Mr. Freeborne and his staff are very helpful, profession and efficient…read more I ask tons of questions and they are always quick to respond and very clear with their suggestions. Tax questions and dealing with the IRS can be very daunting and causes a lot of anxiety, once I hired Washington Tax Services, I felt at ease and confident that things would be handled promptly and accurately.

Jay and his team at WATAX performed a miracle for a family member who hadn't filed either Federal…read moreor State taxes for over 8 years - and a penalties and interest fine from state of California was $51,000 and climbing. We Googled for tax help in Seattle, found Jay and WATAX, and within 3 months, maybe 4, the taxes were filed, and the $51,000 penalty was gone. Zero. We can't say enough good things about this team!

Professional and personal. We started with the office three years ago. Brad answered all of our…read morequestions.

I've been using Brad Order CPA for our Corporate Taxes over the last 5 years. The first year,…read moreeverything wen't smoothly, but each year following, the service got worse and worse, but the Bill went up and up! The Returns Started costing around $1500.00 then went up to nearly $3000.00, for the same amount or even less work! Not only that, but the last 3 years, at least, out taxes never even got completed until late in the summer. One of these years, it cost my wife and I $500 personally, for not paying "estimated taxes due" to the IRS, because Order, couldn't get them done on time, or even within a few months of being due! Not to mention receiving random billings, the last 2 years, for an extra $200 or $300 later in the year, with no explanation of what it was for on the invoice! To top things off, after switching accountants due to this ongoing poor treatment, we have been dicked around by him and his employees, to obtain journal entries for previous years taxes, for which we had paid for but never received. It took several weeks, emails, and phone calls to get something that should have been a "same day service"! I would avoid using this service, as they obviously cannot service the amount of clients that they have, and it shows!

UPDATE: :) you as well. Exactly, see response from owner. Lol…read more... Pretentious, rude, and unhelpful service. Surprised as the reviews here are stellar. Definitely chose not to work with them from my initial consultation. Maybe it was a fluke, hopefully for others it was as this was service that made me feel like a bother more than a customer.

I'm a general contractor and I have some professional skills, that aid me in my business, but…read moreunfortunately bookkeeping/taxes are not in my repertoire. Same for my wife that is a baker. Edwin and his team, through diligence and hard work, methodically went through years of our mess to find thousands of dollars' worth of missed tax benefits. To date, Aldaris Group has paid for themselves by correcting one year's worth of Federal taxes, and they're still going, we're even looking at state taxes. Edwin has some great ideas to restructure my company, as well. I can tell you that it wasn't easy to amend past years of taxes, and I had to put some work in on my end as well, but my wife and I are better off now than before we hired Aldaris Group. They are worth every penny!

Wilson Tax and Accounting has been doing my taxes for 2-years. I have found their communication to…read morebe unreliable. This year, despite getting my documents in early, my return was still filed late. I am still trying to clear this up but it seems they may have lied to me about an extention being granted because I see a late penalty on the bill. I would not recommend going to them for small business taxes.

After 34 years of doing business with Scott and Kim, I have to say that I never thought I would be…read morewriting this review. When I started with Wilson's, dad and his wife were running things. They did payroll for up to 55 people and all my taxes for 10 years. Then I sold out of that business and bought a new, smaller company. Still, I had them do my taxes up until about 5 years ago, when I decided my returns were so simple, I would just do them myself for $100 to $150. I gave their company a lot of business over decades and during the past 5 years, when I've had a question, Scott answered it. He's always given me good advice. This year, I decided to give him my business return. I gave him my documents on February 15th, but emailed about a week later to ask when he thought my return would be done. He indicated probably the week ending Mar. 2nd. I waited and waited, but no word. I was preparing for SURGERY and started to PANIC. THEY HAD MY DOCUMENTS FOR AN UNREASONABLE WHOLE MONTH! Four days before the tax return was due, I emailed and said that if no one had started my return, I would do it myself. I got no response, until the day before the return was due. This caused a problem, because it was at the last minute, and the tax preparer told me she had no time to research an item. The return may have been e-filed with a $25,000 error, which seemed to the case according to the IRS website. This would make my personal return wrong, and I would be subject to penalties. I asked Scott if I needed an amended return and if so, would he go ahead and file it. I also asked Kim to refund a charge for a service I specifically asked them not to do, but which was CLEARLY indicated on the bill. I added that this process had been a fiasco, because I was really getting upset. I could have filed my own return on Feb. 15th. Instead, Kim replied that she had not charged me for that service and that she was refunding my entire fee. At first, I was confused about why she would do that. Then I realized it was her totally CHILDISH and UNPROFESSIONAL way of kicking me to the curb after 34 years, when a simple five minute phone call from Scott would have resolved the whole issue. Well, the good news is that I got back their exorbitant fee of $900, which I actually would have gladly paid, if I didn't realize they have an UNETHICAL WAY OF BILLING. They remove the individual prices for each form from the final bill and then tack on "administrative and other fees" without listing a line item for it, so that the client doesn't really know what they are being billed for. The last time I had an accountant file my business return, it cost $275, very clear billing. And since that accountant made a mistake, he still filed the necessary paperwork and refunded his fee as well. My take on the whole thing is that if you think you have been done wrong, and nobody is answering your questions, emails or phone messages, express it relentlessly if necessary. Bombard them with emails and phone calls. In my case, it did not take bombardment. Since they seem to be really THIN-SKINNED, make sure you tell them how bad you think the service is. They will refund your fee, so you can extrapolate that that means, "Go away; you're bothering me." Get yourself out unscathed, and go elsewhere. I'm sure dear old DAD is proud. UPDATE: I did my own research which took about 5 minutes, and just as I told the tax preparer, it was taxable. I did my own Amended Return for $100! I so appreciate getting my $900 back.

