take two weeks three later I call and someone said by the end of the day. When I came by it turns out the person meant at the end if the week. I finally get my taxes and my street is wrong. They've called a few times with other small issues, some regarding my wife who they seem incapable of calling and instead ask me to ask her and get back to them. They came highly recommended, and although I could see potential for a good experience I didn't receive one and will not be using them next year.

If you need your taxes done, THIS is the place to go. Gordon Parry and his Team is small but very…read morepersonal. Every time I walk into their doors they address me by name and everyone is very knowledgeable as I didn't know a ton about MA taxes and they have helped to change that. Gordon even sat down with me on multiple occasions to help me figure out every little detail that I needed to take care of. You really don't find that kind of attention at other places especially large companies. I have recommended them to multiple clients and friends and everyone has been happy with their experience with this company. Most important, is the fact that Gordon Parry and his team have been around for decades! I look forward to continuing to work with them.

Incredibly rude and unreliable. I was helping a friend who did business with this firm for years…read morebut had fallen behind due to family tragedies. This firm could not have cared less or been more unhelpful. They were constantly rude and condescending in emails and when you matched their attitude they cried victim. They are massively disrespectful and think you should just take their attitude and smile. They don't answer questions and on the off chance they do are very rude. Just all around rude nasty people. I don't think they know tax law either. Probably why they don't like answering questions because they don't know the answer and if they are rude enough hope you don't notice they don't know.

I had a really unfortunate experience with the owner (Dennis himself) and one of the secretaries…read more. I went here because I needed help and told him times were tight and I needed to get caught up on a few years, but there was very little paperwork involved.. Mr dennis told me he would help me and was initially very kind, inviting me in his office. My ex girlfriend had worked there for years and she referred me. She was hoping they would help me but I later found out they mistreated her as well (while pregnant) He gave me a very reasonable quote for getting me caught up .. I explained that I had 2 uncles die of covid and we were struggling to raise money for our family. I was later informed by a secretary that I owed a large sum and it was only going to cover one year (for which there was going to be no return because it was so late.. ) It was very upsetting and I told her to tear it up and that I would have to bring my business elsewhere I would have never agreed to $2000 dollars for what would have amounted to a half hour of paper work She called me unethical and said they would do the one year for free (in a very condescending tone). She said and I quote, "we will tear up your check and to consider this one year of a return a gift from us" The disagreement was upsetting but I was relieved and grateful at the same time. I later got a bill in the mail My friend later told me that after giving these folks blood sweat and tears they pulled a similar stunt on her. I guess this is how the rich stay rich. The guy has a shiny 120 thousand dollar car out front in a very working class neighborhood where many of us are struggling to get through these hard times. I don't understand why they wouldn't have just sent me somewhere else. They offer to do the one year free, then send me a bill after all .

Be aware that Medford Tax does not accept clients who will be filing an extension…read more I was an existing client of Medford Tax from the prior year, and while John had made a bunch of careless errors on my tax forms last year that I had to personally spend time to correct, I decided to give them another chance. When I called in again this year, I reminded them of my situation about my forms, moving states, and that I needed to file for an extension due to a K-1 that comes in later in the year. They were ok with all that and I was sent a login link to the Medford Tax portal to submit documents for my taxes. After I reminded them that I was planning to file for an extension, they reconsidered and I was told that I'm "no longer a good fit" since they don't want to help people with extensions as they said it was like "preparing the same taxes twice". I understand that they may not like it when people file for extensions, but it is an extremely common practice with personal taxes that they should be accustomed to. I was surprised to be given this treatment and refused their services just because I am filing for an extension. Please be aware that Medford Tax does not treat returning clients well and are not very thorough when preparing taxes.

Akan helped me during a very difficult situation where I needed to file my mom's taxes for the last…read more10 yrs. Akan's calm demeanor and knowledge is unsurpassed. He explained everything in simple steps. I would walk into his office feeling like the world was ending, and by the time I left I would be motivated to keep going to find the information we needed. I feel so much relief that my mom's taxes are done. I don't know what I would have done without Akan! Thank you!!!