Marty Ryhanych is an excellent tax preparer! Patient, incredible expertise, meticulous - Highly…read morerecommend her services - Top notch

I was behind on my taxes and in a predicament with liens breathing down my neck and was very happy…read moreto find Surf City Tax Services. Cole made everything feel simple and not so overwhelming. I will definitely be recommending Cole and Surf City in the future.

Robert was very nice and professional, i have not done business with him yet but he seems to be…read morehonest . i would recommend him

We are a retired couple with a duplex in Boulder Creek. I haven't done our taxes in a few years…read moreand the wife finally pushed me to call carpe diem. The gentleman there is very nice, but we didn't feel he took the time to understand who we were and where we were coming from. He chatted with my wife for some time, but mostly talked about himself. He made some assumptions about how we wanted to handle the duplex, which were wrong. He seemed to think we were much wealthier than we actually are. At some point he apparently triggered some deep feelings she had, but he did not seem to notice it care. She cried all the way home. After we got home, we consulted AI. It turns out that we needed a different kind of tax person, if we even need one at all. AI was able to put us on the right track. Thank you, Gemini . That's about it. I don't like confrontations so I am still in contact with this man, but the wife says just pay him for the visit and cut our losses.

I did not have any experience with doing taxes for the quarterly deadline, but Yan was very helpful…read moreand answered a lot of my questions, helping me through all the steps of the way. If you need help, make sure it isn't right before the deadlines, giving time to prepare what is needed. Will definitely be going back to Yan even if it isn't about the end of year tax deadline. Thank you so much Yan!

I had a bunch of issues with my previous CPA that I had engaged which that left me with little…read moreconfidence and time that I would get my tax situation sorted out in time for the year. Since I had only been using TurboTax before, I didn't have much experience in working with professional tax advisors and I contacted Yan after reading some reviews on Google/Yelp. The experience of using her for my CPA was completely different compared to the previous one I had. She was very detailed and meticulous in checking each detail of my situation, and also didn't pretend to know everything - if there was an issue that she wasn't clear about, she didn't hesitate to look up the necessary IRS documentation to make sure that we weren't making any mistakes. Even after our meetings in-person going over documents, she would also follow-up and double-check to make sure that I hadn't inadvertently overlooked something (and she did find a bunch of details that I had filled in incorrectly as well through this process!) She was also more interested in making sure that I understood the process and what each document was for, rather than just taking everything into her own hands and just asking me to "rubber-stamp" documents. I really appreciate her spending the effort to help with my tax literacy. Would definitely recommend Yan if you're looking for a reliable CPA who looks out for your interests, rather than just treating you as yet another client!

So quick and easy, it was painless. All except for the part of having to pay the taxes due…read more Dropping off the paperwork was quick and easy without an appointment. Even with less than 10 days until the taxes were due. Several days later, we received a call that the preparation was done. When we arrived to pick up the taxes, Ian took the time to explain the last step of the process, including verifying all the information was correct. We were informed the taxes would be e-Filed the same day. The forms were all together in a neat folder, with the required payment verification forms were all placed in their respective envelopes, a ready to go. I'd recommend using EZ Tax Service, as we will be going back next year.

We have been using EzTax Service for over 25 years and we can highly recommend them as a careful,…read moreprofessional service.

Elina is a financial tax planning guru; she is unbelievabley brilliant and hyper detailed.read more

I have not actually worked with Elina, as she was not taking new clients when I reached out…read more However, she took the time to ask a bit about my tax situation, and then followed up by leaving a detailed voicemail for me with three different referrals (2 CPA's and 1 tax preparer) that I could also contact. I really appreciated her help.

Thai is awesome! He is extremely knowledgeable about general tax inquiries and tax strategy. He is…read morequick, succinct and to the point. He helped me file an amended return and helped me reclaim thousands of dollars. He is knowledgeable about tax filings as it relates to RSUs, stock options, and other stock elections. His office is located in a quiet neighborhood which made meeting him in person easy and simple.

Thai has been filing our taxes since 2022. He is extremely knowledgable about all things accounting…read moreand has been taking good care of us. Personality wise, he is a bit reserved but make no mistake, he is a wealth of knowledge. His filing fees have also been fair. One particular anecdote, when we were filing taxes last year (2024), I actually made a mistake in reporting how much estimated taxes I have paid over the year to IRS. Because of this, we miscalculated and were fined $1000 by IRS. Thai was quick enough to give a call to IRS and ask them for a waiver on the penalties since it was our first time, and he was able to get that waived off for us.

Allison has been a dear helping me fix up my past year's taxes. It's a lot of work but she managed…read moreit well and she was able to hop on calls when needed! Would recommend her!

My wife and I were avid TurboTax users before considering a CPA for our tax planning and filing…read moreneeds (if I'm being real honest, I was probably the person really** pushing our family to look for someone reliable and trustworthy that could act as an advisory for us). After a new home purchase and more chances of us forgetting to do something with our full-time and side hustle income, we knew it was time to find a CPA, and I'm so happy we found Allison after three CPA interviews. Allison was responsive and provided us tangible things to consider as our annual income tax bill becomes more of a challenge. I genuinely appreciate her transparent approach, her "human-ness" in how she looked at our situation, and I'm glad we worked with her this year. Thanks, Allison!

I've been coming with Amy for almost 10 years and I wouldn't want to be with anyone else. She is…read morequick, efficient, and very easy to communicate with. I am so thankful to have found her and be able to entrust her with my family's taxes! I will continue to have her complete my tax filing to until she decides to retire Thank you Amy for a painless tax experience.

Extremely efficient and knowledgeable. Appointment was timely and she answered questions about my…read moretax situation so I could easily understand. Very happy customer and I'll be returning next year!

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.

Sunny is a tremendous person who excels in what he does. He helps you identify your goals and…read moredevise a plan to get you on track. He does so in a very relatable and approachable manner. I would not hesitate to refer my dearest friends and family to him, and have done so in the past.

We've been working with Sunny for a few years. And he's managing our accounts amazingly. I've…read morereferred multiple people to him. I get so much peace of mind knowing that he's there supporting with our financial reality.