they made a mistake when filing our return, as a result we paid $26000 more tax.... AND the mistake…read moreis found by ourselves because we usually get return on state tax..... They are so unprofessional, and it's october we haven't get our money back!!! AVOID THEM AT ALL COST.

Rita filed my tax with lots of mistakes. Very regretted to let them file my tax for two years.read more

Ryan is extremely responsive, knowledgeable, and easy to work with. He took the time to understand…read moremy situation, explained everything clearly, and identified opportunities I would have otherwise missed. Thanks to his guidance, I was able to save an additional $$$ on my taxes this year. Highly recommend Ryan to anyone looking for a trustworthy and skilled tax professional.

another update. this past june, Marcelle went above and beyond for my wife this time. Rose had…read moresome back filing issues she wanted to resolve before going through her upcoming citizenship appointment. Marcelle did an emergency preparation and we got things sorted out in time. Rose is now a citizen. thanks, Marcelle ;^)

These folks were responsive and use this really good online software https://basecamp.com/…read moreThis enables tracking of tasks and todo's clients have to like submitting W2s, etc. So much better than e-mail threads which get confusing. Even with the simple process of a joint return it enabled my wife and I to be aware of what we each needed to provide. Pricing was very competitive, less than the accountant I had last year who I very disappointed with. I see negative reviews and I wonder if these different experiences could be due to getting up to speed on the portal. The negative reviews seem to be similar though not as bad as experiences I have had with the previous 2 accountants. I can say my experience was positive and I found Stephenie responsive and our taxes were filed correctly.

Acounteam is a high quality firm that understands the challenges facing small businesses. My firm…read morewas in desperate need for an accountant that could help with quickbooks. Acounteam was responsive and understood my predicament. We are in great shape now. They also have a great sense of humor.

It was very easy to get ahold of her and she provided such exceptional service! I've only started…read moredoing my own taxes very recently and she explained everything in such simple terms, breaking down everything very honestly and understandably. Her attitude is also very kind and patient, and she's so encouraging. She provided really good advice for the future too and made sure to be very organized with my files, also taking care to remind me of due dates and logistics with my case. I genuinely can't recommend her enough !

I called about three times in two weeks left two voicemails. Talk to the secretary never got a call…read moreback never even got talk to. I had high hopes for her too. Very unprofessional in my opinion. The matter had to deal with tax law what she specializes in. It's sad to see the only time she's ever responded to me was on a yelp review.

I worked with Joanne for the first time in 2017, after years of doing my own taxes online. Joanne…read morewas extremely competent, professional, and a pleasure to work with. She made it easy to provide my documents and repeatedly answered my ill-informed questions. She was exceptionally knowledgeable and did went above and beyond to provide us with great advice. At the end of the process, my tax return was significantly more favorable than the years in which I did my own taxes. I can't recommend Joanne highly enough, and will definitely use her for the foreseeable future. I'd give her more than 5 stars if I could.

Very efficient. She helped me get things straightened out. I'd highly recommend Joanne.read more

If you are looking for top-tier tax planning and preparation, Roslyn and her team are absolutely…read morephenomenal. I came to them with a pretty overwhelming and highly complex tax situation that required digging through multiple years of past transcripts. Roslyn didn't just handle it; she completely took the stress out of the process. She was incredibly thorough--catching missing documents, identifying potential deductions I would have never known about, and actually taking the time to outline a solid tax strategy for my future filings. What truly makes Roslyn different from other CPAs I've encountered is her patience. She has this amazing ability to take complicated tax jargon and break it down so it actually makes sense. Her experience and track record speak for themselves, but it's her personable approach to getting the work done that makes her the best in the industry. I couldn't be happier with the results and highly recommend her to anyone!

