If I could give ZERO stars, I would…read more First of all, this address is wrong- they DO NOT have an office in Boston. Secondly, DO NOT TRUST THEM. I truly have no words for the service we got (but also I won't shut up about it bc if I can save someone else the hassle, I will). We hired a CPA this year bc of some issues with our state tax withholding due to moving across states. 1) From the get go, I felt funny about them because I knew there were certain info that would be needed (but they didn't take it even when I offered). Due to a HR mishap with my job, my state taxes were taken from NY (and not from MA). They never asked for more specific info (pay stubs for example) to rectify the taxes. I repeatedly asked the person assigned to us to reiterate the issue to us so that we knew she understood what needed to be fixed, and she couldn't. But they have such good reviews, so I should trust the right?! 2) Due to the move, my husband had two W-2's- one from NY and one from MA. We accidentally forgot to upload the NY W-2 (that's on us). BUT instead of asking for it, they counted the MA W-2 for NY as well. The outcome was that we now owe thousands in taxes due to the income being counted twice! 3) AND FOR THE CHERRY ON TOP- THEY FILED WITHOUT OUR CONSENT. The wrong version, where we owe thousands. And then didn't tell us. We only found out bc we got a letter from the IRS. And then they took their sweet time responding to us about amending, not that we trust them to even do the amendment correctly. And when we requested a refund, they refused and instead offered money off our next service- AS IF. We had to file fraud via our credit card and point out that what they did was ILLEGAL to get our money back.

If I could give NEGATIVE stars, I would…read more Working with Dimov was one of the most stressful and disappointing experiences I ever had as an adult. I first connected with them through a personal connection and expected everything to go smoothly. For context, I've always done my own taxes without issues, but this year we have across state taxes so it's a bit more complicated and we decided to bite the bullet and use a tax professional. Dimov was initially very responsive and seemed exceptionally professional. HOWEVER, that turned 180 degrees as soon as we paid the fees and signed the contract. It was incredibly difficult to get a hold of anyone. They initially promised use that our taxes would be done before the 4/15 deadline. And then it's RADIO-SILENCE until 4/15. Even though I emailed them almost weekly since mid-March asking for an update. Absolutely NO RESPONSE. And then on 4/15, after we desperately called multiple times, someone responded and told us that there's been a delay and they have already filed for a tax extension for us. The entire day was extremely stressful for us as we were at work and worried about our taxes being late. Then, you would expect things to get better, but no. I continued to email them for updates almost weekly, and it's essentially radio-silent until mid-June, when they presented us with a draft return. The draft returns did not spell my name correctly and had several obvious typos. After the returns were filled, we eventually received a penalty for health insurance coverage in one of the states. We realized it's because we only provided proof for 6 months out of the year to Dimov. But since we are hiring a supposed "professional", I don't think it's unreasonable to expect them to remind us, "hey, you only provided 6-months of insurance proof, this will invoke a penalty. Do you have proof for the rest of the year?" Nope, nothing like that. They just let us take a penalty. If you expect timely service, Dimov will NOT provide it. If you expect professional responses, Dimov will be radio-silent. If you expect to save money, Dimov does not care. Please avoid this service at all cost. You're better off doing your own taxes than spending money on them. You will probably end up more stress, spend more time, and get less refunds. AVOID AT ALL COST!

Dave has handled our taxes for a few years, and have been thrilled with his team's services each…read moreyear. My spouse and I have had unusual (to us at least) tax issues caused by living abroad and in multiple states. Dave navigated all of these issues with ease and I felt confident that he was capturing every possible deduction and credit. I recommend. A good value for the results.

David was very professional and easy to work with. We were very pleased with rate for his services…read moreand how he handled our somewhat complicated tax situation. Thank you.

Great communication, guidance and direction. I couldn't be happier to have found John to help get…read moreme tax compliant and get everything filed. You cannot go wrong with John. He'll become your official tax pro as well.

Don't waste your time- he doesn't return messages or phone calls…read more I called John, the owner, and told him about my situation. At first, he was very nice, and pleasant. I went to his business, and he was very helpful. There was somethings I had to upload onto his database. The following day, when I uploaded all the documents he requested on his database, I was ready for him to file my taxes, however, he never called me back- He ghosted me . I called and left several messages, and never heard from him again. So unprofessional and rude to not call customers backs.

A pleasure to work with. I hired Amenata to sort out my taxes for year which included freelancing,…read moremultiple employers and other complexity. She's very thorough and quick! I felt prioritized and easily trusted her to do great work.

You will not be disappointed working with Botus Financial Services. Amoneta is courteous,…read morecommunicates well, and gets the job done incredibly well. She took us on at the last minute and did a fantastic job!

