I've used Allen Barron several times to help structure startup companies and then for integrated help with planning for matters legal and tax. Usually you end up dealing with your CPA in one meeting (maybe with tax counsel) and then later with your business lawyer, and it fells like there are no clear answers. This team was able to put all the different parts on the table AT THE SAME TIME and help us make rapid and effective decisions - and then support us through the execution. I think there are real efficiencies, and real peace of mind, with their methods. I refer my friends to Allen Barron. read more

AVOID AT ALL COSTS!!! I only wish I'd read the reviews before engaging them - I paid over $15k for work that was never produced. They will charge you and charge you while promising results "are about to be delivered" and then they just stop returning emails and calls when you ask about work product. The worst worst worst law firm of all time. read more

Do not work with them. Took about five months to get my Living Trust revised and cost about twice the original estimate (and that included some reduction in the final cost per my request). Some of the delay was due to ongoing questions and adjustments per my requests but the great majority of the delay was due to very poor and delayed communication on the part of Allen Barron. In one case it took three weeks before I received answers to an email regarding very basic questions. Some of the staff was friendly and courteous but the overall process was very painful, took a huge amount of my time, and was very expensive. On my part I was courteous and respectful. Asked to speak with the owner but was told that he would not speak with me. I wish them well but feel obligated to warn others so that they are not taken advantage of by them as I have been. read more

extortionists. waste of money. DO NOT WORK WITH THEM. Great at on-boarding, horrible with everything else. will keep billing you after you asked them to stop working with you. read more

Allen Barron is a horrible company. Janathan is definitely not someone you want to work with. She does not seem to understand law at all. I felt like she just wanted to bill me hours and not really support me. I spent $4,000 and had to finally stop working with them cause nothing would happen just billings. read more

Sept 2017 - New to the USA and went to a meeting for some advice concerning investing in the US as expats. Paid with a non US card at the counter on the way out. June 2018 - 9 months later I received a notification that my payment was still outstanding, I told them that I paid on the way out at the front desk. In the meantime we'd replaced those cards and closed bank accounts. October 2018 - emails to and fro and I couldn't get statements on closed accounts without even more time and $$ so I just paid the 'outstanding invoice' as the time and cost of getting statements from overseas banks was more than the bill and the effort involved. Was also worried about trying to build credit in the USA. October 2018 - because of the above I paid FOR A SECOND TIME. This second payment was nearly TWICE THE AMOUNT OF THE ORIGINAL INVOICE. Even after confirming I was paying a secondary invoice I received a further condescending email from new 'head of collections' asking "if I knew Id paid why would I do so again??" Really unprofessional. November 2018 - received a notice my 'debt' - now paid twice - was going out for collections - as they hadn't updated the payment appropriately. July 2020 - FOUND THE ORIGINAL PAPER RECEIPT of payment in full on the date of the original meeting, as Id written to several staff over numerous emails back in 2018. Several condescending emails to and fro later they confirmed the error, and eventually confirmed my new postal address for a refund. No surprise but the refund was still issued to THE WRONG ADDRESS, with a typo on the addressee line... At no time did anyone besides the frontline admin staff involved in the mess contact me, offered an explanation, or apology. I have no idea how a simple meeting, no actual accounting work, could cause this much ridiculousness and wasted time with multiple staff. There is no chance they reconciled the end of month accounts receivable correctly way back in Sept 2017 or again in October 2018, leads me to think there's potentially much more sloppy work going on. Very glad my gut told me not to continue with this firm. read more

For months I sent tax papers and Janathon said Vanessa would send contract many times. The day taxes are due I finally receive a contract and sign it and then they say they can't have me as a client after months of being reassured they would take care of everything. Something disturbing is Janathon wanted to call my financial advisor. The taxes for this last year to be filed had nothing to do with my financial advisor. The following year yes. But no reason to call him. The first quote I received was 5000+ retainer. I see where other people complain. I said I have financial advisors(10 calls a day everyone wants to be my financial advisor) and attorneys, I don't need these other services. The "retainer" was around 1200. I feel I dodged a huge bullet from not continuing working with them. Even tho my taxes did not get done on the deadline, because of them. They want to do full service. I just want to say, Do you want someone that probably doesn't have a doctorate in finance or special economic and financial awards. Probably less money then you, taking your money to invest. No read more

