My husband and I have used Randy for our taxes for the last three years, and are extremely grateful for his services. He is incredibly knowledgeable about all of the relevant issues with our taxes including self-employment, military out-of-state residency, child tax credits, etc. The process to submit all of your forms is very easy, and his turnaround time for filing is usually only a day or two. We are very pleased, and will be returning customers year after year. read more

I have been using Randy for over 10 years! The personal attention he puts into maximizing your return and assuring in the most effective way that your filing is done accurately and in a timely manner is something hard to find and I found with ABC tax. Randy stays up to date with all the latest tax code changes and implements a plan each year on your specific need and circumstance. Since Covid in office has changed to remote online system but the responses and attention has changed zero keeping that personalized service intact even if it is remotely. I recommend Randy as "my tax guy" to anyone! Keep up the good work! read more

I have only used ABC Tax Service for the past three years, but I am impressed every year by how prompt their responses are. they make it super easy with the online tax filer and check list. My roommate and I alternate the mortgage tax credit, and Randy always knows which year who gets it without us having to remind him. That's good customer service!! read more

We went to Randy because we had some issues with our CA taxes and he was able help us sort it all out. He is so knowledge, professional and extremely efficient. We are beyond thankful to have found him online and would highly recommend ABC Tax Services.​ read more

Answered all of my questions was polite and honest seems like a really great service. I didn't actually use the service because as they were honest with me it wasn't to my benefit and they couldn't exactly justify me using them which I appreciate the honesty some places would just take your money and say it is what it is when it comes to your taxes however they were open and honest and recommended that I just file them myself as there wouldn't be a huge difference. I appreciate that very much because even though I didn't use their service finding honesty and integrity in a tax preparation place is vital to establishing a great relationship with someone who helps with your finances read more

Always informative and very good at conveying changes from year to year. Responsive to requests and very easy process to collect tax information while maintaining importance of security online. Randy is amazing to work with and has great perspective on how to optimize taxes every year we have worked with him. read more

I needed some tax advice and decided to give ABC a call -- and I'm so glad I did! He was very helpful and inquisitive, offering me advice that I couldn't seem to get from any other tax service. He was very friendly, but also gave me straightforward answers to my questions. As life gets more complicated, I'll definitely be reaching out for more help from ABC! Thank you! read more

Randy was great with our taxes. He was patient and kind with any questions we had. He knew how to handle my husbands stocks, which is something h and r block couldn't do previously. If you want reliable work and a friendly person doing it, I recommend Randy from and tax service! read more

After a horrible experience with another company, I called Randy on Saturday July 3rd, and although it was a holiday weekend he was able to help me and turn everything around quickly by Tuesday July 6th. He was professional, efficient and easy to work with and sensitive to the fact I was stressed out, already late and coming from a negative experience. I highly recommend Randy and his services!! read more

Just went in with a back tax issue and Randy was extremely helpful. I loved the fact that I was given a consultation (prior to action) to explain the issues. I left with a good understanding of what needed to be done and why. He is very knowledgeable, friendly and helpful. read more

We have complex tax returns every year, and every year, since moving to San Diego, we have trusted this tax preparation service with our complicated returns. Very personable/professional staff and phenomenal knowledge of tax law. read more

Randy has done my taxes for well over a decade. He is clear, concise and able to help maintain integrity while make sure any critical items are not missed while preparing my tax returns. In addition to being extremely efficient, he is still able to quickly do this even the most complex of returns. There have been years, where his through review of the facts has been able to save me thousands in taxes. I will never go anywhere else. read more

I've used Randy for the past several years. From the start, he identified tax refund opportunities for the previous year and the year before that with a retroactive review. Randy is quite responsive and very proactive with scheduling our time together. He's been flexible with my previous extensions as well as my changing life situation over the years. Will certainly continue to use Randy in the coming years! read more