I've been going to Roslyn Blackwell for about 10 years now, and I honestly wouldn't trust anyone…read moreelse with my taxes. She has always made the entire process simple, clear, and stress free. Taxes can be overwhelming, but Roslyn has a way of explaining everything so it actually makes sense. She is always friendly, polite, and extremely knowledgeable. You can tell she truly cares about her clients and takes pride in what she does. Every year she is consistent, professional, and efficient, and I always leave feeling confident that everything was handled properly. It's rare to find someone this reliable and easy to work with. I'm very grateful to have found her, and I will continue coming to Roslyn for many years to come. I highly recommend her to anyone looking for someone trustworthy and excellent at what they do.

6 month follow-up update…read more. I know you may have been waiting with bated breath, so I'll try my best to keep this short. After 20+ additional emails (between both parties), we were finally able to receive our federal and state abatements from 2024. While this is good news and we are pleased with the outcome, it does not negate the unpleasant experience. After the last review, they took note and designated someone to call the IRS on our behalf, instead of repeatedly sending papers in the mail that the IRS would never receive. After receiving the federal abatement, we then had to ask them to help with the state abatement. In case you aren't aware (since I was initially not educated on this matter), you are allowed a 1-time federal and state abatement. Meaning, if you are in good standing, they will erase your fines, but not the interest. Some additional notes: 1. They are a global team, as their new name implies (Unified Global). This means that your team may be located in various time zones and countries. 2. Their software is straightforward and simple to follow, which I did appreciate. 3. Their timelines for filing, in my opinion, do not include a sufficient buffer if you have additional questions and/or corrections. We were asked several times to remove the last review, and after some thought, I have chosen to amend it. Similar to prior Yelpers, I believe that it they have improved their services, my initial review will just be background noise as the one off.

I guess it is time to update my review for the 2025 Tax Planning (not return) season. During my…read morelast review, after ccing as many contacts I had, Arvee Flores reached out and connected me with Michael Dacuma. They offered me a discount to resume Tax Planning and Return service for 2024 (return) + 2025 (planning). I obliged to see as I suspected it was a one time issue with the particular person I got transferred to. Let me go over the process one more time. You get an email to schedule when you want to start uploading documents via a secure portal. The process is roughly the same regardless of tax returns or tax planning. The portal is a check list of sorts in which you upload each key item like your paystub, w2, etc. and mark them as checked off as you acquire them through various online portals. I think this was a great way to help you iteratively step through your accounts and get each required doc. Once all the steps are completed, you'll get an email from AlphaB saying they'll start working on your file. Usually in about 1-2 weeks, you will get the result and an opportunity to schedule a walkthrough. If it is a Tax Return, the process is relatively straight forward. I think the return filing were often trying to minimize my lost to taxes. The planning part. Overall, was much better than when I was assigned to Ma Christina. At least I was not ghosted and I did get a response back to my question. The quality of the response could improve as several times I had to follow up on to clarify my question even further to understand how to process the Tax Plan recommendation or how it relates with the BBB changes. At some points, I wondered if they even read the extra context I had provided or just fed it to AI to give me some response. It was kind of a minor issue but one you hopefully wouldn't have to deal with given the asking price of service. As for the tax plan itself, it was so-so. Perhaps I have exhausted most of my options but I often got the same advice like "consider starting a business." I mean sure but that isn't the easiest and most actionable advice. A simple, "you are doing a great job and you more or less have maximized all tax efficient opportunities..." before bringing up advice to just start a business would be motivating and great preface. Why a 3*? I had 2 requirements for 2025: - Help me plan which lot to sell my stocks - For tax year 2025, to ensure I had near $0 or owe up to $2000. The former was to help with building some down payment funds for a potential home purchase which I had stated would be estimated early 2026 at best or even later. The latter was simply a preference on how I wanted to handle taxes. The first point, I brought this up early in the year and got some formulation on what to sell in 2025 to reach some allocation. I do think they had forgotten to consider stocks vested via ESPP and completely avoided the question when I asked in a follow up. I executed the stock at the cost of later finding out the BBB and SALT cap changes. It would have been great to hear some advise like "here's some calculations on how to be tax efficient with the current price but something to consider is the BBB and rumored SALT cap adjustments you would be losing out..." and proceed to suggest an alternative strategy to best maximize. I'm paying for Tax Planning and personalized advice so I'd hope to have received these "btw" considerations when making moves. Overall, I had about 6 Tax Planning meetings for the Tax Year 2025. These all provided coordination on if we are on the right trajectory to achieve my desired range of owe/receive $0 or owe up to $2000. As a validation experiment, I had requested another CPA/EA (so equivalent credentials) compute my tax returns for 2025. If all the tax planning was correct, I'd be near $0; however, the margin of error was quite excessive in my opinion that I question what was the point of all the Tax Planning prep (gathering docs) and sync (30m per sync) if there's no predictability during tax return season. Lastly, they wanted to charge an additional 10% of service fee to handle 2025 Tax Returns due to the BBB complexity. To me, I wasn't too happy with the service I had received so an extra 10% cost while perhaps warranted didn't seem worthwhile given the subpar service. For reference, my new CPA/EA has offered Tax Advice and Planning for about half the cost and has been providing me illustrations on some tax move considerations under various risk profiles and scenarios given current economic climate. I have also been requested to remove my last review of Ma Christina. I will leave that up as I think others should be aware that there has been a history of complete communication chain break down after paying for financial services. If the situation has truly been resolved, the review itself will be drowned out by positive reviews over time.