Read the reviews "Horrible" "Horrible" again " Doesn't know law" "Condesending" "Rude" "Takes Forever" " Thief".... The multiple comments nailed it...this criminal firm is the absolute worst in the world. Never use this firm. The owner is a liar...a thief stole 100s of thousands of dollars. She is blind and won't tell you.. You have a literal blind person doing your paperwork..that's why there was mistake after mistake after mistake as thought is blind and she is...this should be illegal to be a blind accounting firm. Zero negative stars...this firm will steal your money the the blind will smirk in your face. If you tell her your money is missing the firm will call the cops on you. This firm is so corrupt they are gonna go bankrupt so if you have your money there ...get it out...if it's still thier. I'm surprised after all the comments and money stolen from my Company that the owners are not in jail. Class Action Coming Soon to the worst most disrespectful firm...in The World. read more

I am not the only customer that has had problems with you over charging. Can you please explain to me why my corporate governence project that had no changes to it whatsoever since we initiate it was 1/3 higher than the estimate? read more

All around bad experience with trying to get a contract made. Hidden extra fees over initial retainer amount to fix mistakes the attorney made. How crazy is it for an attorney to charge you to fix their own mistakes? I should have checked out yelp before I confided in these guys. You live, you learn. read more

It was 4th of July weekend. After calling multiple attorney firms searching for legal advice. I finally spoke with LeAnn Lee at Allen Barron. She was working late that Friday and took the time to take my call. She was gracious, knowledgeable & sincere. Her advice was spot on and helped us through a difficult time. If you are looking for legal representation I would highly recommend Allen Barron attorney Firm. Ryan read more

Last year I got extremely busy and I could not do my taxes (I usually do my own). So I decided to hire this firm to help me since I literally had no time. The owner/person in change talked to me over the phone during a phone appointment-interview about my taxes and I told her it should be pretty simple. She gave me a quote of 575 dollars. Then I dropped all my paperwork then they proceeded to take my credit card for that amount 575 dollars. Then the receptionist said that was the retainer? I was not sure what retainer meant. The lady told me my taxes would be about 500, 600 dollars which I thought it was excessive but it seemed like a legitimate place. After I was given to a regular clerk/tax clerk he kept asking me for additional things. What I didn't realized it's that everything I spoke that clerk it was an additional fee. After a few weeks they finish and my bill was 1300 dollars. I couldn't believe it.!!!! I was misled. I spoke to another clerk at this point regarding billing, a collections lady. She told me I owe more money just for talking to the clerk that did my work. Anyways I never got copies of my taxes by now. They still said I owe them money. This has be the worst business model I ever seen in my life. Today I left a message for the billing lady. Never do business with this company unless you want to get ripped off! read more

I hired this law firm to do a Charitbale Trust for a client. After 2 months of excuses, trust still isn't finished and they want to upcharge me for services not rendered, basically holding my client hostage. The staff is a bunch of pencil pushing nim wits. When I asked about the bill, they hung up on me.They will be disbarred soon read more

I trusted this team of attorneys to help me with my back taxes owed after hardship. They claimed they could help me settle however in the end they only set me up on a payment plan which you can do yourself with the IRS. They made a couple of mistakes and billed me for the work that was there fault, in the end they dismissed the bill for the mistake. I was however charged for services rendered which were, setting up a payment plan (you can do this by calling the IRS yourself) and 2 phone calls to the IRS to settle which didn't happen and I'm pretty sure they knew I wouldn't be able to settle due to my current circumstances. I paid them over $800. Be careful you could end up owing more money than what you started with, I suggest talking to the IRS before an Attorney, surprisingly the IRS reps were easy to work with :) good luck! read more