I initially contacted H & R Block to assist in filing my taxes, but after several phone interactions with rather rude and unaware staff I decided to look elsewhere. H & R Block was unable to answer questions regarding filing in multiple states (I had relocated here June 2014 from Indiana) and the staff was also incredibly mysterious in providing me with a ballpark estimate for my filing cost. They said it was not possible to estimate such a cost as every client is different. So I fortunately stumbled upon ABC Tax Service and after reading a decent amount of positive reviews, I decided to give a local business a try. Randy is extremely knowledgeable in the field and knew exactly what items were able to be written off (in my case, moving expenses, student loan, etc) as well as which items were unnecessary to be included in the filing. The entire process was quick and efficient and I left with a professional folder filled with pertinent documents to file for my records. He also kindly gave me a wonderful discount, which was an added bonus! I highly recommend Randy and ABC Tax Service as the experience was well worth venturing out from what could have been an H & R Block nightmare! read more

Thank you Randy for another year of great tax service. We have been with Randy for many years and are very satisfied with his service. We highly recommend ABC Tax sevice. Raul and Kelly Aguilera read more

We have been using Randy for years for our taxes, even once we moved out of San Diego! He is professional, fast, and always does a throughout job. We are always happy with the job he does. He makes tax time a breeze. read more

Randy Ames made it such an easy process for me. I usually have a relative do my taxes, but I opted out a few years ago and tried going through different avenues I.E. H&R Block and Turbo Tax. Apparently I didn't do the Turbo Tax application correctly last year, so I received a letter from the state complimenting me on my prior returns, but that I supposedly didn't pay for my 2014 taxes. As an ethical person and an insurance agent, that was very aggravating to say the least so I turned to the reviews of Randy and thought I'd give it a shot. He provided answers and was very professional. In about 30 minutes we were finished with correctly filing my 2014 and 2015, and he followed up with an e-mail a few days later to inform me of the federal and state receiving my documents and that it went through successfully- that means a lot to me that he goes the extra mile for his clients. I'll definitely be a devoted client of his for making taxes seem less complicated. Thank you, Randy. read more

Extremely thorough and professional, what a wonderful job Randy did. I am so happy and thankful I went with ABC Tax Service for my taxes and I will be a returning client for life!! Great service and very easy simple process!! Highly recommend 10/10! read more

Randy Ames has been doing my taxes for several years and I have always had an excellent experience! Randy is the consummate professional. He is always aware of all the "latest and greatest" laws/rules/regulations related to tax laws. This year due to Covid we communicated the entire process online which worked out very well. I would highly recommend Randy without reservation. read more

Our third year with Randy and we are most happy. It is nice to know someone else is looking out for our taxes as well as ourselves. He has notified us of getting IRS letters and helped through the process of small tax debt at no additional charge. I have used online software and made mistakes--costing me money. I have used other cheaper CPAs who have made errors/been sloppy with the work/not timely. So although I agree w/Matt above--it is a bit high for a simple return--you get what you pay for. And with Randy you get it right the first time, everytime and backup if something goes wrong. Randy and ABC Tax Service is on point and is our tax professional. read more

The fee for simple returns is a little over board. Friendly service but not happy about what was paid for the amount of work done. No plans to go back next year. read more

I recently moved to San Diego and felt I needed professional consultation because I felt there was something wrong with my tax assistance received for relocation benefits. I chose to make an appointment with Randy solely based on how great his review looks like on Yelp. However I was extremely disappointed. He was nice and friendly to start with, making fun and jokes. When he learned I was originally from China he told me he was teaching English in China 20 years ago and started to comment on how "communist" the government was (it still is but it's not the point). When I asked which city he visited he said "Chiang Mai" which I know for sure is a city in Thailand! After sitting there listening to his comment on a country which he probably had never physically been to, I guess that should've been my first clue of how "on top of facts" he was. It was a late appointment so I could tell he wanted to wrap up and went home (his wife was txting him). He basically put my numbers in the system and told me this is the number (which anybody with access to online software can do). I asked him if he knew anything that might help my situation or if he could provide any advise he quickly said no it was how it was. The whole process took about 20 min. Now came the last straw. When I told me I wanted to talk to my company's payroll and find out what happened before filing and I was not going to file with him, he became very irritated and started calling me "UNETHICAL" of wasting his time without paying him. Well, I consider someone unprofessional and unethical in this situation when he clearly couldn't keep the promise that he made on the website. Despite all those great reviews on yelp, I would never recommend ABC tax services to anyone. read more

