Smolin Lupin...Very disappointing and expensive experience. For many years my business used Smolin for accounting purposes and had no issues. Following a merger I had no choice but to use a different accounting firm, but I continued to use Smolin for our personal tax preparation. I had no problems for a number of years until somewhat surreptitiously, my senior accountant handed me off to a junior accountant. The young man was nice enough, but as it turned out, lacking in experience and competence. He made several cardinal errors, including forgetting to account for our dependent child as a deduction, and even more importantly, despite the fact that I am very careful about avoiding any tax liability at the end of the year by carefully paying quarterly estimates, he miscalculated estimates to the extent that I had to pay a major federal penalty with substantial interest as well. Smolin is not inexpensive, and we don't mind paying for quality, competent accounting but this was anything but. We decided that it was time to seek accounting consultation elsewhere and haven't looked back. read more

The accountants here reluctant to provide any real guidance. I used them in 2023 and they were worried about back filing an S-election for a couple years back on my federal returns. After we back filed the IRS immediately accepted the S corp elections. They complained about doing this work for weeks. A simple paperwork fix. They also failed to file NYC returns despite charging me tens of thousands of dollars. read more

I run a small business and used Smolin Lupin as our accountant for 4 years. During that time, I not only paid them a few thousand dollars a year to do our tax return, but a few additional thousand to come in on a quarterly basis to double-check our bookkeeper's work. I left them after realizing we were paying way more than comparable accounting firms offering comparable service. Then, we were audited for one of the years that smolin lupin had served as our accountants: 1) They were impossible to work with, refusing to divulge information that our new accountant needed in order to comply with the IRS. I was almost subjected to penalties because of the amount of time they procrastinated and ignored my requests. 2) The first thing that the IRS auditor did was compare the deposits into our bank account with the revenue on our tax return. There was a discrepancy. I had thought this was something that smolin lupin would have looked at while preparing our tax return, or maybe tallied up during their quarterly visits. Turns out, not so much. What I was paying them to do, in retrospect, I have no idea. In the end, I was assessed penalties and interest due to the shoddy work that smolin lupin did. They wound up costing me thousands of wasted dollars, and I'm not even talking about their excessive fees. read more

Ted Byer, of this firm has been my personal and business accountant and financial consultant for decades. Adjectives like, "superb, outstanding, exceptional, trusted," are appropriate. read more

Have been a client for a few years now and value the relationship I have with my team from Smolin Lupin & Co. Two things that are most important to me: trust and availability. Truly believe that the team there will take care of my finances and I never have an issue getting them on the phone or getting an email answered. read more

We are a Manufacturers Representative Agency. Ted Byer has been our accountant for over 15 years. He has been at Smolin Lupin for the last four years. Ted is extremely responsive and helpful. We are getting a "small company level of service from a large firm". read more

I have been a client of Smolin Lupin for the past 4 years, however I have been represented by Ted Byer (who joined Smolin 4 years ago) for almost 20 years. Their service is second to none. I get timely service, access to the partner on my account (Ted), and great advice and all at a competitive fee. I highly recommend Smolin. read more

I am a small business owner in Northern New Jersey and recently changed my accountant from a local firm to Smolin Lupin. I have been very pleased with the services they provide. I am able to get in touch with the accountant working on my returns as well as receiving all returns in a timely manner. I would recommend Smolin Lupin to other businesses. read more