I have used James Russel personally for the past two tax seasons.Eli has done both returns.He is…read morevery knowledgeable and able to answer questions quickly. Also,personable and polite.He is quick in getting the returns done. Paul,who just retired,also did my Dad's estate returns.He was very good as well and was quite impressive too.

I had done my taxes all my life, until life got complicated, and I ended up needing professional…read morehelp. Parents estate issues, rental property challenges, deceased spouse, change of job, retirement investments -- all were going to be a bit more than I could chew. So I reached out to the team at James Russell, and met Tracy Moshinsky. Tracy guided me through the process of pulling all the correct information, and completed/ submitted all the proper forms, with a smile. Not only did I get my taxes done properly, Tracy went over (in plain talk) the year with me, and asked me about future events, which would affect my taxes in the next year. The old adage is "you get what you pay for" - and, with accounting, if you pay for a professional team, with years of experience, you get just that - professional advice, long range planning, and great local people. Its a truly valuable experience to use James Russell CPAs to help out.

My wife is a partner at a law firm and I am an owner of a medical practice. Ryan Blume has been our…read moreCPA for the past 5 years and we couldn't be happier with his services. Ryan is extremely knowledgeable and always presents information that neither my wife nor I have thought of when it comes to our finances. I would highly recommend him and his associates for your accounting needs.

I used Blume when he was employed in Moss Adam (the arrangement was that another CPA prepares it…read moreand Blume files it, and Blume left Moss Adam before he did the filing). He sounds like a confident and skillful CPA, and is nice to talk to. But when I asked him specific tax planning questions, sometimes he gave very general or very vague answers that are not very helpful. There were wrong answers too that I found out in my own followup research. Advise those who wants to work with him do a thorough interview and ask concrete questions about your specific situation, to make sure he can handle them well. That said, my tax situation had some extra considerations that may not be the case for others.

I'm only reviewing their follow up behavior after I didn't need their services anymore. Here's my…read morestory: I wanted to warn other people about Gattis Cowan & Kramlich PS (aka GATTIS, STEWART & ASSOCIATES, P.S.), an accounting firm, located in north Seattle. They did my taxes for several years up until 2022. I told them via email that I didn't need their services anymore (switched jobs) and I thought that was understood. As a service, they did a fine job, so I thanked them. But each year for the next 4 years they kept (physical) mailing me new tax forms (with all of my private information in them) even though I emailed the first year and called 3 times every single year after to ask them to please stop sending those out. In the calls, they assured me they would stop sending those, but they have not stopped. Now I am living in another residence, and I was notified they are STILL sending my personal tax form information to my old address. This is uncalled for. I filed a complaint with the BBB. The BBB tried to contact them several ways over a period of 2 months. They never responded. So I assume they don't have any professional customer consideration and my personal information will continue to be mailed to my old residence each year. The BBB will at least register the complaint for the next 3 years, I was just notified of this today.

I'm over doing my own taxes - my accountant is Jared Stewart, and he made it easy for us to compile…read moreour information and translate it into tax savings. If you are a home owner or have rental property, you need to call Jared.

Absolutely wonderful CPA, really helped us when we needed it and were in a time crunch to buy a…read morehouse. Personable, pleasant, and really knows her stuff. Highly recommended. A++++

Incredibly disorganized, filed our taxes late despite getting our info in January, over paid my…read moretaxes, and never gave us the completed copy of our return despite being asked multiple times.