This is a belated review since 2011, I have been on a journey to seek for a good tax accountant. Now I have a good sampling pool of different tax accountants, and experience variety of tax situations (investment, rental property, financial losses) I feel more qualified to provide this belated review. I had hired Randy back in 2011 for my 2010 taxes. At that time Randy is still very affordable, which he was able to complete my tax filing for $150. The tax was done fast and he was semi-friendly, but somehow I think being a very young female professional (at that time I was only 24) kind of work to my disadvantage. I had asked him some very basic tax questions (i.e. what can I do to plan my tax for future? What are something I can claim as tax deduction in the future). I get fairly mediocre standard answer, which I can probably look up on google myself. I realized at that time I might to pay him outside of tax appointment for tax consultation, which I did. At that time 2011, I made sufficient money from stock for my first down payment for rental income property. I scheduled an appointment with him, hoping he can helpful me plan out the tax strategy for different kind of property since I was debating between 2 properties. Knowing what I know now about taxes, I expect him to help me calculate how much mortgage interest I can use for deduction, under which schedule should I file, property depreciation calculation for the next 20 years to help me determine the property and which one would be most beneficial for tax strategy, and what my tax might looked like for the following year. Except, I receive none of that and left the place knowing nothing more than I left. Overall, I would say if you have not too complicate tax situation, this place gets the job done, and Randy is an ethical guy and much better than others on the ethical scale. But if you really want to plan out your future, get a handle on your financial and tax planning, this place is probably not the best. read more

Up until this past year, I've always done my own taxes. However, as life has taken me on a course of more complex investments, situations and such, I decided to seek professional assistance, so I reached out to Randy at ABC Tax Service after checking out reviews for a few different possibilities in my area. I called the number, left my info with the answering service and then got a call back from Randy shortly thereafter. On the phone, I explained to Randy that I needed to have my 2013 taxes done, and while I had not gotten any news from the IRS, I informed him that I wasn't 100% certain about my 2012 taxes due to one of my investments. Prior to getting off the phone, I asked the scary question of "how much should I expect to pay for something like this," to which he responded "$200-$300, something around there." Having never paid for someone to do my taxes, I didn't know if this was high or low, but I went ahead and set up an appointment for the next day via their scheduling website. Upon walking in, Randy was very nice and greeted me at the door, then we got settled and he took a look at my paperwork. After briefly glancing over the 2012 coversheet and such, he told me that all of the math was done correctly, to include taxes owed/refund, but that I just needed to submit a paper/form to the IRS indicating a particular loss; this sounded pretty simple. Next he looked over the 2013 paperwork I had brought in, punched in some numbers and told me that everything should be ready within a day or two for me to pickup and sign. Perfect, in and out in about 35 minutes and it was looking like I didn't owe anything (nor was I entitled to a refund, but hey, that's good enough for me). Perhaps due to the fact that it wasn't tax season (this took place just a couple months ago), it was a very quick turnaround, so it wasn't long before Randy notified me that my taxes were ready to be picked up. Upon going back, Randy gave me tax return paperwork for 2012, showing me the additional form that my original return had lacked. He then went on to give me everything for 2013, as well as all of my original paperwork that I had brought in. Finally, he handed me a bill just shy of $600.00 (yes, despite the quote he gave me on the phone). I couldn't believe it. Not only was this nowhere near close to the low end of the quote that I had received on the phone, but it was nearly double that of the high end of the quote. I was too shocked to even attempt to discuss what was going on as I sat there in complete disbelief. Oh, and when I presented the $20 off coupon from his website, he informed me that I was already receiving a discount, so he would not be honoring it. I handed my card over, signed the receipt and then quickly gathered my things to make my way for the door. I did however get a chuckle when he said "okay, we'll see ya next year" just prior to me leaving. No, you certainly will not. I don't think any explanation is required as to why I will never be going back, but if this is how business there is done, I am having a hard time understanding why others might. Regardless, under no circumstances could I ever recommend ABC Tax Service to anyone. *On a side note: while they will put your forms in an envelope to mail off to the IRS for this price, they will not stamp and send them off as part of the deal, that's all on you! read more

Randy is extremely professional, timely and got our complicated taxes resolved and filed. He's very informative and now we have our tax guy. Thanks Randy! We appreciate your help with our tax problems! read more

I chose to call Randy based on numerous positive reviews I had read. I called him early one afternoon and was able to meet with him the same day. As I was in frantic need of back filing my taxes I really appreciated the expedited service. Upon meeting Randy he immediately allayed my concerns and walked me through the filing process, making sure to take plenty of time to explain the intricacies of my tax return and answer any questions I had. I had such a positive experience that I have already referred him to friends and family and will definitely have him assist me with future tax returns. read more

