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The Tax Connection

4.4 (20 reviews)
Open • 10:00 am - 6:00 pm

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Accountants

Audit and conflict resolution support

Current year tax preparation and filing

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Ha'Ane T.

I scheduled an appointment with Paula to complete my taxes for the beginning of the year and she was professional from start to finish. Paula actually helped me in figuring out a hiccup within my taxes (one that I would not be able to figure out on my own) and filed my G45 taxes all in one sitting in a reasonable time frame. She is very easy to work with, her rates are very affordable, and she also has a lot of experience under her belt. I will definitely be referring her to friends, family and business associates, and continue to use her throughout the year. The Tax Connection is located in the same building as the Warrior Ohana Clinic and is in between Kapolei and Ewa Beach. If you are located in either areas, I would check her services out or give her a quick call. Thank you again Paula!

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Paula did an outstanding job with my taxes which I had two years of returns. Would highly recommend!

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Mahalo Paula Jo! Extremely caring and personal...i have found the best tax preparer on the west side for sure

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“Previously having the same tax preparer before moving to Honolulu , I was lost in selecting a new one .”

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Ramos Tax Service came highly recommended by my husband's co-worker, and I'm so glad we decided to…read moregive them a try. For the past ten years, I've dreaded tax season because we're in a higher tax bracket. We used to go to another accounting agency, but over time we noticed they weren't really taking the time to thoroughly go over everything with us, and their fees kept increasing. Enter Ramos Tax Service. Although they do not take scheduled appointments, the process was still very easy. They have parking available, and once we checked in, I believe our wait was only about 20 to 30 minutes, which honestly was not bad at all. They even had snacks available while we waited. Once we were called, Noemi was incredibly friendly and helpful. Even though we ended up owing taxes, she took the time to carefully review everything with us, which definitely eased some of the sting. She also gave us very helpful suggestions for next year to help minimize what we may owe. And their fees? Very reasonable. Do I recommend Ramos Tax Service? Absolutely.

First time here, founded on Yelp. Based on good reviews, decided to give this place a chance…read more Filing late this year and needed to get my taxes done before the dead line! Luckily they accept walk ins. I signed in about 1040am and got called around 130pm. Mrs. Ramos was quick and kind. Seems like when I got to her all of my information was inputted into her computer. Might've been her assistant that sat next to her helped her input all the info's, to speed up the process. I sat with Mrs. Ramos for about 10 minutes and I was done. The outcome of my tax return was not the outcome I wanted but oh well. It is what it is. I feel no matter what, taxes is always owed on my part. They charged $150 for service which I think is fair, based on what others are charging to do taxes now days. If you do decide to come here, expect to wait. They do have a lot of clients and new clients as well, based on my observation while I sat and waited. The waiting area is clean and comfortable. They provide snacks to purchase, cost is about a dollar each. Parking can be a little difficult, as they have about 6-8 stalls in front of their office. I believe you could also park on the street and walk over. Location is right across the street from Honowai elementary. Not sure if I'll return next year, but I'm glad I gave them a chance and I'm glad they took me in as a walk in because I needed to get my taxes done ASAP.

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This location is temporarily located per tax season and for this season it was located near Kapolei…read moreShopping center next to Texaco gas station. After reading information on their website, we pre-printed the necessary forms and brought in the requested paperwork hoping we could get a walk in. We came in on a weekday afternoon and was welcomed in by Alma. When we came in she was available to take us however they didn't have enough "tables" to take us in so we had to schedule an appointment in which they were readily available and open a month before taxes were due. Since we already looked online for the appropriate forms and documents, Alma treated our paperwork as a drop off and was able to take everything for us right there and then. I did ask her if we could keep our originals of our IDs, SSN cards, and birth certificates since it was our first time filing there and she was able to do it on the spot. Also she checked and verified that we had everything needed for filing purposes and to assist us getting the best return possible and she guided us for additional paperwork we didn't even think of including! She was very tentative to our questions as we were first time co home owners and also not yet married so we were concerned how it would affect our individual returns but she was so courteous and helpful with all of the answers she provided to us. By the time it was for our appointment, she had a cancelation prior to ours and offered for us to come earlier if we wanted to. She also had already inputting our numbers and did a "pre crunch" on the different types of filing on which would best benefit us as a whole for which the house should go under. Long story short, her numbers matched spot on and we went with our best choice of filing and got the most we've ever receieved on a return so far. We were there for only 30 minutes, signed the official documents and we were good to go! Going forward Alma will definitely be out tax person. We also both received our tax return via direct deposit for both federal and state within 2.5 weeks of filing with no issues.

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The Tax Connection - accountants - Updated October 2026

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