This firm is by far the worst accounting firm I have EVER had do work for me. Completely condescending when they are 100% in the WRONG. You ask a question and they can't think for themselves. The best they could ever do is regurgitate back to me what was in my "engagement" letter. Hmmmm I think I know what was in there? What I expect when I shell out more than $5K is a firm that knows what they are doing. When someone says to me "you didn't tell me you wanted me to do that", aren't you advising ME???? I don't have a law degree, you do. I don't have an accounting degree YOU DO. Am I making my point here? Customer service is embarrassing, lawyers and tax preparers just push paper from one area to another. No one thinks there, no one, then they don't take responsibility when they make a mistake. They blame ME, the client, for NOT knowing THEIR job? Hmmmm yeah, doesn't make sense does it? If you are looking for accounting services, just move on past these guys, please keep on looking. They will charge like a big 8 firm and give you horrible service. I am stunned by what we were charged and what we actually received. Move on by....seek help elsewhere. read more

Perhaps I've been too lax in my trust of CPAs and attorneys who I've been paying to take care of my very complicated money and tax issues but I have to give this firm a low rating and it pains me to do so. I was happy to find a woman-owned organization and felt that she sounded like they knew what they were doing, but I now have new representation and mistakes were found in last year's taxes and the professional demeanor and attitude was sorely missing. I spent a lot of money there too, just wish I would have cut my losses earlier. read more

Allen Barron has become a one-stop shop for our business' legal, tax and accounting needs. They do a great job of breaking down complex concepts into layman terms, empowering us to build a stronger and more profitable company. We can't imagine partnering with a better company! read more

IF you want to be treated as if you don't know and could not possibly understand basic Taxation. This is your firm. IF you want to pay through the ass and then have giant holes in your tax preparation, This is your firm. If you want to be charged $250.00 for 20 minute phone calls that generally revolve around the current weather, This is your firm. I can write this without a single doubt This firm incorrectly received, organized, prepared, and filed my taxes which where largely uncomplicated. all these people do is use quickbooks and e-file your taxes, then turn around and charge you more than 3 times any other firm would ever dare. Botom line is they are more interested in covering they'er asses than your assets. I had to hire 2 more tax professionals to undo they'er smoke and mirrors that had me underreported,double taxed and triple charged. there are good people working for a bad company owned by a few greedy, arrogant, condescending, Crooks. read more

Allen Barron Inc prepared our business and personal taxes last year and were very professional and courteous. We will use them again this year. read more

I retained the services of this firm the beginning of March 2016 and its been a nightmare ever since!!! They lie and try to steal your money!!!! They do not return any emails and then threaten to send you to collections even though I have made MULTIPLE attempts to resolve this only to be ignored. I even met with one of the owners in June 2016 who not only interrupted me and talked over me the entire time, but actually said "listen girlfriend" when I was trying to speak. I am NOT your girlfriend!!! Mind you, she said I works hear from her by the end of the week. Almost a year later....I'm still waiting read more

AB Inc has been my law and accounting firm since 2007. I own a small business and I have found that AB is a solid one stop shop for my company's tax, legal, accounting and biz dev needs. The benefits of having all these services under one roof, has really helped me to plan for the future. Having a project manager that can see my company as a whole has allowed me to streamline my processes and be very proactive when considering cash flow and tax planning. Their principal, Janathan Allen, is a very strong tax and legal attorney with great negotiating and litigation skills that helped me navigate a fairly complicated corporate issue. No, they are not the cheapest out there (as someone else pointed out in a previous review) but you really get what you pay for. I would highly recommend this firm. read more

I went there for filing an offshore discovery, a procedure my regular, competent and honest CPA did not want to do, and my ignorance was heavily taxed. Although I was told repeatedly that the firm was routinely handling this type of filing, I had the impression that I was the first person who was doing this at this office. The staff had to do a lot of research at my expense (250-275$/h). The accountant handled only a small part of the tax filing (I was sent to my regular accountant for the major part of the work) and charged an obscene amount of money for filing FBAR, a task which was fairly simple and straightforward in my case. Wherever there were difficulties, mistakes were done. I notified the CPA of the errors, and was charged for the corrections. To avoid additional fees, I spent a lot of time researching my questions on the internet and found I could have easily done the job without their help. I paid for my initial ignorance, please do not do the same mistake! read more