I had a 5-star experience working with Watter CPA. The staff responded quickly to emails and were…read morealways courteous and professional. Moreover, they found tax breaks that I surely would have missed had I done the taxes on my own. I recommend them highly!

I have been a client of this practice for several years. Everything had gone smoothly until this…read moreyear. I sent in all of my paperwork by March 19th, just after their deadline to have taxes submitted by April 15. No problem, they filed an extension for me. I followed up in April, and again in July to check on status... and received no reply. I called later in July, to see if I could speak with Alice (our accountant at the firm) directly. I tried a few times to reach her and on August 27 received an email informing me that Alice was no longer with the firm but that Ami would be handling our taxes. There was no other notice - not a note from Alice letting us know she was leaving, nor any sort of apology for the long lapse in communication. Ami then did our taxes and sent a link to review them. The numbers looked good, but she messed up the names on the return. I reached out to have her fix them. Silence. After multiple attempts, I finally got someone who was able to fix the names. I went to review the return and the refund amounts were now different by several thousand dollars. I politely inquired and was told this is due to a 529 plan distribution which they had somehow forgotten to include when they did the taxes earlier. They didn't have any receipts for offsetting expenses, so assumed there were none, and didn't bother to ask. It took a few tries to get that fixed, but they did. They then tried to submit my taxes electronically, but they input the wrong PIN numbers. The correct PINs were in the initial correspondence that I had sent them that included all of my relevant tax information. They were called out in a separate paragraph of my cover letter to the accountant. I re-provided the PINs over the phone and the IRS accepted the files, so I'm now hoping that it's all good. I am not a happy customer. I pay an accountant to do my taxes because they're supposed to keep things straight. In fact, the normal process to institute an internal controls program in any business is to hire accountants to make sure that things are properly - what's the word? oh... yeah... - accounted for. This firm couldn't communicate what was happening with their internal processes, and then made careless mistakes and oversights, and couldn't communicate with me about my taxes. And for the record - we had a mess of deductions, and the amount of the refund was sufficient that each month our tax filing was delayed cost us roughly $300 in interest. I've not seen any offer of recompense. I'm definitely not trusting this firm with my accounting going forward.

I worked with Mike, and was not impressed. I had all of my files in order and he entered an amount…read moretwice in the wrong place. Why the rush when you are not checking your figures. An amended return was sent late and now I'm getting interest charge from the State. Too much money paid for a simple mistake .

I used the firm for 2022, and 2023 tax returns. In 2022…read moretax, Sonny didn't treat my wife's 401k contribution as tax deducible, caused we paid $20000 more taxes (Fed, and State). In 2023 tax, he failed to put my wife's group prepaid state tax as credit, we paid $91000 more tax. I found the problems, informed him, asked him to do amend tax returns, he refused to do so. I hired an accountant to do the amend tax returns for the refund. He confirmed that Sonny missed both above.

The best service and the biggest return I received ever!!…read moreAlso got an extra $100 for referring two friends. Really professional and great service.

Dan and Selene have been great to work with. Very proactive, professional, knowledgeable and…read moreresponsive. I highly recommend this team.

It is always refreshing (and a bit surprising) to deal with CPA's who deliver more than what they…read morepromise and who go the extra mile to give their clients the best opportunities to succeed. As a Nitya client (and trained CPA myself), I have always been pleased with the quality of work and the level of concern Nitya's staff has shown me no on every single assignment. I have no reservations about recommending Nitya to anyone or about giving Nitya a stellar review.

When my dad passed away in 2018 we were in a complete conundrum on how to file his taxes, how it…read morewould affect our mother's tax situation, etc. Luckily Chris Scott at this firm was a wonderful find. We went in and took all our documentation and he talked us through the process, and everything and assisted with my mother and my deceased father's tax prep and filing. And I have been using them ever since for filing my taxes every year. I have always been bad with numbers and taxes always gave me anxiety in case I filed them wrong. Chris has always been quick to respond once tax season comes along and has helped file my taxes way before deadlines. I cannot recommend their firm highly enough. The value is also more cost-effective and I would rather support a home grown accounting and tax firm business than a franchise like HR Block or something.

ABSOLUTELY SUPERB for 1/2 century Bauer & Scott has been and continues to be my amazing CPA…read more Ethical, careful, respectful, personal, extremely knowledgeable. Makes things easy for me rather than harder. I lived in Rockville for 60 years. Now live in Boston for 6 years. Bauer & Scott ( Tommy now ) continues to be my anchor. Am so happy I found Mr. Bauer more than 50 years ago. ( 5 Stars ). Lilian Rosenbaum, LCSW-C, BCB, Ph.D.