We have been working with Sarada for past 5 years and will continue to work her is unlike H&R Block…read more"Pay me Extra to protect you from future inquiry from IRS" she stand by her work, when we had inquiry she took care of it and it sorted out with endless patience. Being small business owner last thing we want is to answer constant IRS automated letter with questions, wait on the phone forever to talk to someone in IRS and still won't get right answers. The best we way we found to work with Sarada is get her all the documents and a have phone chat with her well before the filing date and then after filing she will reach out to you and give you insights for future tax returns and to maximize savings with personal attention.

Zero Stars! I chose…read moreSarada Majumder, CPA after seeing her highly recommended with excellent ratings on Yelp and Google. Many clients rave about her professionalism, thoroughness, and reliability over the years. Sadly, my experience was the complete opposite and one of the most frustrating and costly I've ever had with a tax professional. We hired her specifically because of those glowing reviews, but she completely ghosted us throughout the entire process. We sent all requested documents promptly and followed up repeatedly via email, often with no response for weeks. When she did finally reply, it was only with excuse after excuse: she was out of the country, then claimed she never received our documents (despite our delivery confirmations), followed by more vague delays and no progress. She explicitly promised to provide regular updates during the process so we would know where things stood. She never once followed through on that promise. As a result, she did not complete any of the agreed upon work, our tax return was never filed on time, and we were hit with extra IRS penalties and interest that we could have easily avoided with a reliable preparer. Worse, I've seen a troubling pattern in some of her other reviews: when clients raise similar issues about poor communication, delays, or unfinished work, her responses show a clear pattern of lying, downplaying legitimate complaints, making excuses, or outright denying problems instead of owning up to them. Do not trust Sarada Majumder with your taxes or accounting. What appears to be a highly recommended professional based on online reviews can turn into a nightmare of unresponsiveness, broken promises, and financial consequences. This was an expensive and stressful mistake. Save yourself the hassle, penalties, and frustration by choosing someone who actually communicates and delivers on their commitments. I fully expect her to respond to this review with more lies, made up justifications, and rationalizations for her unethical practices, just as she has done with other negative reviews. I will be filing IRS Form 14157 A (Tax Return Preparer Fraud or Misconduct Affidavit) along with Form 14157 to report her misconduct to the IRS Return Preparer Office. This includes her failure to file the return, unresponsiveness, broken promises for updates, provision of false excuses, and causing us direct financial harm through avoidable IRS penalties and interest.