3rd Edit: Wow I never expected this much attention on someone who's not a client. You really spent…read more12 edits and spanning 4 days just to say I will never be a client. Don't worry I already said in my first edit that I will never have the pleasure of knowing your service. This should issue should have been closed a long time ago ending with my original review of your intake service call, but glad to know you're spending so much of your precious time disputing my yelp review. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Edit: I don't recall ever asking for a free 1 hour consultation. I simply asked if you guys could help me to which again a simple no would have sufficed because no matter how simple it was there would be no time, right? If there was no intention of taking on my case there wouldn't be need for you to clarify that you had a $350/hr fee and that you can't put other businesses on hold for me. Again there was no misunderstanding here, it was blatant disrespect in the crudest fashion. I'd understand if I caught you on a bad day, I'm a person too, but to keep justifying your tone and behavior is frankly insulting. I did reach out via chat first and received an immediate unavailable which prompted me that it might have been an answering bot and wanted to see if that was the case -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edit: I called in for an inquiry, if you are busy or I inquired too late you can simply say no sorry we are unable to take your case, which is perfectly acceptable. I did not appreciate the condescending tone of telling me if I had came to you guys earlier, completely unnecessary. Finally you do not have to appreciate my review but your business is viewed as a whole from start to finish and that includes the inquiry process. You might be the best at what you do but because of this experience I will never have the pleasure of knowing that service. Hope this helps. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Called in and had a pretty terrible time with the person on the phone. I was asking if they are able to help me with an individual tax filing, and was replied with "we are at capacity". Perfectly reasonable explanation so I said "oh okay so you guys are busy", to which the person on the phone said "well we'd need need to file an extension and the fees that are associated with that would have to be calculated afterwards..." I was confused why I'd need an extension since it's 2 weeks till the deadline still and got hit with "well we have 500 clients we're trying to get out the door and if you had came to us earlier..." how many people that their firm is trying to get out the door seems irrelevant to my inquiry. They also said "well we charge $350 an hour and I can't put my other clients on hold for an hour just for your case" So basically I'm not paying them enough to have the dedicate even 1 hour, and doesn't matter how much it is an hour if I agree to it then I should also get the same level of service as everyone else. But again if you don't have time that's totally understandable I told them that a simple "we don't have time" would have been an adequate response, and it still would have been perfectly reasonable but instead of just telling me a straight answer they kept trying to justify why they can't help me with my filing and how busy they are, and how many clients they have. All seems pretty irrelevant to what I was originally calling for, ultimately I got a "Well I'm just gonna say we don't have time and leave it at that.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I've worked with Water Street Associates the last few years and I can't recommend them enough. As a…read moresmall business owner taxes were starting to get too tedious for me to do on my own and I have been happy with having them take care of taxes for me. Michael and Didi were quick to clearly and politely respond to any questions I had regarding the tax process. If you are looking to have your taxes done correctly, in a timely manner, and reduce the stress of handling taxes on your own you should seek them out.

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.

The agent seems professional, but once I got the quote, the front desk insisted me giving out my…read moreSSN OH THE PHONE, which is not a secured. I offered to give it via email but they just told me to find someone else and hung up the phone. This is rude and unprofessional, potentially racially driven given other similar experience are reported from minority groups. Stay away from this firm.

I had been trying to get help for a tax snafu involving my parents, Spain, the IRS, a grifter and a…read moremisplaced shed of documents. The details are weird but unimportant. I had called 11 other tax services and not one of them even bothered to call me back. Padgett returned my call immediately and took the time to explain everything to me before we even talked about a contract. Both Bunny and John were responsive, patient and helpful and assured me that this was NBD, they had it under control. I appreciate the time and effort they took to establish trust. When I finally got through to other tax preparers, they wanted 5x the $ and didn't seem to actually understand the situation. I'm sticking to Padgett.

Very professional tax advisors and were able to handle my issues very knowledge and explanations.read more

I requested a consultation through their website and was able to book within a week with Laura…read moreThompson. It was evident that Laura was well versed and up to date IRS and tax policies (I had specific questions on retirement accounts), and was also very patient and kind. She also spent time reviewing some IRS information with me to help me understand my situation when she did not have to. Although I did not end up receiving services from this tax firm, I was very impressed with how kind and knowledgeable they are. I would not hesitate to recommend them to a colleague or to come back in the future for a consultation if my taxes become more complicated.

My wife and I continue to use Z&Z Accounting Services after 10 years. Hope that tells you something…read moreabout the services we are getting from them.

I called them to ask some questions about an irs form I may have to fill out for taxes and whether…read morethey can do that for me and the "consultant" Ms Cheung had to ask me what this form was. Even after I explained, she had no idea. She was so clueless and did not even have the professionalism to look things up herself. She just kept repeating what I said in a slow dazed way like she just woke up. I think I have more confidence in turbotax.

This team is the absolute best! As a small business owner, I rely on competent, communicative…read morepartners to extend my team and our capabilities, and Doug and his team are always there to support us with the expertise and advice. Years later, I can't imagine our business without them. I wish every professional service company was like this firm.

They have a habit of "having a question" on your return, and it will lead to extending your taxes,…read morethen it takes forever to get it finalized....sometimes months later when all your info was submitted. If you dont mind being forced into extensions so you can wait inline after they take care of large customers, it isnt a big deal. They finish it eventually and i've only had one issue with IRS filing with them. Going thru it now, unfortunately...