My husband often wonders how I ever survived before I met him. Besides my absolute refusal to get…read moreoil changes for my car (13 oil changes in 11 years!), I also loved to do my own taxes. At 8pm on 4/15. Without a calculator (and I have the math skills of a pre-schooler). Heh. Living on the edge. That's me. But then we moved in together and the first year of him watching me blithely scribbling random numbers on my 1040EZ form caused him to weep copiously. By the second year, he physically wrangled my tax forms from me...and brought it to CHC CPAs. Don't tell him this, but this is one of the *very few* times he was right. Things I've learned by having a real professional work on your taxes: 1) You get more money back...even when they don't let claim your pet bunny as a dependent (hey, do you know how much bunnies cost?!? I think I should get the same tax deduction as a kid! Especially as my bunny won't be a drain on our social resources. I'm just sayin'!). 2) You save yourself a couple hours arguing with your husband if I can "fake" not living in MoCo and not pay the higher tax rate...I mean, we live in Gaithersburg...that's *practically* Frederick County (with the lower tax rate), right??? 3) You don't make your significant other cry when you proudly proclaim that the Fed is going to give you a $1,335,830 refund...because you screwed up the decimal point thingie. By *A LOT*. Oops. Heh. Yeah, I know. I am the most highly functioning ditz on the planet. But here's the OTHER awesomething thing about CHC. Unlike other tax prep places (like, H&R Block, not that there's anything wrong with them), CHC *ALSO* does financial planning.SOOOO...when you get back that super awesome refund...you can INVEST IT...which CHC does as well. So in a nutshell: unless you're Warren Buffet or Mitt Romney...call up CHC. Just like you would call a plumber to fix your drain...call a professional to do your taxes! YAY!

Ever since TurboTax effed up my taxes in 2009, I swore I'd never use a software tax filing service…read moreever again. Even as an Asian, I'm horrible at math and accounting (video games too...sigh) so I knew it was time to find an accountant. I've been working with Jonathan Cohen as my CPA for the last 4 years and it's been simply fantastic. I had a complicated (or what I thought was complicated) situation when I first became a client (multiple jobs/ living/working different states/trying to start a sole proprietorship) but Jon made it a breeze! He is extremely easy to work with as he is friendly, professional and incredibly knowledgable. Any time I have a question, he is very quick to reply via email or phone and always explained it in a way that I would understand him. I highly recommend Jon (or any of the other associates at CHC) looking for help with tax prep- they're the best.

I just filed my taxes. Sara was amazing. She was very professional and filed my taxes within 15…read moreminutes. I am very impressed. I asked for some help regarding my work related thing. Sara went out of her way to help me. She could not figure it out. Therefore, she called Bethel and Bethel took her time and sat me down and assisted me. I was not even her client. Bethel and Sara are the reasons for me to come back again next year. Thank you for amazing service.

I have been going to Eretimy for 3 years now. I have a very complicated tax situation with many…read morejobs to file for. He is always extremely helpful and patient in all of my experiences with him. He remembers small details from year to year and it really makes for a comfortable and personable experience. He always explains everything to me in detail and helps me to understand the process behind my filings. I will continue coming to see him year after year. The value is consistent and he is very kind. Book with Eritimy!!! You won't regret it.

Working with Jonatan has been great so far. He was able to find and correct mistakes in my 1120 S…read moremade by my previous tax accountant so I can attest to him being thorough. Highly recommend him.

From the owner: Aventa Tax provides small business tax planning and accounting services to businesses in Montgomery…read moreCounty, Frederick County, and surrounding Maryland areas. With over 10 years of experience, our team of experts helps businesses with tax preparation, bookkeeping, payroll, tax representation, and consulting. We are local small business accountants and enrolled agents who assist clients in Germantown, Gaithersburg, Rockville, Bethesda, Silver Spring, Frederick, Montgomery Village, and more. Our team consists of QuickBooks Certified ProAdvisors, Xero Advisors, certified Financial & Managerial Accounting Associates, and Enrolled Agents.

I am not very happy with Jackson Hewitt I've been with them for years and my family and ex wife…read morealways been happy. My 2019 was filed in Gaithersburg. The employee did not do my taxes correct and I had to contact Jackson Hewitt, How I found out was a letter through IRS . I under the stand circumstances with the COVT. During talking to main Jackson Hewitt corporate Jackson Hewitt syud my next year which would be 2020 final would be free. That's not a guarantee money back when the employee messed up on my taxes. You want me to come back year after screwing up my taxes and give it to me for free now chance and I will let everyone know not to go to Jackson Hewitt

Mike, at the Jackson Hewitt location in the Lakeforest Mall location in Gaithersburg is…read moreoutstanding!!! The extra mile and time he take with getting and doing his best to achieve the most return for your money is totally AMAZING!!! That's why he is the bomb

I have been using Burman for our personal and business taxes for many years and he does a fantastic…read morejob. Burman provides excellent customer service, quick response times and answers my questions in a manner I can understand (as I am not a tax professional). I highly recommend using Berger & Associates. You will not be disappointed!

From the owner: Burman Berger was a practicing lawyer for 15 years, and transitioned to accountant once he realized…read moreit was his true passion. He has been a tax accountant for the last 14 years. The firm represents individuals and small businesses. We have a particular expertise with real estate professionals and investors, and with nonresidents who have to file a US tax return.