I found Randy when I needed someone that could perform estate taxes when my mother passed away. Randy was thoughtful, thorough and took the time to explain the process each step of the way. We have continued with him all these years based on his professionalism and expertise preparing taxes. We do not hesitate to refer him to our friends and family and highly recommend his services. read more

Randy is pretty awesome. I am just another young, good-looking American who makes rent using Uber, Lyft, AirBNB and multiple freelance gigs. He takes care of it and is super knowledgable! He's been my guy for 3 years. read more

I just completed my taxes with Randy and I had a very good experience. I am new to San Diego and I had to pick someone to file my taxes off of online reviews . I refuse to go to HR Block so I selected Randy. All the reviews are accurate to my pleasant surprise. He is very thorough and professional as well as pleasant and patient. He was able to find write offs and I received a lot more money than I expected, especially since I was unemployed 1/2 the year. I highly recommend him! read more

Nothing but good things to say! Randy has been doing taxes for my wife and I for the last few years and we've always had a great experience. He is thorough, detailed and fair in his practices. My wife and I are in the service industry and know coworkers who have gone to tax preparers promising HUGE returns, only to get audited within the next couple years. We highly recommend Randy's service to anyone looking to get their taxes done the right way. read more

Been with Randy for years. Not only is it a friendly environment, reasonable prices you get above and beyond service that extends beyond tax season. Thanks Randy. read more

It was very easy to schedule an appointment with Randy (he came recommended from a family member.) He is knowledgeable, reliable and very thorough. Highly recommended. read more

First time having my taxes professionally done. Randy made the process quick and painless. I was very happy with this service and will be using Randy again next year. read more

I found Randy online. Yahoo to be exact and he's done my taxes twice so far and i plan to continue to use him. Good guy, professional, quick but thorough. I use to use H&R Block and Turbo tax but i found that they didnt maximize my refund. Randy does. read more

Historically I have always done my own taxes, but each year they are getting slightly more complex and require a more in depth interpretation of tax code aside from a TurboTax interview. The experience with Randy will ensure that I never do my own taxes again. Scheduling was easy and online, just the way I prefer it. Randy was extremely pleasant to work with, communicated where he was in the process frequently, and completed the e-filing of our return in record time. Randy was also able to use his resources to research a complicated tax challenge and come up with a justifiable, common sense solution. Tax code can be complicated and convoluted, but Randy makes it simple and backs it up with common sense. I will absolutely be going back to Randy next year. read more

My boyfriend has been going to Randy for several years and has always had positive experiences. He is always recommending him to friends and family members. As such, I decided to utilize Randy's services for the past two years. His pricing is fair and I have never heard of him over-charging anyone. Every case is different, but he has given me a great price for services rendered (below $200.00). In addition, Randy is always available to assist with any questions or troubles that may be encountered with the IRS or California Franchise Tax Board. He has resolved matters and concerns we have encountered in the past, without delay. I have full confidence in him and will continue to utilize his services in the upcoming years. Thank you Randy! read more

Working with Randy was so refreshing. I'm kind of a DIY guy and have done turbotax a few times, but having the opportunity to work with an enrolled agent that knows what he's doing was very refreshing. Randy was quick to offer me valuable insights into the whole process that will help me feel less stressed and better prepared next year. I'll save myself the trouble with turbotax and go straight to ABC next year. Thanks for helping to put me and my wife both at ease, Randy! read more

Randy and his crew at ABC tax service are genuinely a breath of fresh air to an industry where it's hard to trust and easy to be taken advantage of. His office has an excellent call back and follow up procedure and they make you feel like a neighbor without compromising high standards. I'll definitely be back and would say that a visit here is well worth it! read more

While he is friendly and does a decent job. I must admit I was shocked that he charged us over $600.00 for an hour. We had all our paperwork in order and all. I just feel people should be prepared for how expensive it is. I feel it is a high. read more

First year with Randy and he makes me feel good about my money! I am very lost on the accounting side and he educated me about everything I needed to know since I am now independently contracted. I would recommend Randy to any sales professional who needs assistance with yearly and quarterly taxes. read more